President-Elect Barack Obama has declared that the United States should maintain the "strongest military on the planet", while aiming to restore his country's global moral leadership. Mr Obama promised greater use of diplomacy and greater emphasis on building alliances around the world as he formally introduced his national security team, which included Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. But the former Illinois senator, whose rise was built on his opposition to the Iraq war, delivered a message of surprising toughness that at times could have come from George W Bush. Mr Obama said: "To ensure prosperity here at home and peace abroad, we all share the belief we have to maintain the strongest military on the planet." With the responsibilities of office just seven weeks away, he added that his administration was "absolutely committed to eliminating the threat of terrorism".
Mr Obama promised greater use of diplomacy and greater emphasis on building alliances around the world as he formally introduced his national security team, which included Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
But the former Illinois senator, whose rise was built on his opposition to the Iraq war, delivered a message of surprising toughness that at times could have come from George W Bush.
Mr Obama said: "To ensure prosperity here at home and peace abroad, we all share the belief we have to maintain the strongest military on the planet."
With the responsibilities of office just seven weeks away, he added that his administration was "absolutely committed to eliminating the threat of terrorism".
oh please... i thought this kind of phallus worship was just to get elected...
all that rhetoric, now wasted on becoming a malware salesman.
'baroque' obama? ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
It would be nice to imagine they might go for the "most effective" rather than the strongest. Their fondness on remote hi-tech systems may reduce exposure of troops, but creates a detachment that is counter-productive in any operation where the sympathies of the local population are up for grabs. And that's what 21st century military involvement is all about, yet the US has designed a military to win the first and second world wars which actually makes it largely ineffective, however "strong" it is. keep to the Fen Causeway
