He (OBama) will try to find a graceful exit from Afghanistan, which will not be too easy.
Huh! Where is the evidence for this. What Obama says is the opposite. He wants a surge in Afghanistan and will send more troops and perhaps be more active in Pakistan than Bush.
Cheers, k hanly
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--- On Sat, 11/15/08, John E. Norem <jnorem at cox.net> wrote:
> From: John E. Norem <jnorem at cox.net>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Wallerstein on Obama
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 7:33 AM
> Commentary No. 245, Nov. 15, 2008
>
> "Obama's Victory - Fear and Hope"
>
>
> The whole of the United States and indeed the whole world
> was watching, and almost all of it was cheering, the
> election of Barack Obama as the next president of the United
> States. Although, during the electoral campaign, everyone
> tried to play down the centrality of the racial issue, on
> Nov. 4 it seemed that no one could talk of anything else.
> There are three central questions about what most
> commentators are calling this "historic event":
> How important is it? What explains the victory? What is
> likely to happen now?
>