Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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' yanci da 'yan Democrat sun yi adawa da shawarar da Obama ya yanke 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 yankin da ba za a iya tashi ba
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.