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8. President Obama's oposition to the Iraq war was a HUGE part of my admiration

Reply to libtodeath (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 10:55 AM

Mar 2012

for him. I defended him and his policies passionately his first two years in forums where I work online when the conservatives started immediately bashing him before he was even in office.

But the change I was expecting has been put on the back burner or even worse tossed in the trash.

It is very frustrating.

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It's time for President Obama to EARN his Nobel Peace prize [View all] think Mar 2012 OP

Sigh. TheWraith Mar 2012 #1

Sigh. He could lead the fucking way think Mar 2012 #2

Sigh. He tried to lead the way Drale Mar 2012 #3

then set the people in Guantanamo free. I'm tired of lame excuses for human rights abuses think Mar 2012 #4

BINGO libtodeath Mar 2012 #6

President Obama's oposition to the Iraq war was a HUGE part of my admiration think Mar 2012 #8

I'd love to see President Obama wrap up the Afghanistan war - TBF Mar 2012 #5

I agree. This morning I wondered how he can keep sending our troops... polichick Mar 2012 #7

Multiple tours must take its toll. Ten years of war is not war it is occupation /nt think Mar 2012 #9

Yes, and many more stressed soldiers take their own lives... polichick Mar 2012 #10

Yes, the suicides, homelessness, and traumatic stress that Vets are enduring think Mar 2012 #11