The strategy against the Democrats and President Obama is more than obvious. They have completely ignored the reality of the past adminisration, the long sustained wars, the lack of progress in Afghanistan, the near fall of the Karzai Administration, the poor choices made to support Musharraf and the wrongful invasion into Iraq, ONLY, to try to 'cause' the current adminisration 'the same path' of Bush/Cheney through manipulation from inside the Congress and running their Culture of Fear in the nation and through their electorate AGAIN.
In other words, by Obama trying to avoid the issues of Afghanistan and Iraq and Torture, he set himself to be Bush, Jr.
Is he?
He is trying to separate himself from the criminals that walked the halls of the White House, including those of his former Treasurer, Paulson; by believing in the 'citizen/Main Street' rather than "Wall Street."
It is plainly obvious Obama is not Bush. By simply starting to try the detainees from Gitmo this early in his administration, he has cut through the 'Bush Red Tape' that supported the Bush/Cheney Propaganda.
Additionally, Obama has met with all major players in the Middle East. He is pragmatic and has bolstered the Pakistan government to pursue the Taliban and disarm al Qaeda. He has been more successful in his first few months of office on all venues of National Security than Bush/Cheney ever had in their entire administration.
I wish that Congress were just as savvy and just as successful in aligning themselves with the Citizen of the USA, but, we, the people, have yet to successfully 'weed' the garden of the Neocons from our government, hence, suffering 'blows' to the best our nation can be.
First Guantanamo inmate to face New York trial (click title to entry - thank you)
America is to transfer a detainee from Guantanamo Bay to New York to face trial for involvement in the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa.
by Our Foreign Staff
Last Updated: 9:43AM BST 21 May 2009
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian accused in the attacks in Kenya and Tanzania, would be the first former detainee at Guantanamo to face trial in a civilian court in the United States.
Senior officials in Washington said announcement would be made formal around the time President Barack Obama makes a major national security speech on the future of the US naval base that holds 240 terrorist suspects....
