Me too. And also I was pissed at Bush's (whom I also voted for) disregard and disrespect of the international community in the Iraq invasion. Which turned out to be based on incorrect intelligence after all.
So I voted for Obama, and again when Romney started to sound like Bush.
Sheesh. So disappointed. Honestly, I am bothered by the NSA stuff but part of my empathy goes out to him and 'allows' that perhaps he is acting on information that we don't/can't know. Maybe there arose an enormous threat and he was desperate to stop it.
I await the day when he can tell the entire story of why he made the choices he did. I now fear that this is just fantasy on my part.
However, I see no excuse for going forward with Syria at this time. He would have the same effect if he got the UN and/or allies to agree to a strike if it happens again- rather than doing it for something that has passed.
So now I am really wondering who the hell the guy is.
> Maybe there arose an enormous threat and he was desperate to stop it.
Even an existential threat - an actual one like another nation-state pointing world-ending numbers of nuclear weapons at our country - is less harmful than dismantling the mechanisms of the state internally.
What could even possibly justify this kind of thing?
I suspect that when you are the one in the hot seat, your thinking is something like, "Wow, if I don't stop this we can lose tens of thousands of lives. I'm not going to be the one to let that happen. We'll debate the true meaning and value of freedom later, but right now I'm listening in."
So I voted for Obama, and again when Romney started to sound like Bush.
Sheesh. So disappointed. Honestly, I am bothered by the NSA stuff but part of my empathy goes out to him and 'allows' that perhaps he is acting on information that we don't/can't know. Maybe there arose an enormous threat and he was desperate to stop it.
I await the day when he can tell the entire story of why he made the choices he did. I now fear that this is just fantasy on my part.
However, I see no excuse for going forward with Syria at this time. He would have the same effect if he got the UN and/or allies to agree to a strike if it happens again- rather than doing it for something that has passed.
So now I am really wondering who the hell the guy is.