I am sorry to read of this.
But it is America that Obama leads, not Ronald Reagan's fantasy shining city on a hill.
America is an imperial power with a vast network of intelligence agencies, secret police, military officials, corporate war profiteers, and powerful, ruthless old families much resembling the Borgias of Italy centuries ago.
You cannot just reverse what these groups believe is in their interests. If you try, you put yourself at risk.
America's establishment can ruin you and even eliminate you.
There are the examples of Clinton who became the center of sleazy scandal, going down in history as a shabby failure, and Kennedy who died trying to fight some very powerful interests. His brother too.
I firmly believe Obama's basic instincts are not bent towards this sort of overseas criminal behavior - something not typically true of American presidents, men like Bush or Nixon or Johnson being quite comfortable with it - but he is not in a position to change America's excesses.
What we get with Obama is an intelligent and decent man who will make at least some decisions in light of broader interests. I'm afraid that is the most we can hope for.
Those who wished for more were hoping for what cannot be.
I AM AFRAID THIS IS AS CLOSE AS AMERICA GETS TO A SHINING CITY ON A HILL
