Sad
by digby
Then:
Now:
Getty images —Protestors hold banners portraying US former president George Bush and current US President Barack Obama while marching through central London during a Stop The War demonstration on November 20, 2010 against the continued involvement of Britain in the war in Afghanistan.
Obama always promised to continue the war in Afghanistan, of course. But it would have been hard to imagine that image back in those heady days of the big win. People certainly didn’t see him as a clone of Bush, regardless of his promises.
One little detail that’s worth contemplating is the Daily Mail headline in the first compilation. There’s the glowing “Obama Takes His Place In History” headline and just below it is a huge headline that says: “Home loans: A Slap In The Face.” That juxtaposition was prescient.
h/t to @BagNewsNotes for the imperialism shot.
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