Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Masu ra'ayin mazan jiya sun soki shugaban kasar saboda "rashin amsawa" ga rikice-rikice irin su zanga-zangar Iran ta 2009 da juyin juya halin Masar na 2011. Bugu da kari, 'yan gwagwarmayar' yan gwagwarmaya da 'yan Democrat sun yi adawa da yanke shawarar Obama na aikawa da karin karfi zuwa Afghanistan, da ci gaba da shari'o'in soja na wadanda ake zargi da ta'addanci a Guantanamo Bay da kuma taimakawa wajen aiwatar da wata yarjejeniya da aka yi da' yan ta'adda.
yankin hana zirga-zirgar jiragen sama a kan Libya a lokacin yakin basasar kasar. Koyaya, an saurari buƙatun masu adawa da yaƙi lokacin da Obama ya bi alkawarin kamfen don janye sojojin yaƙi daga Iraki.