"Because we've become more aware?" Maybe.
Or maybe it's that President Obama ran on a platform that implied he would wind down the US war machine and has done the complete opposite. Maybe it's a drone program that has gone awry, killing civilans and US citizens (without due process). Maybe it's the deployment of special forces in countries all over the continent of Africa. Maybe it's the selling of arms to militant groups that are openly hostile to the US. Maybe it's the selling of arms to brutal government regimes that suppress their citizens through force. Maybe it's the continued used of Gitmo which he promised to close and did not even though his party controlled both arms of the legislature. Maybe it's the continued presence of troops in Iraq, even though we have "withdrawn". Maybe it's the continuing war in Afghanistan. Maybe it's the clueless Middle East policy implemented by the Obama administration. Maybe it's the continued profiteering by the industrial military complex (see this outstanding article: http://warisacrime.org/content/crown-family-investing-weapons-war-and-obama). Maybe it's the feeling that in a game of chicken with Putin, Obama will lose badly. Maybe it's the feeling that in a game of chicken with Xi Jinping, Obama will lose badly. Who knows. Even though the Obama administration has treated journalist with no respect, spied on them, intimidated them, lied to them, I suspect that they will continue to treat him with kid gloves. J - Obama is a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats. And now he has become head of the American killing machine and is proud of it. - Cornel West We voted for our brother Barack, a beautiful human being with a sweet heart, and now he's an assassin. They turned him into them. - Louis Farrakhan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364631 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
