It’s been said, that the devil’s greatest trick, was proving to mankind that he never existed. This is certainly true of Obama’s eight years in office. How he has managed to convince a vast majority of his best intentions remains a mystery.
As his last week in the oval office winds down, I’ll be pointing to some of the biggest mistakes he made while in office. If I’ve forgotten any, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll amend the list.
• Certainly his worst mistake was the day after the attacks on Benghazi in Libya. In the rose garden he stated the attacks were in retaliation for a video mocking Mohammed. In truth, the entire handling of the ousting and murder of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011 was poorly executed, and the fall out immeasurable.
• Guantánamo prison, at the very Eastern tip of Cuba, is infamous for it’s barbaric style torture techniques, including electrocution of inmates with car batteries and waterboarding. Both techniques condemned under the Geneva conventions, outlining proper standards for the humanitarian treatment in war. It was in 2008 that Obama brought forth the idea of closing this detention facility. And it was on January 22, 2009, his second day in office, that he issued an executive order, directing that the prison be shut down. Almost eight years later, it still remains open.
• Obama has authorized 506 drone strikes that killed 3,040 terrorists and 391 civilians (a large amount of them women and children), compared to just 50 issued by the previous president, George W. Bush.
• Obama’s regime has sold more weapons than any administration since World War II. The numbers are staggering, close to $50 billion in 2015, and another $45 billion in 2016. Another report issued states that sales to Saudi Arabia alone topped $115 billion while he was in office.
I’m sure I missed a few, but these stood out the most for me.
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