[Peace-discuss] Street on Obama on the war

[Chas. 'Mark' Bee]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu>
To: "Chas. 'Mark' Bee" <c-bee1 at itg.uiuc.edu>
Cc: "Peace Discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Street on Obama on the war


> Look what Obama actually says, not how his charm gets the media to spin it. 
> People look at the headlines and say, "Oh, Obama has changed his mind and is 
> now for getting out of Iraq, as 61% of Americans are."  But in fact his 
> position hasn't changed from what he said when he last held a PR-style town 
> meeting in C-U.  Far from getting out of Iraq -- lock, stock and 
> mercenaries -- he thinks that the US must retain control of the region with 
> its forces and those of others, e.g., an Iraqi government that will do what 
> we want.

  You left off his quote saying so.  This makes it tough to "look at what he 
actually says" on that matter.

>
> That's what he calls a "realistic" strategy.  We have to find Iraqis "to form 
> a viable government that can effectively run and secure Iraq" -- primarily, 
> secure control of the oil for the US. US Middle east policy will continue to 
> be what it's been for generations -- control ME energy resources, now under 
> the cover of the "war on terror."

  Again, you need a cite for that.