Editing Barack Obama

{{Infobox politician|name=Barack Obama|image=Obama CIA.png|birth_date={{birth date and age|1961|8|4}}|birth_place=Honolulu, [[Hawaii]], [[United States]]|nationality=Statesian|political_orientation=[[Imperialism]]<br>[[Neoliberalism]]|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]}}

'''Barack Hussein Obama''' (born August 4, 1961) is a [[United States of America|Statesian]] politician and war criminal who served as the 44th [[president of the United States]] from 2009 to 2017. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing [[State of Illinois|Illinois]] from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

Despite his war crimes, he won the [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Peace Prize]] in 2009.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=2015-09-17|title=Nobel secretary regrets Obama peace prize|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34277960|newspaper=BBC|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-08}}</ref> He organized coups in [[Ukraine]] and [[Republic of Honduras|Honduras]], increased arms sales to [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]], and expanded U.S. military presence in [[Africa]]. After his presidency, he promoted the [[Russiagate]] [[conspiracy theory]] which contributed to the [[New Cold War]].<ref name=":0" />

==Early life and family==
Barack Obama's father has been identified as a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] asset who helped the [[United States imperialism|U.S. empire]] [[Neocolonialism|recolonize]] Africa during the early [[Cold War]]. His mother, [[Ann Dunham]], worked for [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]] in [[Republic of Indonesia|Indonesia]] in the 1960s.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|journalist=[[Gerald Horne]]|date=2022-02-07|title=Barack Obama’s Father Identified as CIA Asset in U.S. Drive to “Recolonize” Africa During Early Days of the Cold War|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/02/07/barack-obamas-father-identified-as-cia-asset-in-u-s-drive-to-recolonize-africa-during-early-days-of-the-cold-war/|newspaper=[[Covert Action Magazine]]}}</ref>

==Presidency==
In 2011, Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), allowing the US to indefinitely detain anyone worldwide without trial or any charges.<ref>{{News citation|date=2011-12-31|title=President Obama Signs Indefinite Detention Bill Into Law|url=https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/president-obama-signs-indefinite-detention-bill-law|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-05-20}}</ref>

Obama signed a secret order in 2012 to approve CIA support for [[Syrian Arab Republic|Syrian]] rebels attempting to overthrow [[Bashar al-Assad]]. He also increased funding for the [[National Endowment for Democracy|NED]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Jeremy Kuzmarov|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]|title=A Company Family: The Untold History of Obama and the CIA|date=2021-10-01|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/10/01/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021212820/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/10/01/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia/|archive-date=2022-10-21|retrieved=2022-11-23}}</ref>

Contrary to Obama's claims of targeting serious criminals for deportation, over 2/3 of the deportation cases during his tenure only involved people with minor infractions or no crime at all.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Ginger Thompson|newspaper=The New York Times|title=More Deportations Follow Minor Crimes, Records Show|date=2014-04-06|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/us/more-deportations-follow-minor-crimes-data-shows.html?smid=url-share}}</ref> 

In 2014, Obama's government helped to install a [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] government in Ukraine.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Harriet Agerholm|date=2017-01-19|title=Map shows where President Barack Obama dropped his 20,000 bombs|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-president-barack-obama-bomb-map-drone-wars-strikes-20000-pakistan-middle-east-afghanistan-a7534851.html|newspaper=Independent|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-08}}</ref>

In 2016 alone, Obama dropped 26,171 bombs on seven countries.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Harriet Agerholm|date=2017-01-19|title=Map shows where President Barack Obama dropped his 20,000 bombs|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-president-barack-obama-bomb-map-drone-wars-strikes-20000-pakistan-middle-east-afghanistan-a7534851.html|newspaper=Independent|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-08}}</ref> He also authorized 10 times as many drone strikes as previous president [[George W. Bush]].

== War crimes ==
In 2010, Obama ordered the CIA to assassinate a U.S. citizen living in [[Republic of Yemen|Yemen]]. He was killed in September 2011 and his son was killed two weeks later.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=|title=Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen - as it happened|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2011/sep/30/anwar-al-awlaki-yemen-live|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-08}}</ref> In 2015, he killed a 13-year-old child with another drone strike.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Chavala Madlena|date=2015-02-10|title=We dream about drones, said 13-year-old Yemeni before his death in a CIA strike|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/10/drones-dream-yemeni-teenager-mohammed-tuaiman-death-cia-strike?CMP=share_btn_tw|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-08}}</ref>

On October 3, 2015, US forces bombed a hospital in [[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]], killing 42 people.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Chris Johnston|date=2015-12-12|title=MSF Afghanistan hospital airstrike death toll reaches 42|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/12/msf-afghanistan-hospital-airstrike-death-toll-42|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-08}}</ref>

==References==
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Former heads of state]]
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[[Category:Imperialists]]
[[Category:Members of the Democratic Party (United States)]]
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[[Category:Nobel Peace Prize laureates]]
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[[Category:Presidents of the United States]]
[[Category:United States senators for Illinois]]