[Marxism] The Nation's delusions in Obama

[Eli Stephens <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This letter I just sent to the Nation should be self-explanatory (i.e., I'm not 
reproducing the article it refers to):

The Nation's assertion ["Ending the Mindset", 12/22/08] that "Neither
[Obama] nor his advisers advocate the Bush doctrine of unilateral
military action and preventive war" is utterly false. Gates, Clinton,
and Jones all supported the unilateral, unprovoked invasion of Iraq,
and while Obama himself did speak against it, he did so only on
"practical" grounds, essentially that it was "the wrong war and the
wrong time" and that the benefits didn't outweigh the costs. Not once
before or after the invasion has he denounced the invasion on
principle, calling it "illegal" or "immoral." Furthermore, Obama has
repeatedly used the "all options are on the table" formulation with
regard to Iran - not in regard to any actual attack by Iran on either
the U.S. or Israel, but solely in regard to Iran's hypothetical
development of nuclear weapons. Such an attack would certainly
constitute "unilateral military action and preventive war" in
contravention of international law.


Eli Stephens
 Left I on the News
 http://lefti.blogspot.com


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