What disappoints me is the fact that we have changed very little in our war posture that so characterized the Bush years.
In the first place, we did not have the chance of voting for a thrid Bush term... much as so many of us would have wished to do so. So, I suppose that the best comparison would be with what could have been expected from McCain.
McCain made it clear that he thought we should have stayed in Vie Nam until we won. And that he applied the same standard to Iraq... he was in it for a definative victory by US troops. So... I guess the pooint we are making here is that that is also Obama's policy? It is a claim thaty is so far unsupported by fact... although I sup0pos e tha fact based arguement has lost much currency.
With regard to A fghanistan, I think that Obama made it clear that he felt the effort devoted to invading Iraq should have been focused upon Afghanistan. And so, actually Obama's increase of effort there representat a fulfillment of his campaign promise, Even though you might find that circumstance displeasing. And, given the presence of troops from germany, france, canada, and numerous other nations.... I find it diffcult to substantiate the fashionable position that this situation is simply another example of unilateral American imperialism.
Other than these examples... I would say that the majority of the world has a much more favorable image of Obama policy than they had of Bush. But, I suppose we can dismiss that reality out of hand in reaching our predetirmind conclusion that there is acutally no difference in Bush and Obama policies.
