[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
I’m sorry, but Obama, for all the rhetoric and promises, has done little to change his predecessor’s policies and, in point of fact, is continuing them or expanding them.[/quote]
Obama has no choice but to continue policies for national security reason before extricating us from the mess in an honorable fashion.
If you buy a house with Chinese drywall, you’re stuck with it. It becomes an albatross but you still have to keep on making the payments while you find some way to repair and sell it without dumping the toxic mess on someone else’s lap.
The wise thing would have been not to buy that house to begin with.
Turning the ship of state is slow process.
Policies implemented by previous administrations have lives of their own (bureaucracy, entrenched interests, subordinates who implemented the policies and will fight reversal, etc…) and it takes time to reverse course.
“Gitmo remains open. Rendition continues. Drone strikes continue. Patriot I/II remain in effect. Large scale commitment in Iraq continues. Supposed “thorough investigations of intelligence practices during the Bush Administration” by Eric Holder and the DOJ have either been tabled or significantly watered down.”
“Gitmo remains open. Rendition continues. Drone strikes continue. Patriot I/II remain in effect. Large scale commitment in Iraq continues. Supposed “thorough investigations of intelligence practices during the Bush Administration” by Eric Holder and the DOJ have either been tabled or significantly watered down.”
“Gitmo remains open. Rendition continues. Drone strikes continue. Patriot I/II remain in effect. Large scale commitment in Iraq continues. Supposed “thorough investigations of intelligence practices during the Bush Administration” by Eric Holder and the DOJ have either been tabled or significantly watered down.”
“Gitmo remains open. Rendition continues. Drone strikes continue. Patriot I/II remain in effect. Large scale commitment in Iraq continues. Supposed “thorough investigations of intelligence practices during the Bush Administration” by Eric Holder and the DOJ have either been tabled or significantly watered down.”
“Gitmo remains open. Rendition continues. Drone strikes continue. Patriot I/II remain in effect. Large scale commitment in Iraq continues. Supposed “thorough investigations of intelligence practices during the Bush Administration” by Eric Holder and the DOJ have either been tabled or significantly watered down.”
