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In reply to the discussion: Of these options, which Head of State do you believe to be the most dangerous? [View all]mike_c
(36,281 posts)10. Obama, hands down....
Commander in chief of the world's largest and most sophisticated killing machine, the top exporter of global terrorism, the ONLY one of the three who asserts the right to kill anyone in the world, for any reason, on his say so, he has an apparent obsession with secrecy, overseer of a security and surveillance state that has global tentacles, and an unwavering proponent, it seems, of American exceptionalism and imperialism. That's a bad recipe, IMO. No one else on that list can even come close to the dangerousness of President Obama.
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Of these options, which Head of State do you believe to be the most dangerous? [View all]
11 Bravo
Sep 2013
OP
Putin over Assad, because he actually has influence outside of his borders. eom
tarheelsunc
Sep 2013
#1
Putin is a bully with nukes. As long as he is in power, I think the doomsday clock turns forward. nt
onehandle
Sep 2013
#3
Putin as far as how much power and influence he has , but i think Saddam and Assad were personally
JI7
Sep 2013
#4
Well said. And I keep asking myself, why didn't Assad listen to Syria's Arab Spring protestors?
freshwest
Sep 2013
#48
I guess I'm having trouble understanding how dad got away with it, too. The civil war is a bit late.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#51
If its "person I'd least like to knife-fight" w/, then probably Putin. If its "person I'm least
Erose999
Sep 2013
#8
Of these choices, President Obama is the greatest threat to both peace and American liberty...
Demo_Chris
Sep 2013
#9
WWIII wouldn't happen.....not without a clear indication of some sort of deeper conspiracy.....
AverageJoe90
Sep 2013
#16
people who voted obama should be kicked off DU. i am by NO stretch of imagination an obama-purist
La Lioness Priyanka
Sep 2013
#11
Reminds me of people claiming he's the most authoritarian leader ever a few years back
Posteritatis
Sep 2013
#18
I voted Obama to stand against the idea that those should be "kicked off DU."
David__77
Sep 2013
#39
it is my opinion that if you think Obama is bigger threat than assad/putin, you don't belong here. n
La Lioness Priyanka
Sep 2013
#46
Yes. I HATE this constant elevation of personalities over institutional power n/t
eridani
Sep 2013
#64
Putin. Assad is a madman, but he has no nukes(there were better choices, though! See text).
AverageJoe90
Sep 2013
#17
To Syrians and Israelis and Turks- Assad at this moment. Putin in the long run. nt
DevonRex
Sep 2013
#24