r/politics • u/Particular_Log_3594 • 6d ago

No Paywall Obama: Israel 'took the land' from Palestinians, 'ceded moral ground' in Gaza

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-911851
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u/w633 6d ago

I don't understand why people criticize him for it, yes he could have been more firm and maybe take more actions, but remember, he is the first black president and every action or saying of his is under tight scrutiny by Republicans. They do whatever they can to make him fail. Also, pretty much the first 6 years of his tenure he was dealing with financial crisis and it's fall out, and at the same time Arab spring came along, then there is civil war in syria,the death of gaddafi, that led to ISIS, Obama wasn't dealt a good hand at all.

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u/nefaeriest 5d ago

& i remember after his inauguration- he did not have democrats willing to fight with him - they abandoned him to win their elections instead of uniting -
republicans may. be fascists but they unify like .... cancer cells

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u/marvology 5d ago

Yep, why I can't stand when people faun all over Obama now. He spent his whole 1st term being dogged by accusations that he wasn't even really an American citizen. Democrats in Congress all ran screaming from Obamacare after they voted for it. People forget that he got about 2 years with his Congressional majority and Americans rewarded him with a historical landslide power shift to the Republican party.

All because he didn't clean up their mess fast enough.

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u/ColdSteveStoneAustin 5d ago

"Faun over him" means praise him. You might have meant the opposite.

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u/Hpzorz2 5d ago

For real I was hella confused reading that comment haha

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u/TrixnTim 5d ago

Such a truthful and horribly true answer.