Should This Have Been Obama

If Obama was Trump, would he have been impeached by now?

That sounds more like if Trump was black, would he have been impeached by now?Whether he would have been impeached or not, one thing is for certain; and that is that Obama would have had more resistance from the white majority in US. But, we don’t have to imagine such a situation because such a resistance happened at the time of Obama becoming President in 2008.The fact of the matter is that America was never united. It just worked. Like several other democracies of the world. India is a great example of it. The Mughals came to India many hundred years ago and it took Indians many many centuries to accept Islam in their culture. Now, even though Muslims are in minority, they are Indians. Nobody says that Muslims in India are Mughal Indians, like they do in US for ‘African Americans’. The amalgamation of different ethnic backgrounds in a homogeneous society takes several hundreds of years. America is still very young in terms of its Independent history. Which tells us that America has a lot of distance to travel before people accept each other as it is. There will certainly come a time when racism would not be taken very seriously. Right now, it is pretty damn serious and that also is a genesis of vote bank politics, which like in India, is an easy tool for winning elections.However, the idea of America is still so strong that being a person of color wouldn’t have automatically made somebody liable for impeachment.No, most certainly not. Obama wouldn’t have been impeached by now after behaving the way Trump has behaved.

How would it have been legal for Obama to keep troops in Iraq if bush already signed the status forces agreement?

President Bush did not sign a new Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) because the Iraqi government would not agree to one. Without the SOFA, US personnel could be tried in Iraqi courts for any offenses. President Obama’s hands were tied to continuing the exit plan from Iraq devised by the Bush administration. We will never put our service members in a position where they will be subject to local laws. They are subject to US law only, the Uniform Code of Military Justice for military members. Other American personnel covered by the SOFA are subject to US federal laws. I suspect the reason for Iraq not agreeing to a new SOFA goes back to the four US contract employees (as I recall from Blackwater) who claimed they were fired on, exited their vehicle and killed 17 innocent Iraqis. There was no evidence they had been fired on and some (or all) have been convicted in a US court and are serving long sentences.

Would it have been a faux pas for President Obama to speak before Mitt Romney had delivered a concession speech?

The election is over (thank God).  But unfortunately it isn't over.If the POTUS spoke first, my hunch is it would simply drag more dung into the fire of the GOP pundit-furnace that is called "conservative media".The POTUS  (and family) has been gracious, and wants to get this whole thing behind them and move on.  In fact, Romney was gracious in his concession speech, and I ws a little annoyed to see all the after-the-event comments that him and his representatives are throwing out there.I think it's also telling that there is very little response from the Democratic Party  towards all these "accusations" and grousings made by the GOP pundits about "gifts" and whatnot...  If the GOP would spend the same amount of energy towards re-tooling their message to something reasonable and stable, instead of this specious and immature cacophony of sophmoric soundbites, I believe we  would actually be much more impressed with the GOP - at least I think I would.

Which Hogwarts house would Barack Obama have been sorted into?

Lots of people would jump at shouting "Gryffindor" but Im going to say Slytherin. The reason why is that Slytherin is for those who show qualities of cunning, ambition and leadership. My reasons for this are:Cunning: Well, I'm not sure how you interpret this, but cunning doesn't have to be sneaky or sly. Without commenting on politics, Obama has a lot of charisma and he influences voters.Ambition: There is no way you get to be the President of the USA without some kind of ambition. Alternatively, he shows a lot of determination to make a difference with his policies.Leadership: Need I go on?And as for everyone who says that Obama would have been in Gryffindor, well there is one reason why not: Red, is a Republican colour :)

If President Obama's foreign policy has been "bad," what should he have done, overall?

So many things... Here are a few.Follow through when you say something. If you say there's a "red line" in Syria and a tinpot tyrant (Assad) uses chemical weapons anyway, you move quickly and strongly in response. That doesn't have to be boots on the ground, but it must mean large scale bombing, meaningful aid to the Kurds, and other actions.Don't unilaterally "give in" to dictators like Putin. We removed our missile defense from Poland just to "try to be nice". Putin's response? Aggression in Crimea.Don't make deals with terrorist sponsors like Iran just to have a "legacy". That's not the kind of legacy you want. Now Saudi Arabia feels it must become more aggressive due to its archenemy gaining so much power and influence.Don't pull out of Iraq for political reasons. We've been in S. Korea for many years - why? To keep the peace. See what has happened in Iraq? ISIS. The mass migration across Europe and elsewhere is on Obama.Be willing to name our biggest existential threat by its name: radical Islamic terrorism.When our consulates ask for more protection, give it to them. And when you screw up, admit it rather than lie and insult families of the dead (Benghazi Libya) because of an upcoming election.There are many more, but you get the idea...