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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 07:51 AM

    @moon6pence

    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.

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