Barack Obama is a terrible president but that does not mean he never does anything right. In fact, there is one area where he has actually done quite well: killing bad guys. Not only did Obama get Bin Laden (although I don’t give him too much credit for that one) he has used drones to bomb the crap out of Al Qaeda. The real benefit here is that Obama is a Democrat and not a Republican. If Obama was a Republican then the media would have been openly calling for the impeachment of Obama for some time. Can you imagine the reaction if George Bush had authorized drone strikes on American citizens? Even if the citizen was fighting for Al Qaeda it would be an unpardonable offense. The media would constantly be declaring, "This is beyond the role of the President.” But because Obama is a Democrat and thus beyond serious media criticism he basically has a free hand in protecting our country against our enemies. Not only have democrats and the media stopped complaining about warrant-less wiretapping on American citizens, now they are actually in favor of killing American’s without a trial. (And warrant-less wiretapping gets thrown in there too.)
The fact of the matter is that aspects of the Patriot act sound very shady, but are not that serious. Killing American citizens with smart bombs sounds ludicrous, but when you realize that these are open enemies of the United States that have joined a foreign enemy with a goal of destroying the United States you understand that what Obama has authorized is not as unreasonable as it looks on its face. And the media is willing to see this aspect, but only when the president has a big (D) next to their name. Kudos to the President for fighting for our country; shame on the media for their double standard.
For these reasons it is preferable in at least one way that we have a Democrat president, they are actually allowed to kill our enemies.
Good post Jared
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