[Peace-discuss] Obama's FP expert...

[Jenifer Cartwright]

I'm sure Jeremy Scahill had more to say, but as it stood, Samantha Powers bested him. I was pleased that Amy let her have the last word a number of times on both days. I'll check the link. Thanks.
   --Jenifer

"C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:
  I though Scahill exposed her support for Clinton's war quite well. I posted 
here an analysis of Power's views by a fairly competent reviewer last summer:




Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> I know even less about this subject than I do about most other things. I 
> was going by statements and arguments she made that neither Scahill nor 
> Goodman/Gonzalez were able to rebutt. Of course Carl wasn't in the room 
> w/ them at the time ;-) 
> --Jenifer
> 
> */"C. G. Estabrook" /* wrote:
> 
> She praised the Rambouillet "agreement" and Clinton's attack on
> Serbia. That
> puts her, incidentally, to the right of Henry Kissinger, who
> admitted at the
> time that "The Rambouillet text ... was a provocation, an excuse to
> start
> bombing." --CGE
> 
> 
> Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> > Don't you mean the */awesome/* Samantha Power? She acquitted herself
> > /*very*/ well a couple of days running on DN! despite holding the
> > minority view among those around the table...
> > --Jenifer
> >
> >
> > */"C. G. Estabrook" /* wrote:
> >
> > [...is the awful Samantha Power, formerly on the faculty of the
> > Kennedy School
> > at Harvard (where even undergraduates know that the K-School, with a
> > few
> > exceptions, is a joke). Here's a sketch, heavy with subtext, from
> > Shmuel Rosner
> > of Haaretz. --CGE]
> >
> >
> > ...She doesn't claim that the NIE is correct, but rather that the
> > international
> > community is using it to fend off Bush on the Iranian issue. And
> > lest there be
> > any doubt: "I do not underestimate the threat that is Iran." Her
> > objective -
> > Obama's objective - is "to neutralize Iran."
> >
> > Iran is one of the items troubling Israel supporters who scrutinize
> > Obama's
> > positions. The former Israeli ambassador to Washington, Danny
> > Ayalon, demanded
> > that the candidate explain what he means to gain by meeting Iran's
> > president,
> > Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Power volunteers to do so. "Do people have the
> > right to be
> > worried? Of course," she says. Just so long as they portray
> > accurately what we say.
> >
> > With regard to Iran: "Reasonable people can agree or disagree on the
> > issue of
> > meeting with Ahmadinejad," but here's what she thinks: The chance of
> > persuading
> > Ahmadinejad may not be great, but it is worth examining, and a
> > meeting "will
> > increase the chance for mobilizing international sanctions, because
> > the world
> > will be reminded that Ahmadinejad is the problem," not America as
> > many now believe.
> >
> > ...In the interest of brevity, here, in a nutshell, are several more
> > of Power's
> > positions: Immediate and intensified involvement in the
> > Israeli-Palestinian
> > peace process. It has to be resolved first of all for the benefit of
> > the parties
> > involved, but also to preevent "cynical Arab leaders" from
> > exploiting the
> > conflict as a tool for justifying their policies.
> >
> > She thinks that the talks between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and
> > Palestinian
> > President Mahmoud Abbas are being held "in good faith."
> >
> > Asked who is to blame for there being no agreement yet, Power says
> > there is no
> > point expanding on that, but emphasizes that "I've never blamed
> > Israel for the
> > failed talks" (at Camp David). But precisely how should these talks
> > be handled,
> > and what should the goal be? She's no expert on that, she says, and
> > suggests
> > calling Dan (Shapiro), the campaign's adviser on the Middle East, or
> > Dennis
> > (Ross), who also advises Obama (advises - but is not an adviser).
> >
> >
> http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerBlog.jhtml?itemNo=957778&contrassID=25&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=1&listSrc=Y&art=1
> >
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