So far, President-elect Obama’s appointments to his new administration have received widespread plaudits but he is running into serious trouble finding the right people for his national security team.
He ran his election campaign, in part, on a series of promises to break firmly with the Bush administration. US troops would be out of Iraq in 16 months; there would be no more illegal wiretapping of Americans, no kidnapping and certainly no torture. But since the election there has been a series of reality check admissions: Yes, there will be withdrawal from Iraq but troops will likely stay for a long time, torture is bad but then there might be some circumstances where it could be excused and as for wiretaps, well, it’s a very difficult problem that will certainly bear much study.
All this has infuriated the left who are feeling betrayed.
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