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[Cheering]…
One of the most striking things about Obama's period in office so far,
is the continuity with the bush administration,
not simply in terms of foreign policy, but in keeping a security state at
home and carrying on with Guantanamo and the attacks on civil
liberties, and the economic policies.
American liberals were drooling when Obama first entered the white house…
less so now.
In Iraq despite the promises, American troops are going to stay
on the ground confined probably to six huge military bases,
for eternity,
or unless a new insurrection gets rid of them.
In Afghanistan, Pakistan the war has actually been escalated,
under Obama there have been more drone attacks on Pakistan, than there were in
the preceding five years of the Bush, administration.
The recent attack on Libya shows an addiction to war,
that is extremely unhealthy but once again marks continuities.
Given that Obama’s campaign had largely been funded, by Wall Street
it was always an error to imagine that regulation was going to be
the order of the day.
Despite the financial crisis of 2008 which has wrecked the
United States,
the rich continue to prosper the poor continue to suffer,
health reform’s totally diluted and actually crafted by a
lobbyist for the insurance company. Obama like his predecessor's, is in the embrace of the
very rich
who've been running the country for nearly three decades.
The decision to take out, Usama Bin Laden by
violating Pakistan’s Sovereignty, to execute him rather
than capturing him and bringing him to trial, has done
Obama’s standing in a militaristic country a great deal of good,
and he's hoping to be re-elected on that basis.
But what it actually reveals is a deeper Problem.
[Cheering]…
[heartbeat ] *Made, To Be 5* [/heartbeat]