Dr. Martin Luther King fought against war, violence, poverty and injustice. Since the 2008 election of President Obama, we have witnessed the following…

  1. authorized drone attacks killing innocent people throughout Africa and Asia
  2. the increased militarization of Africa with US-backed AFRICOM
  3. trillion dollar bailout of wealthy Wall Street bankers
  4. attempting to block the 2-time democratically elected leader of Haiti, President Aristide, from coming back into his own country
  5. supporting the NATO invasion of Libya and killing of Gaddafi, who was in the process of uniting African countries
  6. deafening silence on the over 6 million genocidical deaths that have taken place in the Congo
  7. increasing the occupation in Afghanistan after the killing of Osama Bin Laden
  8. overseeing U.S. prison industrial complex with the highest incarceration rate of individuals in the world
  9. ongoing detainment of innocent individuals in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who have never been tried in court

For those who truly understand the passion that Dr. King had for human rights, to compare President Obama to Dr. King is an insult to the legacy of what he stood for. What’s your opinion?

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