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  The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad (Hardback) By (author) Ali Tariq

  

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  Short Description for The Obama SyndromeWhat has really changed since Bush left the White House? Very little, argues the author, apart from the mood music. The fact that Obama has proved incapable of shifting the political terrain even a few inches in a reformist direction will pave the way for a Republican surge and triumph in the not too distant future.
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  • Publisher: Verso Books
  • Published: 17 October 2010
  • Format: Hardback 128 pages
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  • Categories: Politics & Government | Conservatism & Right-of-centre Democratic Ideologies | Constitution: Government & The State | Central Government Policies
  • ISBN 13: 9781844674497 ISBN 10: 1844674495
  • Sales rank: 67,874

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• What has really changed since Bush left the White House? Very little, argues Tariq Ali, apart from the mood music. The hopes aroused during Obama's election campaign have rapidly receded-the honeymoon has been short. Following the financial crisis, the reform president bailed out Wall Street without getting anything in return. With Democratic Party leaders and representatives mired in the corrupt lobbying system, the plans for reforming the healthcare system lie wrecked on the Senate floor. Abroad, the war on terror continues: torture on a daily basis in the horror chamber that is Bagram, Iraq occupied indefinitely, Israel permanently appeased, and more troops to Afghanistan and more drone attacks in Pakistan than under Bush. The fact that Obama has proved incapable of shifting the political terrain even a few inches in a reformist direction will pave the way for a Republican surge and triumph in the not too distant future.