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TO THE EDITOR:

Madeline Will’s article indicates that young voters are “dissatisfied” with Obama’s performance.

They shouldn’t be. True, his jobs record is less than stellar, but he has extraordinary achievements in other areas.

Obama ordered the assassination of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the first time
any president ordered the assassination of an American citizen.

Even better, one of his drone strikes killed al-Aulaqi’s 16-year-old son. The Al-Aulaqi family is proud to have contributed to this historic presidential accomplishment!

After seven years in Afghanistan, Bush could only ever manage to get
30,000 troops there at once. Thanks to Obama, we now have 88,000
Americans in the middle of the Afghan desert. Not
to mention the drone wars he is now waging in Yemen and Libya!

And not only is Guantanamo still open, but now we can send American
citizens there indefinitely, without trial, thanks to Obama’s signing of the NDAA.

Bush was able to deport about 200,000 undocumented workers per year.

Not bad, but Obama is deporting twice as many! That’s higher than any other president in history!

The president does need to work to help fix the economy, but he also needs to continue dismantling civil liberties and murdering American citizens.

When it comes to those important issues, Obama’s performance has been truly inspiring.

David Deerson ’13
President
UNC Young Americans for Liberty

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