Pyrite
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OK, I may have been a bit harsh. Sorry.
My post was aimed at indicating that, contrary to what President Obama promised his supporters, he has continued the Bush-Cheney policies.
Possibly he is a more skilled politician than I had given him credit for, as he is risking alienating his base on these counts, but can regain same with his Supreme Court pick. We'll see.
As for whether or not his 'military tribunal' changes are cosmetic, I fear that your view of the banning of statements gotten by the enhanced techniques is cosmetic, in that he has gotten you to overlook the fact that he has imposed the tribunals. That was the goal.
But he's extricated the most poisonous thing about them, which does make them fundamentally different. I am still opposed to the tribunals, but the very concept of them no longer threatens to plunge us into a level of injustice not seen since the inquisition.
I don't see how those troop movements indicate Obama has followed the Bush policies. Bush sent a token force to Afghanistan while operating in Iraq with five times as many soldiers. Obama is drawing down the forces in Iraq to 50,000 while refocusing on Afghanistan. Those seem to be rather opposite policies to me.