[Peace-discuss] WSJ (and the Independent) gets something right, more or less

[LAURIE]

> Obama has gulled millions with promises of "change." But remember, change
for a dollar is still a dollar...

Love that quote; I will have to use it along with "When you are in a rat
race, it makes no difference if you win or lose; you are still a rat."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net [mailto:peace-discuss-
> bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of C. G. Estabrook
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 3:01 PM
> To: Peace-discuss
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] WSJ (and the Independent) gets something
> right, more or less
> 
> [From today's Wall Street Journal.  --CGE]
> 
> Obama as Bush's Heir
> 
> Our view has long been that the next president, whoever he is, will not
> fundamentally depart from Bush's foreign policy, as much as saying so
> may now
> seem a winning political message. In particular, we expect the U.S.
> will still
> have troops stationed in Iraq on Jan. 20, 2013, even if President Obama
> is
> delivering his Second Inaugural Address on that day.
> 
> One observer who agrees with us on this point is Adrian Hamilton of
> London's
> left-wing Independent newspaper:
> 
>      When it comes to the actual policies that might replace those of
> Bush,
> there is no great debate inside the US or outside. Barack Obama's early
> efforts
> to suggest talking directly to Hamas and (breath [sic] it not abroad)
> even
> President Ahmadinejad of Iran aroused such vituperation and such swift
> accusations of lack of patriotism that he has been forced to retreat
> almost
> completely from them. Barely had he ensured himself the Democratic
> candidacy
> than he appeared before the AIPAC lobby declaring his full support for
> a united
> Jerusalem--a step that even Bush never made. . . .
> 
>      Washington after Bush is not going to come up with a whole new set
> of
> foreign policies. It's almost certainly had it with grand visions. Bush
> has seen
> to that. But what it could do, and what its allies and competitors
> should dearly
> wish for, is to have a president that can restore some faith in itself.
> An
> America whose people start to feel better about themselves is better
> for us all.
> 
>      There is only one candidate who can do that and it isn't John
> McCain, for
> all that he could work perfectly well with the foreign offices around
> the globe.
> 
> The Middle East Media Research Institute picks up a report from London-
> based
> Al-Hayat that reinforces the point:
> 
>      Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that U.S. Democratic
> presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign managers had reassured
> Baghdad
> that if Obama is elected he will not dramatically change Washington's
> policy
> towards Iran and will take into account the opinions of the commanders
> in the
> field.
> 
>      Zebari noted that this reassurance is important, in light of the
> widespread
> impression that Obama is expected to completely overturn current
> policy.
> 
> Obama has gulled millions with promises of "change." But remember,
> change for a
> dollar is still a dollar...
> 
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