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Consider the pattern of the last decade. With two ruinous wars and a financial collapse to his record, George W. Bush was widely regarded as one of the most disastrous presidents in American history, and at times his public approval numbers sank to the lowest levels ever measured. The sweeping victory of his successor, Barack Obama, represented more a repudiation of Bush and his policies than anything else, and leading political activists, left and right alike, characterized Obama as Bush’s absolute antithesis, both in background and in ideology. This sentiment was certainly shared abroad, with Obama being selected for the Nobel Peace Prize just months after entering office, based on the widespread assumption that he was certain to reverse most of the policies of his detested predecessor and restore America to sanity.
Yet almost none of these reversals took place. Instead, the continuity of administration policy has been so complete and so obvious that many critics now routinely speak of the Bush/Obama administration.
Ron Unz: China’s Rise, America’s Fall (via azspot)
I’m glad people are understanding that the Obama administration has been largely a bipartisan institutionalization and worsening of Bush’s disastrous foreign policy and civil liberties policies.
The most tyrannical policies are bipartisan because there is no formidable political opposition - just look at the NDAA, drone wars, and assassination of US citizens.
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