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16. Then compare Obama with Bush

There are some differences.

Bush was ending the Iraq war. Obama declared it is ended, although we probably have about as many people on the ground in Iraq either way when you add up the private contractors.

Bush was on track to "start ending" Afghanistan by 2014. In contrast, Obama plans to start ending Afghanistan for sure by 2014.

Bush locked up lots of prisoners without due process in Gitmo. Obama has processed and released some of them, but has kept Gitmo open.

Bush used drones in horrible ways that killed lots of civilians and fomented animosity toward the US. Obama has tripled the use of drones.

Bush stood aside while Israel conducted genocide in the West bank. Obama stood aside while Israel committed genocide in the West bank.

That isn't to say there haven't been differences. Obama navigated through Libya accomplishing our desired outcome with no US lives lost. Bush probably would have sent in the Marines.

Obama Will have nothing to do with the atrocities in Syria. Bush probably would have sent in the marines.

On balance I definitely trust Obama more than Cheney on these matters. But if you are implying that the Obama policies are a lot different from Buah's in fact, I would have to disagree.

The policies are practically indistinguishable. The discussion is more honest and the execution is better under Obama, but the policies have not changed in any significant way.