Obama called war criminal & hypocrite of the century in Irish Parlament

[CleanShavenJesus]

Is that why Obama has called to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force?

He also said he would close down Gitmo but nothing has happened on that front. He's made a lot of promises and most of them he has not kept. And those he has kept have turned out to be fairly inconsequential. If there is one thing I have learned, especially with 2nd term Obama, it's that talk is cheap. When Obama actually starts doing what he promises and what his constituents voted him in for, then I'll give him some praise.

And he has been very happy about using the AUMF, it's basically what his drone war is based off of. He also said that he wanted to refine and then ultimately repeal the AUMF, refine being the key word there. To me that means that parts of the AUMF will end up being placed permanently into legislation, so that by the time the bill is actually repealed it is a largely symbolic gesture. Think about it....why would you need to refine legislation if you plan on repealing it anyways?

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Honestly I think the best thing we can do right now is vote third party. You don't have just two choices! Third parties until we can get a publicly funded no party system.

He also said he would not sign anything to further extend the AUMF. But if you dismiss that because his "talk is cheap", dismiss everything else that you said he said too.

I've voted third party for the past three elections. I live in New York anyway. My vote doesn't count for shit.