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Oliver Stone: Don't Betray Us, Barack -- End the Empire

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Obama got off to a good start, immediately taking steps to reverse some of Bush's most outlandish policies-pledging to end torture and close Guantanamo as well as the network of CIA-administered secret prisons. But he ran into a buzzsaw of opposition from opportunistic Republicans and conservative Democrats over these and other progressive measures and has been in retreat ever since. As a result, his first two years in office have been a disappointment.
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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