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Let's hope that, as some commenters say, once in power, Obama will adopt more sensible policies. Here is an excerpt of a speech he gave in Rhode Island:

Obama Shows Off Drawing Power -- Courant.com

"I don't want to just end the war. I want to end the mind set that got us in the war," Obama said. "I want to end the politics of fear, the fever of fear that uses 9/11 as a way to scare up votes instead of a way to bring the country together to go after a common enemy."


"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
by Melanchthon on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 08:57:13 AM EST
As pointed out by Afox in today's salon, these statements are sufficiently vague and ambiguous to leave open plenty of avenues, some not really different from the current US policy.

I want to end the politics of fear
Of course, who can disagree?
...bring the country together to go after a common enemy.
Again, sorry if I come along like a party pooper, but this statement is totally consistent with military escalation in Afghanistan, and other places as already advocated by Big O...

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
by Bernard on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 09:28:26 AM EST
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"...bring the country together to go after a common enemy."

Again, sorry if I come along like a party pooper, but this statement is totally consistent with military escalation in Afghanistan, and other places as already advocated by Big O...

No, if we figure out that the common enemy is us, then we're all set!

by asdf on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 05:11:31 PM EST
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