Obama on Iran

[iluvtennis]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/comments/1tcybyg/the_goat/

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Such competency under Obama administration now replaced with utter ineptitude under Don the Con's admin.

[D_Master81]

1. We didn't know how good we had it

We took competency and thoughtfulness for granted. Now we have a president that acts on his gut and what the most recent person in the room told him. Shoot these people make the Bush administration looks like Rhodes scholars

[NJCher]

2. So true

Obama, however, is super intelligent. You get an entire host of other behaviors with that.

[Moostache]

11. Our last two "act on your gut" Presidents have been among the worst in the nation's history!

Shrub and tRump.
The Laurel and Hardy of US Presidents - which is unfair because Stan and Ollie were at least entertainers!

In all seriousness, the job of president is not one that should EVER be done in the manner that Bush (total abdication of responsibility - at least through Katrina) or Trump (complete buffoonery throughout) attempted while calling it "a gut feeling" or "I shoot from the hip" or any other bullshit those two spewed out of their sewers.

I miss serious people - like Presidents Obama and Biden - who regardless of their foibles or misses, could NEVER be described as unserious leaders. What we have now is chaos on purpose to distract from the looting going on everywhere in broad daylight. It really is as if Heath Ledger's portrayal of "The Joker" is in charge.

[OldBaldy1701E]

16. "We didn't know how good we had it."

Well, that is part of our collective problem.

We never do.

If things go well, our society cannot seem to stop going crazy along with it. We cannot stop being out of control when we are doing okay as a culture. It is almost as if we as a species cannot have things going well, and if they are, we have to sabotage it immediately.

It seems to be part of our very psyche... this desire to ruin things (and, entitled selfishness seems to be the number one thing that fuels this destruction) once they get good.

[betsuni]

18. "Status quo" was weaponized against Democrats and lots of barking Change! Change! We want change!

Wanted populist promises that anyone with a sliver of common sense knew were empty promises. A dark side hellish version of Hope & Change.

[GiqueCee]

3. ... "to kill a whole bunch of people"...

... was not an error, it was the whole point from the git-go. Trump gets off on hurting – or preferably killing – people. It makes feel him feel powerful, and he wants people to fear him.
It is imperative that we preface every thought about him with, "HE IS A PSYCHOPATH". And any witless skidmark that dismisses his psychopathy with, "Oh, that's just Trump being Trump" should get punched in the face repeatedly.
The man is a monster who delights in the deaths for which he is directly responsible. But he possesses just enough simian cleverness to not commit the crimes himself, but to delegate the wetwork to others. Charles Manson did the same thing, and he died in prison. I don't see any reason why Trump should escape the same punishment, Roberts and the five other Orcs that make up the Sinister Six of the SCOTUS be damned. Those fuckers gave Trump his own 007 designation, his own 'License To Kill' with impunity, and that's something they should all live to regret.

[erronis]

4. If it wasn't on Fox, it ain't true.

[Dr. T]

9. Faux News: "Dear Leader didn't say the things

he said that weren't being recorded." Inside the Bubble exclusive story that you won't find anywhere else.

[moondust]

5. Ret. Gen. on the current Iran "deal":

"the greatest geopolitical disaster in American history"
Retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Steven Anderson

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/04/08/ret_gen_steven_anderson_war_in_iran_greatest_geopolitical_disaster_in_american_history.html

[BurnDoubt]

6. Yin/Yang...

Yank-Off.
Writ Large.

[Joinfortmill]

7. Sigh. Sanity.

[Bayard]

8. This is why he wants Obama arrested

He is constantly reminded of his own ineptitude in all ways.

[lastlib]

10. Ineptitude borne of abject stupidity.....

...and colossal unadulterated arrogance.

[JI7]

12. The entire discussion and reporting on Trump's Iran war

Last edited Thu May 14, 2026, 03:19 PM - Edit history (1)

should always start off with mentioning Trump ending the deal Obama put in place.

[iluvtennis]

13. Oh how I wish our media would do this. n/t

[Martin Eden]

14. Obama stated the obvious.

But it is not stated nearly enough.

[ffr]

15. It's only too bad that the electorate is increasingly made up of the less educated

People who look down on people smarter than them, like Obama.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. The dumb will only elect someone they find dumber than themselves.

So long as republicans, who prefer having an uneducated populous are in control, we're doomed.

Graduates of “Unprecedented Times”: Were NAEP Scores Always This Low?

[Mr.Bee]

17. Obama Election 2008

Yes, in December 2008, U.S. gas prices dropped to their lowest point in roughly five years, following a historic spike to record highs just months earlier.
After hitting a record average of over $4.10 per gallon (Bush) in July 2008, prices fell precipitously due to the global financial crisis and recession, which severely reduced oil demand.
By the end of December 2008, the president-elect's national average for regular gasoline dropped to approximately $1.61–$1.67 per gallon.

...and no one was using the term 'democrat president'.

[SamuelAdams]

19. If only we had elected Hillary to continue his policies.