It's obvious to anybody who walks along Wall Street on a Sunday morning that there is some kind of war going on. With the New York Stock Exchange closed, it should be a nice peaceful stroll. That was before 9/11.
A Sunday morning walk now takes you past ranks of road-traps, metal barriers, bollards, and armed guards, ready at all times to counter a terrorist attack on NYSE, one of the most iconic targets in the western world.
When President Obama took the oath of office, the Bush era of pre-emptive war ended. Yet considerable continuity on security and foreign policy issues remains. Idealism has given way to realism. Contrary to Obama's pre-election pledge, Guantanamo Bay has stayed open “'to house some very dangerous people,” and through his aggressive unilateral drone policy, more than twice as many suspected terrorists have been killed as were ever locked up there.
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