President Barack Obama, US Defender in Chief

Posted on Friday, October 21, 2011 at 09:42 AM

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I think now would be an appropriate time to say thank you to President Barack Obama.

In comparison to his immediate predecessor his success in bringing the world's most wanted terrorists and dictators to justice has been nothing short of remarkable.

In fact the contrast speaks for itself.

Recall that George W. Bush launched a war with Iraq that cost us one trillion dollars and thousands of US lives. Obama launched an offensive against Qaddafi that cost one billion dollars and lost no US lives.

And for once the Arab would is thanking us by dancing in the streets rather than on our nation's flag.

Obama has rid the world of the scourge of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi. And all of this was accomplished within six months: if Obama were a Republican, they'd be commissioning bronze statues by now.

You know they won't say it now or ever, so let's say it for them: thank you President Obama for making the world and the United States safer.

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Nicomax | Oct 21, 2011, 12:46 PM EDT

If some argue BHO had nothing at all to do with the elimination of many known terrorists, then we could equally state that Bush had nothing to do with the invasion of Iraq. But when you think about it, it's quite possible he had little to do with it other than implement the plan placed on his desk by the Wyoming Wizard.

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hollabackgurl | Oct 21, 2011, 12:14 PM EDT

No we're giving Obama credit for effective decision making and mature military leadership. A thing that has been notably lacking in the last decade.

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joycean | Oct 21, 2011, 11:55 AM EDT

I think you are giving Obama credit for the development of drone, which is not exactly accurate. He isn't a scientist or engineer, the people who have been working on the technology. In 2001, the technology was in a much cruder state of development. If we had the technology that we have now, we could have done a better job of assessing Sadaam's WMD, locating his whereabouts, and capturing or killing him, at a cost of far fewer lives and dollars. Realistically, the military has been using the equipment, locating targets, and and asking Obama to okay the strikes, which he has been doing, to his credit.

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bunkerisland | Oct 21, 2011, 11:41 AM EDT

The man will get little credit for anything and lots of blame for the 8 years of madness left by the GWB admin. He is called a leftist, Marxist, Socialist and Muslim. Hard to imagine how such 3 year long criticisms can be overcome with this volume of hatred and racism.

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cillowen | Oct 21, 2011, 11:34 AM EDT

no prez in history has had to clean up such a mess left by the re repugs and their demorats fiends..

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hollabackgurl | Oct 21, 2011, 11:20 AM EDT

It's good to have on record now that you and the Republican party are anti-gay, katiemac. It wasn't Obama that spent trillions America could not afford on two disastrous wars; in fact he has saved the American economy from them. It wasn't Obama who gave the rich historic tax cuts that they hoarded, refusing to pay their fair share or create new jobs for a decade, it was Bush. And it wasn't Bush it was Obama who caught Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi.

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shamrock99 | Oct 21, 2011, 10:35 AM EDT

What nonsence! Obama had absolutely nothing to do with the events so noted in your article.

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AengusOg | Oct 21, 2011, 10:23 AM EDT

Politics abhors a vacuum. Are we looking at another piece in the unification of the Islamic Middle east? I guess Syria is next.

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JohnKinMD | Oct 21, 2011, 10:22 AM EDT

If it was up to him and all you leftest, we would not have a strong army and navy.

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hollabackgurl | Oct 21, 2011, 09:36 AM EDT

Teahadists can't deny his military leadership or effectiveness and they're clawing themselves with envy over it. The comments below prove it.