Obama's Duplicity

  

Obama’s Duplicity

Peter Schultz

 

                  “Obama campaigned on the idea that Bush had drained resources in Iraq that should have been used to fight al Qaeda. ‘They [Bush and McCain] took their eye off the people who were responsible for 9/11,…al Qaeda.’ The new president pledged to rearrange US priorities to Afghanistan….” [Dirty Wars, 237]

 

                  Clever. While apparently criticizing Bush and McCain, Obama is endorsing the war on terror. His is not even a criticism that cuts very deeply. They spent too much in Iraq, which doesn’t mean the war and occupation was a mistake. Obama allows people to think he is opposing Bush and McCain when, in fact, he is endorsing their war on terror and even, up to a point, their invasion and occupation of Iraq. His endorsement is hidden behind a very mild critique of Bush and McCain and their actions. So, Obama is actually colluding with Bush and McCain with regard to the war on terror, even with regard to the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

 

                  Duplicity: the coin of the realm used to hide colluding political parties.