Two problems with Obama

Dear Folks, Much as I value Obama as a complete person and worth-while president, he bothers me on two counts: (l) he talks about ending wars, but added considerably to the Afgan one. Now he considers bombing Syria. Few agree with him, Two major writers in Sunday's New York Times, Nicholas Kristof and Thomas Friedman, both of whom I Admire very much somewhat disagree:  Kristof holds we should bomb in order to make a strong statement about Assad's violence (over l00,000 killed) but acknowledges he is in the minority. Friedman's title says it all, "Same War, Different  Country."   He points out that all of these Arab countries, such as Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria are all in the same predicament: locked into sectarian conflicts since the 7th century and will have to work out their own divisions in order to become a pluralist democratic society. We need to help them in this process and not just bomb.

    My other ongoing problem with Obama and his administration is their unrelenting damage they do to immigrants who are not criminals but workers meeting legitimate needs in so many areas of American life. The Time's editorial discusses this issue.Republican congressional rigidity hasn't helped this situation. Still the Obama team is responsible for sending 2 million back to their countries!!!  Thank God, however, for Obama's version of the dream act.However, overall his team has done severed damage to families and our industrial needs.  Let's communicate with the white house in these regards. My view is: don't bomb, support the right rebels, work diplomatically with Syria, and stop the bloody manhandling of immigrants.John G