meh, i don't believe in all the conspiracy stuff at all but I'm shocked this is the first real thread on Obama since his "final" withdrawing from Iraq plan was confirmed/announced.
Considering Obama's main, and really only traction point in the race against Hilary was her plan to pull out of Iraq in a controlled slow withdrawal over 18 months, while Obama ran around promising to withdraw the troops immediately, infact it was his only real idea in his campaign for 6 months.
Yet shockingly, he's just said he's going to do what, McCann and Hilary said they'd do, pull out within 2-3 years in a controlled manor.
For me it was by far his largest campaign promise, the main thing that got him in over Hilary(democrats were always going to win the actual election, its never NOT happened that the party in power has changed when the pres has had such massively low polling numbers) is a wash. Personally, what with him quietly changing his promise almost the second he beat Hillary, I'm not surprised.
The thing is, the presidency doesn't and hasn't mattered for a few terms at least. Its a figure head, big business has run the country for a long time, its not a conspiracy though, why would it be. Capitalism, the very idea is based on gaining wealth and power, they go hand in hand. You can't have capitalism without corruption and greed.
But why do people expect anything less, I mean seriously. If you ran a billion dollar company and went to social events with politicians, you wouldn't be pushing your agenda and trying to get people on "your side".
I really don't get why conspiracy theorists make a huge deal out of, well, things that make perfect sense and couldn't possibly work any other way. Why wouldn't governments do things in the interest of business, so their countries economies could collapse and everyone with money moves to other countries, how would that be good for any country?