Adrift on Obama
The editorial board of the New York Times, which previously endorsed Hillary Clinton has just written an editorial asking Washington, “to make Iran a serious offer to talk about everything, including security assurances and diplomatic and economic relations if Iran is willing give up its fuel program and cooperate fully with inspectors.”
This is interesting as Barack Obama has been advocating such a measure even before he ran for office. This is once again another example of Obama’s tempered, creative and forward thinking judgement. He opposed the war in Iraq, and he warned about putting all our eggs in Musharref’s basket. On all these matters Mr. Obama has been right, and Clinton and McCain have been wrong.
If this coming election is going to be a clean move away from the terrible policies of the neo-con movement, and the negligence that is George Bush, then there is no doubt that Barack Obama is the candidate of…I’m going to say it…CHANGE.
- interesting note. I have felt all along that a reasonable way to approach diplomatic problems is by listening to both our allies and our presumed enemies. Arguing against this approach to diplomacy seems to limit our options from the very beginning and create a potentially hostile environment with our perceived arrogance and self-righteousness.
I will be curious as to whether anything will be made of this editorial as it certainly does lend validity to some of Obama’s comments.
jackson
April 11, 2008 at 7:29 pm