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Barack Obama’s Charisma Will Save The World

Barack Obama’s New Direction by Mr. FishWhen it comes to Iran, Barack Obama says that the US needs to be careful about the use of force and must pursue other avenues, invoking George Bush and Iraq as foils to his “new foreign policy.”

When it comes to Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama says that Americans should not be quick to judge the man, and should make an attempt to understand his statements, sentiments, and beliefs within the context of his experience in a racist America.

But when it comes to the Palestinians, Barack Obama rejects any such nuanced approach. Instead, he, Hillary Clinton, and every other Democrat try to the best of their abilities to sound as much like George Bush as possible. Deviation from the norm here is not called ‘debate’ or an ‘exchange of ideas,’ it’s downright sedition.

For those who would claim that he might be “concealing” his true opinions: I don’t believe in trojan horse politics; I don’t believe a trojan horse democracy is democracy; the only trick trojan horse candidates play are on those who might support them on that premise. [Read more →]

The democracy racket

Photo by Phillip Nesmith - Street Art in ArizonaToo much anti-war sentiment in the United States focuses on the disastrous consequences wrought by American violence on the Iraqi people. Not enough pays attention to the sickening extortion of Iraqis’ natural and material resources to cover the cost of crippling, starving, invading, occupying, and destroying their country.

This is the democracy racket: a fraudulent enterprise that offers freedom, in exchange for occupation; human rights, in exchange for Abu Ghurayb; security, in exchange for bribed militants; and a parliament, in exchange for the oversight of an embassy-fortress.

America’s debt to Iraq will never be paid.