Justin healey editor biography of barack obama
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Third to the Killing
The glow of success President Obama is enjoying over the death of bin Laden reminds me of something the dying Patroklos says in the Iliad, when the Trojan Hector has finished him off after the god Apollo stunned him and the Trojan Euphorbos wounded him. As Hector boasts over the dying Greek, Patroklos reminds him, “A destructive fate and Apollo killed me, and of men Euphorbos. You are third to the killing.”
Yes, the praise President Obama is receiving for authorizing the operation that killed Osama bin Laden is deserved––to a point. Considering the political blowback that failure in such an enterprise would have created, Obama should be given his due for not voting “present” or “leading from behind,” as he typically has done when making foreign policy decisions. But these accolades must be tempered by putting them into a fuller context.
First, Obama could make the decision he did only because of policies and practices started by his predecessor, George Bush
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Letter to US Government Officials Concerning Recent Events in Turkey
Recipients:
Barack Obama, President of the United States
John Kerry, Secretary of State
Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense
We write as academics and concerned citizens to express our strong condemnation of the current situation in Turkey. While we disapprove of the attempt to subvert the democratic process in Turkey through the military coup of July 15, 2016, President Erdogan’s response has gone beyond measures compatible with the rule of law and human rights, using the occasion to undertake a massive dismissal or suspension from duty of judges, military personnel, civil servants, university deans, and teachers. As of the most recent news this number has reached nearly 60, 000.
In addition, the Turkish government has suspended the annual leave of more than three million civil servants nationwide, and public sector employees are also banned from traveling abroad. Academics and university researchers are a