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Old 09-03-2009, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by dklassen View Post
He's not the only one, there are plenty more where he came from. It's plain as day to see BO is seeding...
Nothing new here. Just recent memory of the Bush administration shows the placement of some pretty radical neocons in key positions. In the case of the Bush administration many of the more radical types can be traced back to Dick Cheney and the ultra-right Project For A New American Century group, but in the end the POTUS had to give his blessing.

Time will tell how much effect, positive or ill, President Obama's appointees will have on the country. But it seems to me that they'll have to go a long way to beat the damage done to our country by the group of ultra-right neoconservatives that essentially controlled both military and foreign policy during the Bush years. Remember names like Donald Rumsfeld, James Woolsey, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Bill Kristol, James Bolton, Zalmay M. Khalilzad, William Bennett, etc.? These guys not only had their own agenda, but they were enabled by a strong and devious Vice President, a less than attentive POTUS, and a Congress who was more interested in spending money in ways that would assure their re-election than watching what the administration was doing. Have we ever gone to war with less discussion of why, how and when?

We get what we elect, nothing more, nothing less. I suppose we could expect middle-of-the-road appointees if we ever elect a moderate President. But we haven't had one of those in many years. American politics has gravitated to highly polarized ideological warfare. Until that changes, we can expect to get political administrations salted with those who embrace one side or the other--far right or far left.

So what's new?