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Playinghardball

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Tue Nov 26, 2013, 01:20 PM Nov 2013

Spandan (The People’s View): The President of Peace

I know I have been absent from the blogging scene, but today is a fantastic day to return. It’s a good day because of what happened over the weekend – President Obama, one more time, has proven to be the anti-Reagan. From the moment he took office, this president has been enamored with accusations of weakness from the Right and warmongering from the Left when it came to international affairs. From the media, the accusations have been alternating between the two, with seemingly no hint of irony.

But it has been this president who has been the most effective advocate of peace on the world stage of any American president since John F. Kennedy. President Obama has ended two wars started by his predecessors, disarmed Syria of its chemical weapons without firing a single shot (even if no one in the media noticed, it did happen), and now is poised to permanently keep Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon. In the agreement unveiled over the weekend, it seems that President Obama, Secretary Kerry and their team has had yet another major Middle-East breakthrough…

More here: http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2013/11/the-president-of-peace.html

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Spandan (The People’s View): The President of Peace (Original Post) Playinghardball Nov 2013 OP
I don't think he meant "enamored." treestar Nov 2013 #1
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