With the return of Democrat to White House, era seemed to be ushered in with Obama's pledge to scale down troops Iraq, end Bush's torture programs, and close Guantanamo. ..…

In fact we know on the basis of insider reports from figures such as the administration’s “counterterrorism czar” Richard Clarke and Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, that at first the White House wanted to use the 9/11 attacks as an excuse to invade Iraq. Bush’s..…