[Peace-discuss] Obama supports Israel's collective punishment of Gaza

[C. G. Estabrook]

Obama's economic advisors:

Austan Goolsbee, U. of Chicago neoclassicist and “Sicko” critic; David Cutler, Harvard economist who believes that high health costs are good for the economy; Jeffrey Liebman: another Harvard economist and former Clinton adviser who favors privatizing social security.

http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/obamas-economic-advisers/

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>Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:59:30 -0600
>From: "John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Obama supports Israel's collective  punishment of Gaza   
>To: "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel4 at insightbb.com>
>Cc: peace-discuss at anti-war.net
>
>   At 10:09 PM 1/26/2008, Morton K. Brussel wrote:
>
>     Yes, John, I'm with Carl on this one. I have no
>     faith in Obama. Perhaps unlike Carl, however, I
>     think he's better on some issues than Bush.
>     Obama's advisors, many from the Clinton
>     administration such as Brzezinski, Lake and Ross,
>     do not lend confidence that he would make a
>     significant change in America's imperial or
>     corporate policies, but there are a few such as
>     Lawrence Korb, who are better on such issues. On
>     domestic issues not involving corporate interests,
>     he'd probably be a big improvement over the
>     current crop. But he's so vague, taken up with his
>     own rhetoric, that one can't be sure of anything
>     that he'd do.
>
>     Does that suffice?
>
>     Mort
>
>   Yes, Mort.  Thank you.  :-)  I had never heard/read
>   you express yourself on Obama before, and then
>   suddenly here came that veritable torrent of
>   adjectives.  :-P  I myself don't know what to think
>   of Obama.  As you say, he's vague and quite taken
>   with his own rhetoric.  He would definitely have to
>   GROW into the Presidency.  Somehow I have more faith
>   of that happening with Obama than I do with EITHER
>   of the Clintons.  But I could be entirely wrong.
>
>   John
>
>     On Jan 25, 2008, at 8:06 PM, John W. wrote:
>
>       At 06:59 PM 1/25/2008, you wrote:
>
>         He's not the only one. All these adjectives
>         apply:
>
>         revolting, repulsive, repellent, repugnant,
>         disgusting, offensive, objectionable, vile,
>         foul, abhorrent, loathsome, nauseating,
>         sickening, hateful, detestable, execrable,
>         abominable, monstrous, appalling,
>         reprehensible, deplorable, insufferable,
>         intolerable, despicable, contemptible,
>         unspeakable, atrocious, awful, terrible,
>         dreadful, frightful, obnoxious, unsavory,
>         unpalatable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty,
>         noisome, distasteful; informal ghastly,
>         horrible, horrid, gross, godawful; beastly.
>
>         --mkb
>
>       I see you have access to a thesaurus, Mort. 
>       :-)  Are you applying all of these adjectives to
>       Obama?  Do you agree with Carl, then, on his
>       assessment of Obama?  If so, is your opinion
>       based only on this issue of Israel/Palestine, or
>       does it reflect other considerations?
>
>       John Wason
>
>         On Jan 25, 2008, at 5:39 PM, C. G. Estabrook
>         wrote:
>
>           [As if there weren't already more than
>           enough reasons already to reject the odious
>           Obama, consider the letter he sent to Zalmay
>           Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, on
>           the Security Council's meeting regarding the
>           situation in Gaza.  As he asked, he US
>           blocked the council from issuing a
>           statement.--CGE]
>
>               Dear Ambassador Khalilzad,
>
>               I understand that today the U.N.
>           Security Council met regarding the situation
>           in Gaza, and that a resolution or statement
>           could be forthcoming from the Council in
>           short order.
>
>               I urge you to ensure that the Security
>           Council issue no statement and pass no
>           resolution on this matter that does not
>           fully condemn the rocket assault Hamas has
>           been conducting on civilians in Southern
>           Israel for over two years.
>
>               All of us are concerned about the impact
>           of closed border crossings on Palestinian
>           families. However, we have to understand why
>           Israel is forced to do this. Gaza is
>           governed by Hamas, which is a terrorist
>           organization sworn to Israel’s
>           destruction, and Israeli civilians are being
>           bombarded by rockets on an almost daily
>           basis. That is unacceptable and Israel has a
>           right to respond while seeking to minimize
>           any impact on civilians.
>
>               The Security Council should clearly and
>           unequivocally condemn the rocket attacks
>           against Israel, and should make clear that
>           Israel has the right to defend itself
>           against such actions. If it cannot bring
>           itself to make these common sense points, I
>           urge you to ensure that it does not speak at
>           all.
>
>               Sincerely,
>
>               Barack Obama
>               United States Senator
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