January 2009
by WIP
In case you’re wondering what President-Elect Barack Obama’s doing about the Gaza Strip, he’s got his hands full with another occupied strip of land—Hawai‘i! Obama officially has no comment on Israel’s aerial attacks and the 400 dead Palestinians. But on NBC’s Meet the Press on Dec. 28, Obama’s senior advisor David Axelrod spoke on his behalf to say, “There’s only one president at a time, and President Bush speaks for the United States of America until January 20th.”
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August 2008
by Mike Whitney
Obama's candidacy is over; kaput. He's already stated that he has no intention of stopping the war, so he has disqualified himself. That's his prerogative; no one put a gun to his head. His op-ed in July 14’s New York Times just removes any lingering doubt about the matter. What Obama proposes is moving the central theater of operation from Iraq to Afghanistan. Big deal. Why is it more acceptable to kill a man who is fighting for his country in Afghanistan than in Iraq?
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