Plus ca change?

More of the same amidst Obama’s “Change”

Does Obama really represent a radical break from the past? Only time will tell, but so far certain things are not very different. I find it interesting how the news keeps reporting about missile strikes in Pakistan almost as if they were a natural phenomenon, like the weather, independent of Obama or the U.S. government.

Another thing to remember is that “Obama’s” idea to take troops out of Iraq and put more in Afghanistan was already the direction that Bush was moving in. If the status quo is a variation on the Orwellian plan of permanent warfare that is always shifting – “Now we are at war with Oceania” -so far Obama hasn’t done much to change this.