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David Zephyr

(22,785 posts)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 06:46 PM Jul 2012

Did Obama "Diminish American Power" or Enhance it? The Record is Clear.

Since President Barack Obama became President:

President Obama ended Bush's war in Iraq. It's over.

President Obama began the end of Bush's war in Afghanistan. It's winding down as he promised.

President Obama killed Osama bin Laden. Hello?

President Obama has dismantled Al-Que-da and killed their leadership and cut off their funding.

President Obama kept America "safe".

Moreover,

Without any military occupation, without a single American soldier dying:

President Obama pushed Egypt into Democracy.

President Obama pushed Tunisia into Democracy.

President Obama pushed Libya into Democracy.

And yes, President Obama is pushing Syria into Democracy.

All of those foreign policy victories enhanced America's image and "power" around the world.

President Obama saved General Motors which sells more cars than any automaker on earth!

President Obama's Dollar is the strongest currency on earth again.

President Obama's "stress tested" U.S. banks are the envy of Europe and the world now.

President Obama turned the U.S. monthly employment from 700,000 jobs lost every month to 200,000 created (that's nearly 1,000,000 jobs per month in absolute value). Envy of the industrialized world at this point.

I could go on and on, but the weakest lie of all the many lies the Republicans and Mitt Romney want to tell about President Obama is that he somehow has "diminished" American power around the world. Well, nothing could be further than the truth. And the record is clear.

President Obama enhanced the U.S. image, values and power around the world.

Now do me a favor, will you? Tell a friend.

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