I like how this is remembered as a scandal, as opposed to drone striking a wedding
2014: Barack Obama Tan Suit Scandal (biggest scandal of two presidential terms)
Submitted 11 months ago by BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
and a doctor’s without borders hospital. You know you’re a piece of shit when one of the most altruistic organizations that’s ever existed calls you a war criminal
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 11 months ago
Americans have different priorities
Sarmyth@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Certainly, presidents have some responsibility for things that the military does during their tenure, but people talk about these events, like he was told they were striking a DWB facility. I suspect he was told told they had located their target, and he approved without knowledge of the location and potential blowback.
His Whitehouse always struck me as more savvy than that, which led me to believe some of these were the result of omissions during communication from overseas.
That said, I totally believe they would bomb a wedding if they felt a high enough priority target was there (even if they were wrong). I felt the military was given ALOT of freedom to make decisions on their own while Obama was in office.
TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
That sounds reasonable.
ArugulaZ@kbin.social 11 months ago
Don't forget when he dared to ask for GREY POUPON on his hot dog! Oh, gasp and swoon! The media assured us that it was exactly as bad as Trump raping a thirteen year old girl, because anything one side does is just as bad as everything the other side does.
Teon@kbin.social 11 months ago
The real scandal was how fucking hot he looked in that suit!
And how jealous the GOP was of it.troyunrau@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Dapper lad
azurefirefly@lemmy.basedcount.com 11 months ago
Looking dapper
lobut@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Republicans accused him of trying to remove God on the money and made him sign shit to “remind him”.
They also accused him of saying tire gauges were his foreign policy plan because they love lying and are a bunch of bastards.
Lots of aren’t fond of the Dems either but the Republicans are just terrible people.
1847953620@lemmy.world 11 months ago
his environmental plan
roofuskit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You’d think it was when he approved the extrajudicial killing of a US citizen with a drone. Imagine someone like Trump running with the precedent he set.
Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Oh yeah, that’s fun, let’s go back further. Remember when Bush lied about WMDs to invade Iraq? Imagine Obama running with a war in the Middle East on his hands.
hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
George Washington executed his own troops for demanding to be paid for their service. Imagine… Yeah.
cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
So people are super mad that Obama fought islamic terrorism? Ok
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 11 months ago
YouTube links aren’t shitposts, they’re fuckin sewage
BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So you are bemoaning a dilution of your good old wholesome shit? 😂 🤣 😂
WhyDoesntThisThingWork@lemmy.world 11 months ago
BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world 11 months ago
nomecks@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There was the whole “Winning the Nobel Peace Prize while ordering drone assassinations”, but yeah, tan suit was #1.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Imagine 2014 fox trying to rile up their base because the president was killing innocent brown people. They wouldn’t give a fuck. Tan suit and Dijon mustard were all they had to work with.
ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I’ll take targeted strikes over the indiscriminate ones that level residential blocks I’ve seen lately.
thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
“Targeted” strikes that blew up schools, weddings, and a doctor’s without borders hospital
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yeah but that wasn’t a scandal. The news, his peers, everyone (important) was all on the same side. At least on the drone strike thing. Not everyone was happy about him winning the Nobel.
splicerslicer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
He won the prize before even entering office.
MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Obama was like Sherman: His deeds will be memorized in the occupied territory for all of eternity.