[Peace-discuss] Axelrod...

[C. G. Estabrook]

Or, since Axel-rod et al. are spiraling down in the same circle, perhaps he's a 
heli-co-opter, "winding down the war" by becoming a predator drone...


On 11/11/10 11:05 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 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
>>
>>