He chooses his ways and means of reclaiming the rule of law, but he avoids those that would undermine his overall position in the ongoing political struggle.
As a strategic thinker, and one who’s approach is geared not just toward the immediate, but toward where things will be further down the path, Obama allows time to work for him.
Obama does not push for the exposure and full discrediting of the Bushites and the way they used the so-called “war on terror” as a mask or pretext for their criminal power grab, I expect he foresees how it will unfold and how he will benefit from it. For as the exposure of the Bushites moves forward, one way or another --Leahy's commission, most likely-- the image of the Bushites as protectors will weaken. And as this exposure weakens the image of the Bushites as having acted as our protectors, Obama will be in an ever-stronger position to dismantle the Bushite evils in the national security field without being so vulnerable as he would be now.
By binding his time, according to this interpretation, Obama minimizes the danger posed to his whole presidential position from the trap the GOP is trying to set for him. He will be less vulnerable to scoundrels like Rush Limbaugh who lie in wait, eager to point to an action of his and say, "See, Obama isn't going to protect you, he cares more about the rights of the terrorists than about the lives of your children.”
So for a while, Obama covers himself with the filthy mantle of the Bushites, in order to minimize the chance that his presidency can be destroyed through a gap opened up prematurely in the area of his greatest vulnerability in today’s still-beknighted America.
I don’t like it. But I think it is a plausible strategy, and it may be the wisest strategy.
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