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| 2008-11-16 |
| by Caroline Glick US President-elect Barack Obama has properly sought to maintain a low profile in foreign affairs in this transition period ahead of his January inauguration. But while Obama has stipulated that the US can have only one president at a time, his aides and advisers are signaling that he intends to move US foreign policy in a sharply different direction from its current trajectory once he assumes office. And they are signaling that this new direction will be applied most immediately and directly to US policy toward the Middle East. Early in the Democratic Party's primary season, the Obama campaign released a list of the now-president-elect's foreign policy advisers to The Washington Post. The list raised a great deal of concern in policy circles, particularly among supporters of the US-Israel alliance. It included outspoken critics of Israel such as Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as national security adviser under president Jimmy Carter, and Robert Malley, who served as a junior Middle East aide to president Bill Clinton. Both men are deeply hostile to Israel and both have called repeatedly for the US to end its strategic alliance with Israel. In the months that followed the list's publication, the Obama campaign sought to distance itself from both men as the president-elect's advisers worked to position Obama as a centrist candidate. Brzezinski was cast aside in February when he headed a delegation to Syria to meet with President Bashar Assad. The purpose of his "fact-finding" mission was to castigate the Bush administration for its refusal to pursue Syria as an ally, and to decry Damascus's international isolation caused by its support for the insurgency in Iraq, its strategic alliance with Iran, its support for Hizbullah as well as Hamas and al-Qaida, its illicit nuclear program and its subversion of the pro-Western Lebanese government. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #9 FREEREPUBLIC > DEBKA - AL QAEDA CLAIMS ORDER GIVEN FOR NEW ATTACK AGZ USA BIGGER THAN 9-11; + PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING. Russia + other CSTO States propsoe to formally create/form a common military security and reaction force capable of defeating or repelling all threats to same in CENTRAL ASIA - THREATS TO THE CSTO BEING IDENTIFIED IN WHITE PAPERS AS "THE AGGRESSIVE POLICIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE REGION" [Central Asia] + "CREEPING EXPANSIONISM OF MILITARILY SECRETIVE AND UNPREDICTABLE CHINA"??? Also, TOPIX > CAN THE NEW OBAMA ADMINISTRATION STOP IRAN [+ by extens Militants-Terrorists] FROM GOING NUCLEAR?; + WORLD MILITARY FORUM > PLANNED US DEPLOYMENT OF UP TO SIX AIRCRAFT CARRIER BATTLE GROUPS AND 60% OF SUBMARINES TO ASIA-PACIFIC WILL FORCE CHINA TO DEVELOP A BLUE WATER NAVY. * WORLD MIL FORUM > OBAMA ERA IS A MAJOR TURNING POINT IN US DEFENSE STRATEGY FOR ASIA-PACIFIC [end of Bush-esque Preemptive Strike + general Bush Doctrine], + [Taiwan]IMPRISONED CHEN SHUI-BAN SUPPORTERS PROCLAIM NEED TO FREE CHEN VIA ABSOLUTE VIOLENT REVOLUTION IN TAIWAN. SOUTHERN TAIWAN URGED TO BUY FIREARMS, USE GRENADES, PETROL BOMBS + EVEN ROCKET LAUNCHERS; + CHINA TO DEPLOY NEW 400-KM, YJ62-A "EAGLE" ANTI-SHIP/AIRCRAFT CARRIER MISSLES IN SE CHINA TO LOCK IN TAIWAN AGZ US NAVY, + TOKYO SURPRISED AT SECRET ARRIVAL OF USN LOS-ANGELES CLASS ATTACK SUB TO MONITOR CHINESE/PLAN WARSHIPS + JAPAN CONCERNED ABOUT RECENT CHINESE, RUSSIAN NAVAL ACTIVITIES CLOSE TO STRATEGIC WATERS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-11-16 23:39 |
| #8 [Actor Fred Thompson] > THIS THING WILL GET OUT OF CONTROL AND WE'LL ALL BE LUCKY TO JUST LIVE THROUGH IT. -- where's the video? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-11-16 20:00 |
| #7 CHURCHILL or WELLINGTON > 'tis a "DAMN NEAR THING". *FREEREPUBLIC POSTERS > HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER [Actor Fred Thompson] > THIS THING WILL GET OUT OF CONTROL AND WE'LL ALL BE LUCKY TO JUST LIVE THROUGH IT. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-11-16 18:55 |
| #6 don't worry, he's being advised by previously exposed incompetent advisors |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-11-16 18:43 |
| #5 I have a bad feeling about this. BO is going to be an unmitigated disaster. |
| Posted by: Spike Omosh4021 2008-11-16 18:27 |
| #4 Is this why Slow Joe was telling the minions to stick by him and Hussein? That they might doubt the path the administration was taking, but they should stick with them because they would need their support more than ever ? Biden has been a big supporter of the Muzz himself in the past. Is the payoff for the millions in illegal donations going to begin immediately by turning on Israel right after the inaugural ? This tactic will be glaring. Does Barry have the balls to try it ? If he does, we need to give Jesse a nice, sharp blade for Christmas. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-11-16 14:09 |
| #3 They might as well. Either way they are going to be screwed. If they do hit Iran maybe they could do us all a favor and take out Washington while they are at it. |
| Posted by: Kelly 2008-11-16 12:01 |
| #2 The Obama team's pre-inaugural signals indicate strongly that Israel's next government will need to strike Iran's nuclear installations before two rapidly approaching deadlines Actually the Israelis have less than 42 days to hit Iran before Obama takes office. |
| Posted by: badanov 2008-11-16 01:52 |
| #1 Great. Zbiggys back. Luckily the Russian economy isn't back. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2008-11-16 01:07 |