Unless this nation has truly become the Industrial Military Complex that Eisenhower warned us about, common sense dictates that we have no business engaging in preemptive wars & that defense spending should be cut down to sustainable national-security levels.

Obama has ended Bush's war in Iraq; he's working on ending Bush's Afghanistan war; & it was on Obama's watch that Bin Laden's existence was terminated, ending BL's power of persuasion with his terrorist followers. Obama kept his promises.

Obama also promised in this last campaign that he will not put burdens on the backs of the middle class & the most vulnerable. He made it clear that he is going to end Bush's good-ol-boy tax breaks for the top 2%.

He's kept his word to us thus far & all the open game playing that we're hearing/seeing shouldn't be taken to heart unless it comes from Obama himself, imo. He's not going to let us down, but it doesn't hurt to keep the pressure on him. He wants us to do just that, as he said during his campaign. (Perhaps all the speculative news talk is for that very purpose: public outcry gives him the added support he needs to get the job done.)

If anyone doubts Obama himself, keep in mind who he's married to; I think Michelle would be furious if Obama made it more difficult in any way for the lower classes.