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Obama was significantly further right than Sanders or Warren

• dragonwriter 7y ago
  > Obama was significantly further right than Sanders or Warren Sure, on the main economic left-right axis, which has very little to do with this issue.
  • opportune 7y ago
    Obama also kept open Guantanamo bay and got the US involved in Yemen, Syria, etc so not entirely sure what you’re thinking of as an example of him being further socially/foreign-policy-wise to the left of Warren or Sanders
    • dragonwriter 7y ago
      > Obama also kept open Guantanamo bay Congress explicitly prohibited him from closing it, in response to his administration indicating it would fulfill his campaign promise to do so.
    • ertian 7y ago
      US involvement in Yemen and Syria was minimal. Obama was mostly criticized, at the time, for not getting more involved. Remember the fuss about the "red line"?
  • tehjoker 7y ago
    He was more libertarian than GWB but he only looked good by comparison. He left Bush's authoritarian programs in place, increased use of the espionage act against journalists (just like with Snowden), and killed civilians with terror bombing by drones. Just want to add in that Ed Snowden is an American hero and the mass media that harp on lawbreaking or call him a traitor are damaging to the country.