Obama and the pursuit of endless war

[n2doc]

Steve Chapman
7:29 p.m. CDT, June 10, 2011

When historians sit down decades from now to address the events of the early 21st century, they will have no trouble explaining why Americans elected Barack Obama president. They elected him out of a firm conviction that the United States was not involved in enough wars.

Problem solved. Today, American forces are fighting in four countries.

No. 4 is Yemen, where we learn the administration is carrying out an intense covert campaign against anti-government militants, using fighter aircraft and drone missiles. It is being handled by the Pentagon in conjunction with the CIA, and according to The New York Times, "teams of American military and intelligence operatives have a command post in Sana, the Yemeni capital."

Feel safer? Probably not. Most of what presidents do with the U.S. military is not aimed at enhancing the security or welfare of the American people. It serves mainly to advance our domination of the world, even — or maybe especially — in places irrelevant to any tangible interests. Like Yemen.

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[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Bankrupting the nation is protecting us...or, something.

[indepat]

7. Reckless fiscal policies, grossly unfair tax policies, and perpetual wars make us so much stronger

and safer even though some do not agree as evidenced by our debt being downgraded by entities in Asia and Europe. :patriot:

[Initech]

2. Fact: We elected a leader who ran on a campaign to end this shit.

Now that he's actually in office, things with these bullshit wars aren't getting better. They're getting worse. Someone else is clearly in charge and he's the one pulling Obama's strings.

[ixion]

3. The Neocon agenda rolls on

that's what The Project for a New American Century wanted, and that's what they're getting, despite the 'changey' thing.

[obxhead]

5. When should we stop calling it the Neocon agenda?

Dems are just as complicit in the endless war as Pubs. It's a dual party effort.

[ixion]

6. The word transcends the two-party mirage. Neocon is an ideology.

And there are neocons on both 'sides'.

[madmax]

4. This is what I've been screaming about for 10 years.

It's the wars sucking us dry.

Yes, there are other factors but the wars are THE major factors, imo.

After we get out of Iraq and Afgan. Then we kill all the banksters. There, problem solved.

[somone]

8. No better proof that who we elected is just another corporate tool

in the service of corporate masters

[tekisui]

9. knr. Sad, the decisions Obama has made.

[krabigirl]

10. Absolutely disgusting, and pretty much no one talks about it. But it is 5 countries..Pakistan also.

[xiamiam]

11. rather talk about wiener or sarah or anything else which distracts..

just look at the posts here covering the front page..and this is an aware group of people