[lbo-talk] How Obama took over the peace movement

[C. G. Estabrook]

Iran, Russia, and China have all had occasional spots of trouble with Islamism, 
no?  I'm sure they're happy with the Americans' taking care of the matter for 
them. What's merely a pretext for Obama -- stopping terrorism from AfPak -- is 
is a real concern for them. --CGE

Chris Doss wrote:
> I know you don't want to hear this, but none of Afghanistan's neighbors want
> the US to leave. Iran, Russia, and China must not have gotten the news that
> the war in Afghanistan is really about controlling energy supplies. Actually,
> US forces in Afghanistan are being supplied through Russia, which for some
> reason seems to want to encourage US efforts to undermine Russia's position
> as an energy provider. Ah, the mysterious Russian soul!
> 
> 
> --- On Sat, 3/28/09, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu> wrote:
> 
>> From: C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu> Subject: [lbo-talk] How Obama
>> took over the peace movement To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Date: Saturday,
>> March 28, 2009, 9:33 PM "Some of us saw this unfolding years ago. Others
>> are probably shocked watching their peace candidate escalating a war and
>> sounding so much like the previous administration in his rationale for
>> doing so."
>> 
>> How Obama Took Over the Peace Movement John Stauber, March 27, 2009
>> ...
>> http://www.prwatch.org/node/8297