How Did Obama Become Our Most Imperial President?

[jeff47]

90. The answers have been provided over and over and over again.

You'd just pretend they haven't, so you can change the subject from your poorly-written author's post.

So, do you believe that President Obama is a non-imperial President, a less imperial President than Bush or a more imperial President?

Less. All the "bad" you blame on Obama are W's policies, and Obama isn't trying to conquer the middle east. To claim W was less imperial is a demonstration that one is not being objective. You'd have to claim that increased drone strikes are somehow more imperial than conquering Iraq. And that is patently insane.

However, neither W nor Obama are LBJ. Or FDR. That guy reaaaaaly loved his war powers. Perhaps we should consider Lincoln's jailing of people who said things he didn't like? Or do we ignore that MASSIVE first amendment violation because he ended slavery? Do the founders get a pass on the shit they pulled, even though they had just written the Constitution?

As for your map, here's a couple exercises that might help you:

First, how many of those places had no US presence, and then received troops after Obama took office?
Second, how many of those places have US troops that aren't providing training or other foreign aid?
I'll wait while you look it up.



Frankly, I think the issue is people on the left are measuring Obama not against other presidents, or reality, but the dream candidate in their head. When the actual Obama comes up lacking against their dream candidate, they declare him "Worst ever!!!!" without bothering to consider history.

Is Obama perfect? Fuck no. The guy's way too desperate for a grand bargain, for example. But he isn't Satan either.