Barack Obama has been a harmful president

Before going into foreign policy, I would like to reiterate a few things on domestic policy. Contrary to what my opponent stated (which had no context in this debate), I do not think "Obama has done nothing but harm this country." I am do agree with falling abortion rates and the death of Bin Laden (not that he had much to do with either of these, but I will give him credit). However, The point I have been trying to make in this debate is that he has done more harm than good. I have not "failed to recognize" that we are still recovering from a recession. If you read my arguments in the previous section, you would see my response to it. Similarly, I rebutted the points about comparing Obama"s economy to that of Bush, but he failed to read that as well as he simply copy-and-pasted his old argument. As for government dependence, do you think it is beneficial for a society to have a high percentage of the population dependent on the government? No, I is certainly not. People got along just fine before the implication of Social Security, Welfare and Food Stamps. They were cared for by their neighbors, churches and extended families. I am not saying we should outright cut these programs, but they definitely need to be reduced in size, as our nation simply cannot afford the cost. "Getting rid of welfare would only make the American Dream less possible." Wrong. Plain and simple. Ever heard of this guy called Ben Carson before? In short, he was born into a single mother household in inner-city Detroit. Very poor. His mother refused any kind of government assistance. Ben put himself to work, and became lead pediatric surgeon of John Hopkins Hospital and is now running for President. American Dream. Bam. I will gladly challenge you to a separate debate on Obamacare. But to conclude, thought it genuinely helps some, when a program is run from the federal level, it screws things up. It is not as flexible as a state-level program, and with the added middle-man, it costs more and is not as efficient. After this debate, we will thoroughly debate this important topic. As I had said in my previous argument, I do not have space to comment on all of your lesser points that you bring up. However, I would like to point out that you have still refused to address one of my major points, that of Obama"s ILLEGAL Executive Actions. "Nobody complained when Bush or Reagan made more Executive Orders than Obama." Please just stop. I am talking about ILLEGAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS. ILLEGAL. Not executive in general. Illegal. Race relations- "Black lawmakers say the election of the nation"s first African-American president has not been a salve for racial tensions, a view that the public has also voiced in recent polling....Rather than making things better, it has really made matters worse." Words of Star Parker, a female African American [1]. Your claims on deportations: An actual source would be quite nice. "I don't expect perfection from him, and neither should you. Could he have done better? I think so. Could he have done worse? Definitely, but you also seem to focus on his ads and criticize him for them. He's a politician. What do you expect? Don't act like a single Republican hasn't done something like this." Are you admitting defeat? Because this sure sounds like you are. Keep the debate focused on the topic, don"t start saying "well...he could have done worse." Foreign policy: Obama went into office claiming that he would change the way the world viewed America. Well, he sure did. Now, it seems as if America isn"t even there. Look at the world today. 200,000 dead in Syria"s civil war, eastern Ukraine engulfed in a Russian-backed insurgency, and the Islamic State governing large parts of Syria and Iraq, it can be hard to see what"s better about this world [2]. The United States, Obama said, would leave behind "a sovereign, stable, and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected by its people." Four days later, the last U.S. military unit crossed from Iraq into Kuwait, and American armed forces transferred all their responsibilities to either the central government of Iraq, U.S. Central Command, or the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, completing the most complex hand-off from military to civilian authorities in U.S. history. The next day, Iraqi Prime Minister secured an arrest warrant for Iraq"s Sunni vice president, accusing him of supporting terrorism. A crisis erupted when the Sunni-dominated political bloc boycotted the national unity government that Obama had so recently touted as inclusive and responsive to the Iraqi people. That same week, 17 explosions rocked Baghdad, killing at least 65 people and wounding more than 200; al Qaeda later claimed responsibility. With Iranian encouragement, the government began to systematically target Sunni elites on the basis of trumped-up charges of terrorism or alleged affiliation with the outlawed Baath Party. Sectarian violence soon erupted, and by May 2013, it had reached levels not seen since the waning days of the civil war that engulfed Iraq in the wake of the 2003 U.S. invasion. This chaos allowed the rise of ISIS. Good job Obama. That "JV" team is really not a threat now is it? Those Christians they beheaded, and gays they threw off roofs? Just JV stuff. 25,000 casualties in Afghanistan, we finally have control and are setting up a democracy, and Obama pulls out. Now the Taliban is in control again. Obama also gave away multiple Guantanamo Bay prisoners who returned to ISIS and Al Qaeda for an AWOL soldier who caused the lives of American servicemen. Not to mention the disastrous Iranian Nuclear Deal. The problems raised by authorities ranging from Henry Kissinger, the country"s most senior former secretary of state, to Sen. Timothy M. Kaine, Virginia"s junior senator, can be summed up in three points: First, a process that began with the goal of eliminating Iran"s potential to produce nuclear weapons has evolved into a plan to tolerate and temporarily restrict that capability. Second, in the course of the negotiations, the Obama administration has declined to counter increasingly aggressive efforts by Iran to extend its influence across the Middle East and seems ready to concede Tehran a place as a regional power at the expense of Israel and other U.S. allies. Finally, the Obama administration is signaling that it will seek to implement any deal it strikes with Iran " including the suspension of sanctions that were originally imposed by Congress " without a vote by either chamber. Instead, an accord that would have far-reaching implications for nuclear proliferation and U.S. national security would be imposed unilaterally by a president with less than two years left in his term. Iran came to the US looking to negotiate the removal of sanctions applied by President Bush. Why? Because the sanctions were WORKING. They were hurting Iran"s quest for nuclear weapons. So what did Obama do in the deal? He gave them what they wanted! And what did he get in return? That"s right, nothing [4]. What HAS happened since he"s been in office? Where is the stability and peace in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Crimea, Ukraine, Russia, Iran, Israel, Palestine, China and North Korea? Are American citizens safer as they travel abroad? When the balance of the world seems to stand on the edge of a knife, where is our President? Since Obama has been President he has played over 200 rounds of golf. THIS is not a game. This is Obama's Foreign Policy [3]. Lets hear it from Con. [1] http://www.wnd.com... [2] http://foreignpolicy.com... [3]http://www.jonmcnaughton.com... [4] http://www.washingtonpost.com... [5] https://www.foreignaffairs.com...