Obama's Legacy

[Ghost Dog]

I'd like to get some forward-looking discussion on the parts of President Obama's foreign and security policy legacy listed here and implications for future policy.

Since rhe source is a reader's comment on the Economist article on Obama's visit to Saudi Arabia there shouldn't be a copyright issue.

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21697326-barack-obama-leaves-saudi-arabia-having-failed-do-much-reassure-americas-gulf?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/barackobamamakesaswifttriptoriyadh

Connect The Dots
Apr 21st, 20:21

OBAMA’S MUSLIM/ ARAB FOREIGN POLICY SUCCESSES:

-Opened up Iran to normalized diplomatic relations and trade. And avoided war entanglement and another Mideast War in Iran.
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-Denuclearized Iran.
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-De-fanged the Syrian Regime in the Axis of Evil. They are literally on the ropes.
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-The three of the four original nations of the Axis of Evil: Iran, Iraq, and Syria have been pacified against causing free range world terror. North Korea remains the exception. But all are in throes of destruction or bankrupted with curtailed international activities.
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-Eased the Muslim Brotherhood from power after stealing the Egyptian Revolution.
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-Withdraw from Iraq.
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-Withdraw from Afghanistan.
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-Light involvement with Air War in Libya with easy disengagement.
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-Kept American troops out of Mali.
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-Stayed away from the Syrian Civil War Catastrophe.
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-Enabled Fracking Technology that has allowed America to disengage from Arab Oil and Arab Politics.
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-By Energy Exports and saving on military deployments, Obama has balanced the budget deficit and increased trade exports.
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-NSA surveillance has prevented Jihad Terror attacks on American Soil successfully since 9/11.
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-Decreased World Terror from better intelligence. All terrorists are more interested in Syria anyway.
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-Capped up Somali Pirates with collaborative multilateral Naval action.
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-Has allowed the Arabs self determination and independence. And forced them to face hard reality. It is a mess, but it is an Arab mess, owned by the Arabs.
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-Made weapons grade radioactive isotopes more secure and nearly impossible to obtain by rogue terror groups. Made nuclear disarmament a glamorous top Head of State Issue as the Washington Nuclear Security Council with 130 world leaders demonstrate. Proof: Jihadists have never succeeded in unleashing an atomic bomb despite thousands of civilian bombs detonated.
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-Removed "America as a Scapegoat" for all the World's Problems. Syria is a wake up call.
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-Take away the Muslim World, and the World has never seen such a Period of Peace and Prosperity. There is record Low Conflict, low historical violence. Outside of the Islamic world it has never been safer. And commerce has never been more global and integrated.
It is a New Global Renaissance.
And Obama has been a major change agent.

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[FreakinDJ]

1. I genuinely like Obama - but that is pure drivil

This has to be from one of the Hillary paid "Commenters"

Enabled Fracking Technology and Energy Exports are 2 really bad policies that amount to polluting our water sheds so we can export natural gas. Wall St loves it because they are making tons of money exporting Natural Gas now and will be making tons of money selling clean drinking water in the future

such a Period of Peace and Prosperity try saying that in Europe

[Ghost Dog]

2. Yes, those two leapt out at me

as being, ahem, wide of the mark...

[MisterP]

3. "Eased the Muslim Brotherhood from power"?! "Stayed away from the Syrian Civil War Catastrophe"???!!

"easy disengagement"?????!!!!!!! "Take away the Muslim World, and the World has never seen such a Period of Peace and Prosperity"?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ghost Dog]

4. Amazing, isn't it. But appears to be the 'official mainstream' view?