Together with the Iraq invasion, which was initiated by Obama’s predecessor in 2003, the armed conflict in Afghanistan has been characterized by systematic human rights violations and a loss of the most basic ethical principles in the conduct of war.
Alan Dershowitz, the American top lawyer who became famous with the defense of O.J. Simpson, says that “in Europe, Spitzer’s prostitute scandal wouldn't even make the back pages of the newspaper”.
The U.S. government was aware of the pride and stubbornness of the Native American population and tried all means to hunt the Lakota people from their territory, so as to then take control of their oil reserves.
George W. Bush defended the oil-smeared American way of life right to the end. Barack Obama, on the other hand, has already defined the green transformation of U.S. industry as a central goal of his administration.