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besides ending the Iraq war, he's done a lot of stuff that is somewhat subtle. off the top of my head: a concerted and sustained nuclear arms reduction effort[1
by tokipin 13y ago
besides ending the Iraq war, he's done a lot of stuff that is somewhat subtle. off the top of my head: a concerted and sustained nuclear arms reduction effort[1], and the specific way he handled the Libya situation[2].
still it remains that Obama is fundamentally pragmatic, for better or worse in any given issue.
[1] good report here: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rachel-maddow/46790266#46790266 http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rachel-maddow/46790266#46790266
[2] http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-obamas-war-room-20111013 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-obamas-war-...
- salgernon 13y ago(I wish people wouldn't downvote things just because they disagree with a statement. Downvoting because you disagree with someone is like putting your fingers in your ears and going blah blah blah I can't hear you and I don't want anyone else to hear you either. I wish people would save votes for comments that add nothing to a conversation. Like this one.)
- FedRegister 13y agoHe still murders people with flying robots. That's not very peaceful.
- phaus 13y agoYou're not representing him fairly, those aren't robots, there are trained killers on the other end of the drones.
- FedRegister 13y agoA robot with an operator is still a robot.
- phaus 13y agoThe drones with missiles on them are almost entirely controlled by the human. It's just a plane that's flown from the ground. We don't call planes robots, even when they are on autopilot.
- tokipin 13y agoObama's calculus there probably involves the fact that drones can accomplish things without putting our soldiers at risk. not that i'm taking sides here. i don't like drones either. here is a recent speech the president gave regarding drones and "the war on terror" in general: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEnUbwXAof0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEnUbwXAof0