This is not a good deal at all.

Thomas Williams: Comment-

This column is of course full of fool’s Gold talking much like British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, appeasement of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Only thing is that Barack Obama agreement with Iran is really worse? That this United States President Barack Obama is simply running out the time so he can leave office putting the real responsibility of defending freedom of the population in the United States and Israel on the shoulders of another American President. This column like the Obama agreement with Iran, is simply full of (S---).

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/02/iran-deal-obama-legacy_n_6996586.html

Ryan Grim:

Iran, Cuba And China: Obama Steadily Builds Diplomatic Legacy

WASHINGTON -- It may be hard to remember today, but Barack Obama became president, more or less, thanks to his foreign policy. His early opposition to the war in Iraq gave him the wedge he needed to differentiate himself from the far-and-away frontrunner, Hillary Clinton.

During the campaign, he used Iran to further drive home the contrast. In a debate in July 2007, Obama said he'd meet with then-Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "without precondition." It was an extension of Obama's diplomacy-first foreign policy, and he came under withering attack not just from the GOP, but also from Clinton.

“I thought that was irresponsible and frankly naive,” Clinton told the Quad-City Times after the debate.
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Bud Esper · Top Commenter · Trinity College and Theological Seminary

The man is a power house of getting good things accomplished, despite a congress that was/is highly obstructive on the GOP side and fairly weak on the Dem side. I'd easily give him four more years if it were possible, and I'm not a Dem. Obama is undoubtedly the most one-of-us presidents we've had in recent memory; as popular as Reagan was, I believe Obama is much better for America.

It has been a long time since we've seen so much accomplished that benefited America and Americans at grass roots level, and at the same time structurally and organizationally. Despite GOP rhetoric, Obama has been very good for America. But, like the man said, there's much more to do. Let's hope that whoever comes next has the same great intent, motive, and skills.

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Nila Sanders · Top Commenter · Kansas City, Missouri

What a perceptive and intelligent post. Wow.

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John Miess · Top Commenter

Thank you Bud. My thoughts exactly and you stated it perfectly.

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Kevin A. Tarrant · Top Commenter · Freed-Hardeman University

Bud Esper You are my hero. Great post and I believe when all the history is written President Obama will be among the best Presidents we have had. America should thank their lucky stars that he is in office. The bar has been raised with his Presidency.

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John Murphy · Top Commenter

I've never seen so many bet against their own country, until Obama. It's heartbreaking.

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Mary Lindell · Top Commenter · Hogwarts

Yes, John Murphy. Elected officials, fringe religious groups, and just haters seem to want the country to fail just so they can blame Obama. They made the mistake of thinking he would stoop to their level. Every move he has made has been toward improving this country and restoring its international reputation. It's too bad the obstructionists never yielded or their own lives might have been improved. As it is, the reputations of people like McConnell and Boehner will be permanently darkened by their short-sighted, hate-filled actions to block the President.

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Rich Kathy Host · Top Commenter · Brooklyn Automotive

If McCain or Romney were C in C we would be in wars with about half a dozen countries.

Actually, we would probably be in WWIII.....or vaporized by now.

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Ted Wordlaw · Top Commenter · University of the Philippines Diliman

If President Obama walked on water they would proclaim: Obama can't swim. We, the people must aid him and pick up the mantle of progress by voting and becoming more of the process.

We can't depend on the SOCTUS to be fair and reasonable. We must not allow the republicans the option of choosing the next replacement. We must replace all those unreasonable republicans and cowardly Democrats that continues to vote for their personal gain and not the country.

Get involved in the mechanics of running this great nation. From the library boards to the Presidency get involved! Eliminate the possibility of another Ferguson, another Indiana, another leader that leads for the rich only..

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