Feature
Barack Obama's Kettle of Hawks
By Jeremy Scahill, The Guardian UK
Barack Obama's national security team has been called a cast of rivals. (Photo:
Reuters)
The absence of a solid anti-war voice on Obama's national security
team means that US foreign policy isn't going to change.
Barack Obama has assembled a team of rivals to implement his foreign policy.
But while pundits and journalists speculate endlessly on the potential for drama
with Hillary Clinton at the state department and Bill Clinton's network of shady
funders, the real rivalry that will play out goes virtually unmentioned. The
main battles will not be between Obama's staff, but rather against those who
actually want a change in US foreign policy, not just a staff change in the
war room.
