Strategies in the ME did not change from Bush to Obama. Only the rhetoric did. The Iraq draw down started well over a year ago. Gates has not changed his plans with Obama taking over or rather becoming the spokesmen. He’s been firmly in charge since Rumsfeld left.
First Bush lied and now Obama lies – no different except that Obama’s lies get delivered smoother and he’s got a large following of personality cultists who believe him. The geopolitical strategy has always been to establish a huge military beachhead in Iraq – that’s why we’ve built several gigantic, permanent bases there – and to have a permanent force of between 50-80,000 troops available for deployment anywhere in the region.
The financial polices are not much different either. Does anybody think that Obama has influence on monetary policy?
Besides the 787 billion, which is only 7% of total taxpayer funds allocated to the mess, the trajectory has been the same. The Fed/Goldman Sachs influence has not changed. Who’s been Treasury secretary and where did they come from for the past two administrations?
The only real purpose of the American president is to be the point-man for the propaganda put out by the ruling cabal behind the curtain. The truth is that the President doesn’t have time to do any policy discussion and certainly very little reading – it’s all handled by the minions scurrying around him. The President is simply the focal point for the attention of the people while everything happens behind the curtain, dictated by the real controllers.
Looking through ideological lenses and listening to party talking points confuses things.
