[Peace-discuss] Axelrod: maybe we can work with the Tea Party to end the Afghanistan war

[C. G. Estabrook]

Sartor resartus? No, the co-opter co-opts again. "Winding down the war" my ass...

What the White House is doing this week is a frenzied escalation of the air war 
in AfPak.

Cf. Nixon-Kissinger in 1973.

On 11/11/10 10:55 AM, Robert Naiman wrote:
> <A student of history and a onetime political reporter, Axelrod
> expressed curiosity and even some optimism about the tea party,
> suggesting that Obama could work with them on matters such as a ban on
> spending earmarks and on winding down the war in Afghanistan.
>
> If so, Obama would turn the Clinton-era triangulation strategy on its
> head, reaching out not to the moderates in the other party but to the
> new breed of conservatives who could bring the ideological arc of
> Congress full circle.
>
> Can the White House work with them? "It is a fascinating time in our
> history," he said, "and I don't think anybody really knows. I mean I
> have watched carefully some of these folks on television. I don't
> think this is nearly as predictable as people think.">
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/10/white-house-gives-in-on-bush-tax-cuts_n_781992.html
>