Similarly, in Libya in 2011, the US and its NATO allies France and the UK misused UN resolution 1973, which aimed to establish a no-fly zone, and turned it into a pretext for an illegal war of aggression against Muammar Gaddafi. It is no longer possible to deny that the rise of the so-called Islamic State was a direct result of the illegal invasion o f Iraq in 2003.Īnd so Obama, in 2014, after an absence of 2.5 years in Iraq, set out to “ ultimately destroy” the jihadist legacy of his predecessor Bush - first with air strikes, then with a few hundred special forces, and now with approximately 6,400 soldiers and private mercenaries back on the ground. Today the country is a jihadist breeding ground par excellence. In 2011 it was left behind by Obama as a failed state, a country in total chaos, deeply drowned in the bloodiest of violence. While we should n’t shed any tears over Saddam, pre-war Iraq was a reasonably stable country back in 2003. In October 2011, Obama finally declared the end of the war in Iraq and withdrew US troops from the country. Bush by two.īush infamously held his pathetic Mission Accomplished speech on an aircraft carrier, only a few weeks after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
The outgoing president has since bombed eight countries, trumping his predecessor George W. Obama had given people everywhere “hope for a better future.” The president himself felt “deeply humbled” and considered the award a “call to action.” The Nobel committee acknowledged Obama’s commitment to peace and admired his diplomacy-focused aspirations: “Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts.”įurthermore, the committee appreciated the fact that Mr. In 2009, Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize - not for any concrete action but rather for his effusive optimism and, eventually, for his Yes We Can campaign. Yet Barack Obama has bitterly disappointed the world. “Hope and Change” were almost physically tangible to many. The world was sick and tired of the “Cowboy from Texas.”Īnd then there came this highly intelligent, charismatic, eloquent - black - civil rights attorney from Illinois and everything was set to change. Bush - with his nepotism, his belligerence and, yes, his sheer stupidity. Not just in the US, but across the globe people were simply fed up with eight unspeakable years of George W.
Gigantic hopes were pinned on Barack Obama when he moved into the White House in 2009.
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