By invading Iraq and removing the Sunni government of Iraq the Bush administration emboldened Shia Iran.

Obama has been consistent. He strongly believes that military force should only be used as a last resort. He has used forced against Libya, he has used targeted drone attacks, and has authorized force capture Osama Bin Laden and last week the mastermind of the Benghazi attack. The situations in Egypt and Syria do not have simple solutions. Each side is radicalized and commits human rights abuses to just throw US soldiers and might into such a bloody foray would be absurd.

Obama does not hate Israel. His administration has defended Israel in the UN and has provided unprecedented military cooperation with the IDF. He has funded Isreal’s Iron Dome rockets. He does believe that Israel must come to a peace agreement but that is because without one Israel will find itself isolated and weak. He does not agree with the right wing policies of Netanyahu and Bennett but that does not make him anti-Israel.

Obama is trying to remake America in a certain way. Over the past 40 years America has seen stagnant wages for the vast majority of its working class population. Wealth is exceedingly being concentrated in the upper echelons of the country. Income inequality is a problem that the President wants to fix. Obamacare/ACA is a step it that direction. Seven million enrollees is not a failure. It might not be perfect but it is better than nothing. So much is written about small government and trickle down economics but the reality is that many in our community rely on all types of government assistance to survive. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.