nickqt
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I can guarantee that we have substantially less ground troops in multiple countries occupying or fighting. And sure, Obama's DOJ busted medicinal marijuana clinics, but they don't do that now. And Obama didn't close Guantanamo because Congress didn't let him. Because the boogieman will show up if any of the prisoners end up on US soil.Both parties worship their politicians as ones who can do no wrong.
According to figures obtained from the Department of Defense, a total of 263 U.S. military personnel died in the Iraq war after 2008. Obama withdrew all U.S. forces from that country in December 2011.
Meanwhile, he increased the number of troops in Afghanistan, where 1,564 U.S. military men and women have died since 2008.
-- these numbers are accurate through Obama's first term only so I'm sure the death toll has risen.
The point isn't who killed more people.. It's that both parties are war hawks. I find it amusing that republicans think democrats want to "take their guns"... When they're just as violent.
How many more conflicts are we engaged in now compared to when bush was in office?
Did "honest Obama" close guantanamo?
And STFU republicans... You guys don't even pretend to care.
Edit : here-you'll like this. It vilifies bush properly but it also explains that Obama is "more of the same". I'll gladly list all of the Bush policies that Obama continued, if you like. And the ones he went even further with (like busting medicinal marijuana clinics)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/24/george-w-bushs-presidency-in-24-charts/
That said, Obama is a socially liberal center-right politician.
No, BothSides aren't the same. One side is corrupt like all other political parties, and the other one is insane.