Opinion

Legacy of Obama is change, not hope

Posted September 05, 2016 1:00 am

Shortly after taking office in 2008, President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He had yet to accomplish anything but the EU elite had bought into "Hope and Change." It was change they got!

A relatively peaceful Middle East has descended into chaos, conflict and horrific slaughter. The Obama/Clinton Russian reset resulted in Putin invading and annexing large parts of Ukraine.

A majority white country had elected a black president and hopes for ever more-improved race relations rose high. Now Obama fetes Black Lives Matter leaders in the White House while police are assassinated in the streets.

Black poverty, crime and murder rates have increased dramatically.

On a happy(?) note, Obama normalized relations with Castro's Cuba. The worst sponsor of terrorism, Iran, is now on a fast track to nuclear weapons using U.S. money to boot.

If Hillary is elected, will she get her Peace Prize for showing heroic restraint when our embassy in Benghazi was under attack?

Tom Klingner

Prospect Heights

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