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After Sen Obama's reversal in voting for the new FISA, I expect no expenditure of any political capital by him, if president, on principles. He is a politician of the same cloth as Bill Clinton, a charmer of little substance, and a dedication only to powerful corporate interests; witness his recent equivocations on offshore drilling. Last but not least are his tergivisations on our invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, where we have invaded and occupied and attempted to install governments, all in violation of international law. No one can say when he would withdraw from Iraq, nor how long he contemplates military operations in Afghanistan. He will not rescind any of the usurpations of power by the Bush administration. He is a product and a tool of an imperial alliance between major US corporations and a subservient government that now has only democratic pretensions.
