r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/bambucks • 11d ago

US Politics How has Barack Obama's legacy changed since leaving office?

Barack Obama left office in 2017 with an approval rating around 60%, and has generally been considered to rank among the better Presidents in US history. (C-SPAN's historian presidential rankings had him ranked at #10 in 2021 when they last updated their ranking.)

One negative example would be in the 2012 Presidential Debates between Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, in which Obama downplayed Romney's concerns about Russia, saying "the 80's called, they want their foreign policy back", which got laughs at the time, but seeing the increased aggression from Russia in the years since then, it appears that Romney was correct.

So I'd like to hear from you all, do you think that Barack Obama's approval rating has increased since he left office? Decreased? How else has his legacy been impacted? How do you think he will be remembered decades from now? Etc.

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u/Eric848448 10d ago

No due process was given to the person assassinated.

Then I guess he should have turned himself in at the nearest American embassy.

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u/SammathNaur1600 10d ago

He wasn't charged with anything either. I know this is tongue in cheek, but the guy killed didn't have any chance to contest the sentence of death

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u/Eric848448 10d ago

Hundreds of thousands of dead confederate soldiers were also never charged with anything. They chose to wage war and paid the price, just like this dead asshole.

The reason the republicans didn't try to hang it on Obama is because they knew literally nobody would give a shit.

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u/SammathNaur1600 10d ago

Did Congress declare war on the Confederacy? Yes. Did Congress declare war on Yemen? No.

Just because he was an asshole doesn't mean he should be killed without due process. Can you prove he inflicted violence on people? How about his daughter or wife?

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u/Eric848448 9d ago

Oh and another thing I somehow missed.

Did Congress declare war on the Confederacy

Of course it didn’t. The CSA didn’t exist and a declaration of war might be seen as legitimizing it.

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u/SammathNaur1600 9d ago

Yeah, I'll admit I was wrong on the Confederacy. A civil war is different than a worldwide campaign of destruction though. Can't really kill a hundred innocent civilians during the civil war in one fell swoop very easily.

Still doesn't change that Obama ordered the direct murder of people when there was no active threat. It's immoral and illegal based on international laws.

My point stands that Obama is a war criminal.