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| Behold the future! The Obama 'Plan B' template - Foreign Policy magazine |
| 2010-10-21 |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 The best advice I could give is: don't listen to any of these "experts". Of course, Obama won't, because he's smarter after all. He'll just do sh*t that's even more stupid. |
| Posted by: Spot 2010-10-21 21:19 |
| #7 My advice. Play golf: 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-10-21 17:05 |
| #6 Read the one about the green check. Sounds like a call to international carbon currency completely dependent upon Chinese conditions. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-10-21 15:00 |
| #5 Can't agree with you TW. SFOAMA is just more of the same "the ONE can persuade everyone to be nice" crap that we've heard all along, to whit... Obama would be better off skipping symbolism and working to improve the effectiveness of Middle Eastern states in delivering services and expanding the participation of their citizens in public policy. The case of Egypt and its upcoming presidential election is a good place to start. The White House must try to ensure that the 2011 contest be fair and legitimate, for Egypt's sake and ours. But America's good work with grassroots activists needs to be complemented by a bolder public stance and even tough measures when governments fail to advance the most basic democratic reforms. These are all dictaturships that don't give a crap about "their citizens". Why on earth would they listen to him? |
| Posted by: Alan Cramer 2010-10-21 14:09 |
| #4 It's an interesting list of proposals. Most of them are along the lines of, "Do what you promised, dammit, and more!", but I do like # Stop Fawning Over America's Muslim Allies by Ellen Laipson # Change the Rules of the Game in Pakistan by Ashley J. Tellis It's also quite interesting to note the connections of the writers of those two of the fourteen pieces. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-21 13:36 |
| #3 Geeze, I feel like Doc Daneeka... |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-10-21 12:59 |
| #2 agree completely |
| Posted by: Ebbegum Bourbon9604 2010-10-21 11:54 |
| #1 Sounds too much like they are saying: "He really doesn't suck as bad as you think! He as a plan. A plan to get his MOJO! His MOJO! Hope and change!" Go fuck yourselves fifth column. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-10-21 11:30 |