The Real Obama

- No significant change in Iraq; intensification of war in Afganistan.
- Gitmo's name changed to indefinite detention - same violation of habeas corpus
- War on terror's name changed to Overseas Contingency Operation - is still a never ending police action designed to ensure obedience to a global, western juridico-political order.
- failure to act dramatically in the face of national economic crisis - a hedged bet that nationalization, though politically difficult, was not required. Nobel laureate Paul Krugman argues that Obama's plans will draw out the downturn for years to come.
- Allies like us even though none of our policies have changed fundamentally.

Barack Obama is Tony Blair.