Obama, the military and the threat of dictatorship

Obama, the military and the threat of dictatorship

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With his choice of Admiral Dennis Blair as director of national intelligence, President-elect Barack Obama has now named three recently retired four-star military officers to serve in his cabinet. This unprecedented representation of the senior officer corps within the incoming Democratic administration is indicative of a growth in the political power of the US military that poses a serious threat to basic democratic rights.

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With the axis of power shifting fast away from the US, it is interesting to note how Obama will handle this depolarization of power on the global arena

I think the US was also involved in the butchery in Timor, even more than the UK.

While Obama believes in a strong military, the question is, Is it under his control. Look at his policies on Afghanistan and Iraq, how much or how little a say does he have in these matters? Very little. He had promised to bring our boys home in his election speeches, now he says it will be 2011 till they return home. What we want is a watershed leader not a puppet in someone else's hands

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