>>>>Yeah right...
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>>>IMO he handles disengagement from Iraq while droning on the Taliban nicely balanced.
>>>Also he did not fumble Osama - and actually I like the way he presents that.
>>>Not basking in glory that Osama was found during his tenure but having guts and luck for the operation.
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>>Luckily he had old Hillary to force him into actually getting Osama.
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>Where did you get that from? IAC the President is the one who gives that order, not the Sec. of State.

Just as a point of clarification, I think both Obama's disciples and the Neocon Hawk Right are choosing to be ignorant of Obama's actual national security policies and the record ( each for their own, very different, reasons.)

The key players are John Brennan - deputy NSA and Gen James Cartright as well as some folks off the books. Obama is very much involved in the planning and approval of an extremely effective - and incredibly ruthless - targeted killing program that as a candidate he would have exploited shamelessly as political fodder ( and did in similar cases in 2008 ) throwing red meat to his base had it been the work of Bush or Cheney.

Obama is not what he appears to be in so many ways - and that is definitely both to his credit and his discredit. Like most people, he's very complex. Both his followers and his harshest critics are much more ... simple.

He is perhaps the most cynical opportunist to be President since Richard Nixon ( though if Romney wins he could take a shot at the title. )