Obama’s foreign and defense policies have been assertive, to say the least, especially in the Middle East and the Pacific. He has sanctioned far more unmanned drone strikes than Bush did; extended the security services’ intrusion into Americans’ privacy; allowed the CIA to continue its rendition program; approved trials of accused terrorists by flawed military tribunals; and has not shut Guantánamo Bay.
奥巴马的对外和国防政策一向以来都是武断的，至少可以这么说，尤其是在中东和太平洋地区。他比布什还要发起更多的无人机袭击；他使得保安服务侵犯到美国公民的隐私；他允许中央情报局继续它的引渡计划；他同意有缺陷的军事审判机关审判被指控的恐怖分子；他一直没有关闭关塔那摩湾拘留营。