[Peace-discuss] Guadeloupe Strikes: A Warning to Obama?

[Robert Naiman]

On February 12, DNI Blair told Congress the global economic crisis was
the most serious security challenge facing the United States. A week
later, the French government was sending police reinforcements to
Guadeloupe after a month of strikes and protests over low pay and high
prices followed by clashes between police and protesters. But the New
York Times reports that the Obama Administration plans to cut the
deficit by "scaling back" Obama's promise to double foreign aid. Rep.
Frank wants to cut the military budget by 25%, in part on the grounds
that much of the military budget has nothing to do with security. A
mere 4% cut in the military budget would pay for the entire increase
in foreign aid that Obama promised, and the money would then address
"the most serious security challenge facing the United States" instead
of being used for corporate welfare for military contractors.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/guadeloupe-strikes-a-warn_b_168960.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/2/22/152519/851/198/700517

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/40095

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Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
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