by Justin Raimondo, Antiwar.com, 17 November 2008
In his victory speech, Barack Obama told us: “I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.” And, you know what? I believe him. He will listen. That’s the one important difference, I think, between the outgoing and incoming administrations: George W. Bush would no sooner listen to ordinary Americans when it comes to the conduct of foreign affairs than he’d consult with Congress – i.e., not at all – whereas Obama… well, at least it’s possible, and that is one real big change.
Okay, then, listen up, Mr. President-elect, because I’ve got a few bones to pick with you.
A Republican in charge of the Pentagon, a pro-torture anti-civil liberties CIA chief, and now Hillary Clinton as secretary of state – is there any principle you’ve forgotten to sell out?
As my old friend the late, great libertarian economist and social theorist Murray Rothbard used to say: Are we to be spared nothing?