besides ending the Iraq war, he's done a lot of stuff that is somewhat subtle. off the top of my head: a concerted and sustained nuclear arms reduction effort[1], and the specific way he handled the Libya situation[2].
still it remains that Obama is fundamentally pragmatic, for better or worse in any given issue.
(I wish people wouldn't downvote things just because they disagree with a statement. Downvoting because you disagree with someone is like putting your fingers in your ears and going blah blah blah I can't hear you and I don't want anyone else to hear you either. I wish people would save votes for comments that add nothing to a conversation. Like this one.)
Obama's calculus there probably involves the fact that drones can accomplish things without putting our soldiers at risk. not that i'm taking sides here. i don't like drones either.
The drones with missiles on them are almost entirely controlled by the human. It's just a plane that's flown from the ground. We don't call planes robots, even when they are on autopilot.
still it remains that Obama is fundamentally pragmatic, for better or worse in any given issue.
[1] good report here: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rachel-maddow/46790266#46790266
[2] http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-obamas-war-...