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1/ Eventually, the Democrats might be asked some serious national security and foreign policy questions, and Obama's failed policies will come to the fore. Facing Trump, Democrats turn on another president: Obama wapo.st/2GH1zis?tid=ss…
2/ Does anyone believe the Clinton-Powers-Rice-Obama destruction of Libya was a success? It opened the door to African refugees and migrants flowing into Europe which helped spark far-right-wing electoral successes. Does anyone believe that the Obama-Biden policy on Syria was a
3/ success? Whatever the degree of responsibility, Syria helped unleash another flow of refugees to Europe. Does anyone believe the overthrow of the democratically elected government in Egypt in favor of military coup and kleptocracy was a success? From North Africa to the Middle
4/ East (MENA in military intel parlance), did Obama-Biden articulate any strategy that appeals to a Muslim population that is largely under 30 years of age? Bush & Obama pursued policies in which there are more terrorists operating in more countries than on 9/12/2001. That is
5/ not a success. The TPP, as Sanders, Warren, & Gabbard, as well as the John Birch Society, pointed out gave away US sovereignty to corporations with the ability to override and sue for damages regulatory policies that affected their profits. Warren's plan changes the entire way
6/ she would negotiate trade deals which, after GATT and WTO, are not really about tariffs. And the tens of billions to be given to Israel have solved nothing. On Israel, we are sleepwalking: "peace process," "two-state solution." These concepts are devoid of meaning.
