New BFF

by digby

David Rivkin, neocon torture apologist of the highest order, was on CNN this morning saying that he is very, very happy with Obama’s executive orders and finds it reassuring that Obama is using the vernacular of war to talk about the al Qaeda threat.

Perhaps he’s had a change of heart and no longer thinks the war on terror requires extraordinary methods. Or perhaps the right, with the help of the media, has decided that the best way to hem Obama in on the GWOT is to simply pretend that he hasn’t actually changed any of Bush’s policies. They seem determined to see these executive orders as window dressing.

Update: See also Glenn Greenwald’s post today about the terrorist fear mongering. These seem to add up to a pincer tactic to squeeze the new president. It’s very interesting.

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