[Fwd: [Peace-discuss] First Black President Defeats U.S. Antiwar Movement]

[C. G. Estabrook]

[Several passages from Glen Ford's piece, circulated by Randall, that I think 
deserve underlining.  --CGE]

"Obama pretends he wants peace, and anti-war members of Congress pretend to 
believe him."

...the Obama Effect, the deep and wide delusion that imperialism with a Black 
face is somehow - something else.

...for the time being, the U.S. anti-war movement has been defeated - not by 
Republicans, but by Barack Obama's Democratic Party.

...Obama is determined to leave at least 50,000 troops in Iraq for an open-ended
period of time under the guise of "training" the Iraqis, and is rapidly
merging Afghanistan and Pakistan into one theater of war, called Af-Pak.
Clearly, the Obama administration is expanding its war in Af-Pak, and has
no intention of ending the U.S. military presence in Iraq - ever.

...[Obama] pushes through a war budget that is bigger than any of George Bush's 
war budgets.

...Obama has no plans or intention to end his wars except on imperialism's own 
terms - which means never-ending war, just like under Bush.

...The anti-war movement has hit rock-bottom because of its failure
to challenge this particular president, an imperialist with charm, a
warmonger with a winning smile. Obama has whipped them, but good. And they
will stay whipped, until they stand up like men, like women, like leaders.

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