Obama is the Greatest President Ever

 President Barrack Obama is he greatest president we have ever had in this country. If you do not believe this, then who would you pick to head the list? In my mind, he stands up there with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I compare the degree of difficult in handling Libya with the problem in Iraq and then compare the outcomes. I compare the handling of Iran in 2012 with the handling of Iran in 1978 through 1982. We know what the outcome was. I watch the North Korean: South Korean conflict and see a slow de-escalation of the problem. That would not be the case if we would have blown their missiles off the launching pad or shelled them or other wise flexed our muscles to let them know we “mean business”. I see the slowly evolving change in NATO and the emergence of the European Union and know our interests are in good hands, the hands of Obama. We have a SALT and other treaties with Russia to cooperate in protecting our two nations.

Obama has done this is spite of domestic rebel rousing. He has the wisdom to know that John McCain, the neo-cons and other militarists are dead wrong. We do not have to respond to every shock with a retaliatory strike—if someone stands up knock them down diplomacy. Many people may consider McCain a hero because he gave a lot for his country but being a pilot, getting shot down, and surviving beatings at the hands of the North Vietnamese in a prisoner of war camp does not make him a military or foreign policy expert. With that in mind, both he and Obama know torture is wrong.

In one generation, the president has changed the mode of warfare from great lines of heavy armor with planes overhead bombing cites in massive World War II style to precision drone strikes. From liar, liar Bagdad is on fire to terrorist you are dead—precision drone strikes. Yes, there are collateral damages but in comparison, they are minimal. He has been man enough to step forward and accepted the responsibility for these strikes, as he should. He should also step forward and claim credit for disabling Al Qaeda and other terrorist networks as has happened from these strikes.

I listen to economists take about our economic recession and intuitively know that in spite of the Republican Congress trying to destroy his presidency, our economy is improving, not because of them but because of him. Education is gaining ground in spite of Congress trying to destroy public schools and fire teachers to save money. All of this compared to a history of spending the nation to the brink of collapse to cause an economic crisis that his opponents could take advantage of to destroy Social Security, Health Care legislation and numerous social programs.  He has the wisdom to know that we need to spend to get out of this crisis just as a business would do if their income were to fall dramatically from unwise business decisions (tax cuts). It is so obvious that austerity program is exactly the wrong thing to do but the Republicans want to do it so they can destroy him and the country be damned. All they have to do is look across the Atlantic as see what austerity programs do.

I know we are exporting more oil than we were before his presidency while still and watching out for the environment. He has done this as if by magic in spite of the strangle hold big oil has on the legislative branch. Like foreign policy, economics, and energy there are many other things that are proceeding in the right direction.

Keep trying to compromise wiht them knowing they will not compromise with you but then make your decisions. Mr. Pres. Keep up the good work!