[Dean's World] Ali Eteraz: Obama The Hawk

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Posted by Ali Eteraz:
Obama The Hawk
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1182270357.shtml


   [1]Interesting post, especially since I'm leaning Obama.

     Senator Barack Obama's foreign policy agenda had a startling
     similarity to another presidential candidate. Is it Hillary?
     Edwards? Mike Gravel???

     None of the above:

     Obama and Romney each recently revealed a foreign policy agenda,
     and, amazingly, the plans are nearly identical! Perhaps even more
     disturbing is that each plan essentially mirrors the foreign
     policies of the current Bush administration! Sure, they try to
     distance themselves from Bush, but neither policy plan is
     noticeably less interventionist - with added troops amid talk of
     battling evil and leading the world. And, of course, Romney and
     Obama try to distance themselves from other candidates, but
     pointing out minor changes and including rhetoric about Jihadist
     threats (Romney) and phased withdrawals (Obama) can hardly conceal
     the regurgitated concepts of the current direction of American
     foreign policy.

     This isn't the first we've heard of Obama's hawkish tendencies. A
     little over a month ago, while giving a speech before the Chicago
     Council on Global Affairs, Obama outlined a five point plan on how
     America would be safer with him at the helm.

References

   1. http://kevinsullivan.typepad.com/kevinsullivan/2007/06/obama_the_hawk.html