sonofnthng wrote:Use Google! I guess I'll do the research for you. Obama created the Islamic state aka isis, and Kerry admitted, ''a possibly useful tool overthrowing Bashar Assad.'
His statement has nothing to do with creating ISIS. That's like saying Winston Churchill created the Soviet Union because he said “any man or state who fights against Nazism will have our aid” after Germany invade the Soviet Union. Stating the utility of something doesn't provide evidence of it's creation.
ISIS captial was in Raqqa, Syria. Why was it in Syria? Because it established Raqqa as it's capital in 2013. What was happening in Syria then? I believe Syria was involved in a civil war at that time. It was in the chaos of the civil war that ISIS got a foot hold. In the power vacuum of the Syrian Civil war that ISIS arose and poured into Iraq. You sir, don't know the timeline.
He dropped bombs in Yemen, Somalia, Lybia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan...
Okay. So Bush bombed Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Somalia. Those four right there are wars he inherited.
Here's the quote again.
Obama started a whole lot of wars my friend. I hate to break it to you, but he has a whole lot of death on his hands.
So did Obama start the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Somalia? No, those were inherited from President Bush.
So that leaves Yemen and Libya from your list.
Well both of those are civil wars. You'll need to explain how President Obama started those civil wars. Because there is a difference between starting a war and getting involved in one. That's like saying President Woodrow Wilson Started World War 1 because the US became involved. The civil wars were already occurring before military intervention from the US.
sonofnthng wrote:Obama’s legacy will clearly be defined as more war than peace. Obama embraced drone attacks with such alacrity — authorizing 506 known strikes, compared with the 50 strikes under Bush — that he was dubbed “the drone president.
So? Your argument is he started wars. That isn't proof of starting a war. Truman is the only President that dropped a nuclear weapon. Your argument is the equivalent of saying he started World War 2 because he used nuclear weapons. Plus the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Somalia passed on from President Bush would mean war under Obama and be a part of his legacy, but that doesn't meant he started them because of it.
sonofnthng wrote:By dramatically boosting U.S. weapon exports, Obama also distinguished himself as the greatest arms exporter since World War II.
Yea. It's called American withdrawal. With American forces leaving Iraq and Afghanistan we have to replace those soldiers with new ones. Those new ones need weapons. So we sold weapons to the Iraq and Afghanistan governments to build up their armies. Not to mention the deals with other countries for which the F-35 which counts.
Again, your argument is he started wars. That isn't proof of starting a war.
Weapon exports doesn't mean increase war, but arguably in this instance increased peace. A strong military in Iraq and Afghanistan means it they are more capable of dealing with external threats that would otherwise destabilize them and less need for American involvement.
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