Title: BREAKING HARD: RON PAUL SUPPORTS OBAMA Source:
CNN URL Source:[None] Published:May 2, 2008 Author:CNN Post Date:2008-05-02 18:28:55 by a vast rightwing conspirator Keywords:None Views:8669 Comments:534
First, he told Blitz that he can't endorse McCain.
Then, Blitz asked him which one he prefers, of the 2 Demos. RP said that he picks Obama because he's slightly better which is EXACTLY what I've been saying for quite a while.
W Bush is/was clearly in incompetent retard who can/could not function or 'lead' without handlers guiding him every step of the way. Anyone who trusts or trusted Bush now or then is/was either too naive or is/was not paying attention or makes/made a decision to trust him regardless of the abundant evidence. This is not uncommon. Most Americans bought the pre-war propaganda and supported the Iraq invasion. The evidence was clearly lacking and the scare campaign was so crude, most people should have saw it for what it was but they didn't.
Oh, but we were talking about 'trust'. Clearly, it's impossible to completely predict how much of one's promises will become one's future actions. However, I have little doubt that McCain's promises of more war are likely to translate into more war if he becomes the U.S. president. I believe that it will be less war than McCain dreams and promises because the country can't afford a lot more, but there will be more. I also have doubts that Hillary's promises of ending the Iraq involvement are likely to be fully kept because she promised not to talk with the local 'adversaries' and it's hard to reach some good and final outcome absent either some good negotiations or a complete victory and Hillary promises not to do either. In the case of Obama, I believe that he is likely to do more than he is promising, as far as the ME involvement is concerned. He is as intelligent as Hillary but he also appears to be more principled. He also must carry the black man's burden. He will only be judged good or satisfactory as a prez only if he performs way beyond expectations and he seems to be ambitious enough to actually give it a try.
Vast. After reading your post, the thought struck me we're debating the merits of professional American politicians based on 'hope', 'change' and 'trust.' Looking back at my life, in terms of America's foreign policy, it would be illogical for me to 'hope' that a selected politician could 'change' what has become an imperialistic nature, driven by the military industrial complex.
I was born at the end of WWII (FDR knew about PH in advance of the attack, but his desire shuck our isolationism won the day. American troops are still in Germany and Japan). Then Korea came ("The only reason I told the President to fight in Korea was to validate NATO." - Dean Acheson, US Secretary of State, but more importantly a CFR member. American troops are still there). Following Korea was Viet Nam (the Gulf of Tonkin was a lie, and that nation is now our low labor manufacturing colony). Scattered between Viet Nam and Iraq (WMDs my ass and 9-11 "a second Pearl Harbor"), were Desert Storm, Somalia, Serbia, and probably a half-dozen or so other little messes I've forgotten.
Given this fully developed, interventionist foreign policy of ours, are you honestly telling me you believe one man, Barack Obama, a lowly state senator three years ago, will be able to stop the the MIC and its lust for money and power?
I don't expect Obama to perform miracles. I don't even know if he would be able to set a trend toward less U.S. belligerence but, it's possible that, if the neocon cacophony is muffled, more intelligent people would realize that America's problem is not 'America's (imaginary) enemies' but America's effectively committing economic, cultural and moral suicide. I am skeptical that the process can be reversed but, man... can we get a little break before we resume our slide down the slippery slope?
By the way, it is true that there continue to be U.S. troops in Korea, Japan and in Europe. However, there are no U.S. troops left in Vietnam, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon. It is true that, in all these instances, the U.S. was driven out either by force or via eviction notices served by sovereign governments. While Obama may not be able to fully withdraw all of our troops from Iraq on his own, a sovereign Iraqi government may be in the position to demand the complete withdrawal once our occupation army shrinks to a level that permits the Iraqi government to make such a request without fear of being brutally coerced.
To the extent that 'national priorities' are identified and pursued, national resources, such as the military, can be maintained and the proper level. The neocon cacophony makes a rational discussion of national priorities impossible and false priorities (the war on terror, the war on drugs, the war on climate changes - talking about fighting windmills) are presented and funded as main priorities.
Obama owes nothing to the neocons while McCain owes them nearly everything. So, yes, there is some 'hope' that Obama may try to purge them off the executive's most powerful positions.