I'd criticize any other country just the same way if it did the kind of grandiose imperial stuff the USA has been doing since the end of WWII (and actually, for quite awhile before that...Monroe Doctrine, Phillipines, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, various Central American interventions, etc.). I don't approve of messianic military empires that invade, economically colonize, and dominate weaker nations all over the world just so a few incredibly rich men can get richer. Nor do I approve of their leaders when they make that possible.

Obama's just the latest one to follow the same old line, that's all. I was absolutely delighted when he got elected in 2008, because I dreamed that he might be a real progressive and would change things, maybe be another FDR. I was also very pleased that a black man had been elected president and that McCaine and Palin had lost! It seemed to open the door to brand new possibilities.

That has not happened, however, and it's quite clearly not going to. What we are getting is standard imperial policy and standard domestic corruption, just like before. Obama is Bush III. He doesn't look like a Bush. He doesn't talk like a Bush. But his presidency is just more of the same old story.

Elect the Republicans again, and it'll be just as bad...maybe even worse.

Heads they win. Tails you lose.