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Isoldeblue

(1,135 posts)
11. Excellent article!
Sun Mar 2, 2014, 10:19 PM
Mar 2014

So is the one here, included in the FB one:
I love what Sarah Jones says here:


"Contrast Obama’s talk with Putin with the way John McCain pushed for an escalation with Russia today. McCain’s bomb-bomb-bomb stance reflects the neocons of his party, the war hawks, who even as they beat the war drums against Russia, voted against veterans’ benefits.

War is expensive, and not just in money and resources, but in lives. War is not to be entered into lightly. War is a last resort, not the go-to first response.

Republicans call Obama weak and say he is not drawing a firm line with Russia. They want him to spell his threats out (the opposite of diplomacy, by the way). They pretend foreign policy is static, when in fact it’s dynamic. Republicans want him to be a blundering cowboy. Instead, what we have here is a man of deep thought, who speaks softly, and carries a big stick.

Osama bin Laden could tell Republicans that, but he’s gone now. Taken out at an order by President Obama. "

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/03/01/foreign-policy-obama-way-president-urges-dialogue-call-putin.html

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