Re: [Marxism] Obama speaks out on Jeremiah Wright controversy

["Dan Russell" <proletariandan@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> <Yes, I guess Walter is right; he is not mealy-mouthed:
>
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> > Israel is "our strongest ally in the region and its only established
> > democracy," Obama said, assuring his audience that "we must preserve our
> > total commitment to our unique defense relationship with Israel by fully
> > funding military assistance and continuing work on the Arrow and related
> > missile defense programs." Such advanced multi-billion dollar systems he
> > asserted, would help Israel "deter missile attacks from as far as Tehran
> and
> > as close as Gaza.">


Yep, he can pander with the best of 'em. It would take an (in my opinion
unjustified) extreme optimism to believe that Obama will change for the
better *_*after*_*he is elected. If he gets elected by pandering to AIPAC
and the like then I wouldn't expect him to reverse on that later.
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