Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama: Hawk vs. Hawk | Benjamin H. Friedman | Cato Institute: Commentary

Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama: Hawk vs. Hawk | Benjamin H. Friedman | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Obama, as Dick Cheney gleefully notes, has mostly continued the Bush administration's counterterrorism policies. That goes for National Security Agency surveillance (legalized with Senator Obama's vote); the Guantanamo Bay prison (congressional opposition killed his efforts to close it and end the military tribunals); the PATRIOT Act; the state secrets doctrine; unwillingness to prosecute anyone for killing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan seemingly with unsanctioned interrogation methods; and more."

"drone strikes, which this administration has massively increased."

"On the Iraq War, Obama reminded us in the debate that he opposed the war and he withdrew U.S. troops from Iraq (on a schedule negotiated by the Bush administration)."