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« on: May 20, 2008, 02:56:56 pm »

  McCain And Obama Are No Different On Iraq

Patrick Krey
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Establishment leaders would have us believe that Presidential Candidates John McCain and Barack Obama offer vastly dissimilar proposals for Iraq but in reality, there is virtually no difference between their plans.

Follow this link to the original source: "McCain on His Hopes for His First Term"

In a recent major speech, Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain outlined his vision for the future and described what he desires to have achieved by end of a first term in office. The defining portion of the speech was his description of what he hoped the situation in Iraq would be, under his leadership, by 2013.

“By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. ... The United States maintains a military presence there, but a much smaller one, and it does not play a direct combat role.”

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Senator McCain and other leading Republicans would have American voters believe that this is a drastic change from the “cut and run” policies offered by Democratic candidates like Barack Obama. Likewise, Democratic leaders promote the notion that their candidate offers a plan for immediate withdrawal. They must be hoping that voters do not listen to what their candidate actually says.

Barack Obama, the alleged peace candidate of the 2008 elections, was asked if he would pledge to have all U.S. troops out of Iraq by 2013. His response was: “I think it’s hard to project four years from now and I think it would be irresponsible. We do not know what contingency will be out there. … I don’t want to make promises, not knowing what the situation‘s going to be three or four years out.”2

The alleged peace candidate who has made his opposition to the Iraq war a centerpiece of his campaign cannot even promise that the U.S. will be out of Iraq by 2013! Senator Obama also has stated: “This withdrawal would be gradual, and would keep some US troops in the region to prevent a wider war and go after Al Qaeda and other terrorists.” Even Obama’s own website proclaims, “he will keep some troops in Iraq to protect our embassy and diplomats; if al Qaeda attempts to build a base within Iraq, he will keep troops in Iraq or elsewhere in the region to carry out targeted strikes on al Qaeda.”3 One has to wonder if Obama plagiarized those plans from McCain himself due to the extreme similarities.

Perhaps the similarity in approach to foreign policy can be explained by the fact that they both shared the same foreign policy advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski. Brzezinski is a committed globalist, one of the most instrumental members of the Council on Foreign Relations and a founding member of the Trilateral Commission. Volumes more can be written about Brzezinski’s hawkish stands on foreign policy and his disdain for non-interventionism as well as his desire for global governance. What is important to note is that Republican John McCain had Brzezinski as his foreign policy advisor for his 1999-2000 Presidential campaign.4 Now Barack Obama has Brzezinski as one of his principal advisors. 5 It should be a red flag to the American public when their two choices for Presidential office are so casually sharing advisors.

Another matter, which should be a concern to those who might actually believe Senator Obama is the peace candidate, are his stated desires to expand the U.S. military as well as intervene in Africa, another policy initiative that he shares with Senator McCain. Combine this with the fact that the U.S. has more troops in Iraq now than it did before Democrats took control of Congress and it becomes much harder to perceive the Democrats as the self-proclaimed party of peace.

Both Senators McCain and Obama share the same disregard for the U.S. Constitution and embrace the globalism and interventionism that has bankrupted our great nation. These similarities do not end with foreign policy. From illegal immigration to global warming, both John McCain and Barack Obama seem to be walking in lockstep. It appears that another Presidential election is upon us where the two candidates are virtually indistinguishable from one another when it comes to the most pressing issues of the day.

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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2008, 03:26:48 pm »

Here you go, Volitzer:

Monday, May 5, 2008
Ron Paul Favors Barack Obama on Foreign Policy


Ron Paul has yet to endorse John McCain for the Republican nomination but over the weekend gave his input on the candidates.

Paul was a Republican candidate for president and stayed in the race until John McCain had the number of delegates he needed to seal up the nomination.


Paul was asked during debates if he would endorse the Republican candidate no matter who it was. Paul declined to do so on every opportunity.


Ron Paul favors Barack Obama’s foreign policy, “But that doesn’t mean that’s an endorsement,” Paul quickly added.
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Obama’s foreign policy of opening relations with countries that the Bush administration has been “punishing” by cutting ties with is a large aspect of Obama’s popularity.


Obama wants to end the war in Iraq and bring our troops home. Obama was also against the war in Iraq before it started. Obama favors opening talks with Iran to exhaust all diplomatic solutions to their desire to gain nuclear weapons.


McCain has suggested that America should stay in Iraq for 100 years and is not going to end the war in Iraq until the quagmire turns around. McCain has also sang a song on the campaign trail about bombing Iran.


McCain has talked several times about the possibility of military operations in Iran. Ron Paul is against any type of military interventions in Iraq or Iran for that matter. Paul was the only Republican voice on the campaign trail for the nomination that was against the war and against it from the start.


Paul is against a foreign policy which places the United States in a position to act as a “world police” and interfere in the business of other independent nations. Paul believes that we should have relations with these countries through trade and diplomacy but to interfere is against the constitution in his opinion.


During the interview with Wolf Blitzer on the Situation Room, Paul told Wolf that if he were to endorse Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party’s nominee, “[it]would really confuse” his supporters “because they know we have a precise program and we have to defend that program.”


While Paul will not likely be endorsing any candidate, this obviously speaks to the foreign policy credentials of Obama over John McCain. Paul has a lot of supporters who stuck with him until the end and are still listening to what he has to say. Perhaps they might cross over to Obama if he were to be the Democratic nominee in November.



Here is a link to the CNN article and the interview with Ron Paul on the Situation Room:


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/02/paul-not-ready-to-endorse-mccain-likes-obamas-foreign-policy/





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