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Among other things, President Barack Obama >>
• Sent 3,500 U.S. troops and tanks to Russia's doorstep in one of his final decisions as president.
• Ordered ten times more drone strikes than Bush.
• Dropped 26,171 bombs in 2016 alone (an average of 72 bombs every day).
• Put boots on the ground in Syria , despite 16 times saying "no boots on the ground".
• Despite campaign pledges, planned a $1 trillion progam to add more nuclear weapons to the US arsenal in the next 30 years.
• Dropped bombs in 7 Muslim countries; and then bragged about it .
• Said, “I believe in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being.”
• Bragged about his use of drones - I'm "really good at killing people".
• Deported a modern-record 2 million immigrants.
• Signed the Monsanto Protection Act into law.
• Started a new war in Iraq.
• Initiated, and personally oversees a 'Secret Kill List'.
• Pushed for war on Syria while siding with al-Qaeda.
• Backed neo-Nazis in Ukraine.
• Supported Israel's wars and occupation of Palestine.
• Deployed Special Ops to 134 countries - compared to 60 under Bush.
• Did a TV commercial promoting "clean coal".
• Drastically escalated the NSA spying program.
• Signed the NDAA into law - making it legal to assassinate Americans w/o charge or trial.
• Gave Bush absolute immunity for everything.
• Pushed for a TPP Trade Pact.
• Started a new war on terror - this one on ISIS.
• Signed more executive memoranda than any other president in history.
• Transferred more than $100 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, more than any other administration in history.
• Signed an agreement for 7 military bases in Colombia.
• Opened a military base in Chile.
•Touted nuclear power, even after the disaster in Japan.
• Opened up deepwater oil drilling, even after the BP disaster.
• Mandated the Insider Threat Program which orders federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues.
• Defended body scans and pat-downs at airports.
• Signed the Patriot Act extension into law.
• Launched 20,000 Airstrikes in his first term.
• Continued Bush's rendition program.
• Said the U.S. is the "one indispensable nation" in the world.
• Waged war on Libya without congressional approval.
• Started a covert drone war in Yemen.
• Escalated the proxy war in Somalia.
• Escalated the CIA drone war in Pakistan.
• Sharply escalated the war in Afghanistan.
• Repealed the Propaganda ban, making it legal to spread government propaganda via news outlets.
• Assassinated 4 US citizens with drone strikes.
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