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I find it disturbing that people place all their naive hopes for re-shaping all national policies, from foreign to domestic, on one man
Indeed. I don't expect Obama to do anything without being forced - if it is truly the right thing to do. If it is the wrong thing to do, ie, status quo or obey the neocon masters of the universe (which is virtually the same thing as the Israel lobby as far as policy) he will have no problem doing that. In fact, Obama WILL do that as the default unless forced to do otherwise.
I don't trust any political criminal (they are ALL criminals in their core). At this point, I only trust in gold, bullets, and food stores. Anything beyond that, if it goes ethically/properly, is a surprise and probably happens by accident rather than original intent.