In a previous post, I wrote that Pres BO's executive orders on GITMO and interrogation techniques have all kinds of loopholes.
In the end, Pres BO will keep some kind of GITMO and they will interrogate valuable terrorists.
Today, we learned that Pres BO will continue two important Bush policies.
"The Obama administration fell in line with the Bush administration Thursday when it urged a federal judge to set aside a ruling in a closely watched spy case weighing whether a U.S. president may bypass Congress and establish a program of eavesdropping on Americans without warrants."
"The CIA's bombing campaign against al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan continued with two more attacks today, an indication, senior officials say, that President Barack Obama has approved the U.S. strategy that has killed at least eight of al Qaeda's top 20 leaders since July 2008."
Don't get me wrong. I am happy that Pres Obama is going to keep his predecessor's aggressive policy against Al Qaeda and other terrorists.
My only question: Why didn't he say any of this a year ago?
Why didn't he tell the "yes we can" screamers that he was going to follow Pres. Bush's policies?
The answer is that the left, the people who got him nominated over Senator Hillary Clinton, would have walked away and gone with someone else.
Obama is turning out to be a cynical opportunist!
