"He clearly has not changed his own mindset about the use of military force. the war, where we need an immediate withdrawal of troops he asks only a partial withdrawal and seems to want to keep the private contractors there. Furthermore, his peace position on Iraq, if you can call it that, is countered by a “war position” on Afghanistan (he says, bring troops out of Iraq, send troops to Afghanistan!) and also on Iran (”keep our options open”, which means military force must be an option). He has talked about not just opposing the Iraq war but the “mindset” that led us into the war." http://www.trueblueliberal.com/2008/04/03/obama-in-american-history-howard-zinn/
"There's something suspicious going on when 9 banks agree to a deal in an hour. And the reason for that is they couldn't have written a better deal themselves. And by the way, the lawyer advising the Treasury represents 7 of those 9 banks."
Noam Chomsky believes the Obama administration will probably be like the second Bush administration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjGIzMN2MZ4&feature=channel