Comments on: Obama, Terrorism and Cubbyhold Foreign Policy http://themoderatevoice.com/21125/obama-terrorism-and-cubbyhold-foreign-policy/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:16:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: runasim http://themoderatevoice.com/21125/obama-terrorism-and-cubbyhold-foreign-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-126244 runasim Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:21:25 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/al-qaeda/21125/obama-terrorism-and-cubbyhold-foreign-policy/#comment-126244 I'm glad someone finally noticed that Obama is taking a broad sweeping view of policies as they pertain to terrorism, neither talking it down to irrelevency nor extending it to encompass all things suspicious.<br><br>Kenvin Sullivan made some interesting observations about Ezra Klein's comment, but I think he misfired by making it into a criticism. Sullivan's views are better seen as an extension of, not a contradiction to Klein's. Because we see the differences between various terrorist groups and consider how to exploit those differences, we are not lead to conclude that these groupsnever intermingle or co-operate.<br>It's not either/or. <br><br>When it comes to the election, though, I wonder if the public is up to accepting complexity or whether just yelling 'victory' will win the day. I'm glad someone finally noticed that Obama is taking a broad sweeping view of policies as they pertain to terrorism, neither talking it down to irrelevency nor extending it to encompass all things suspicious.

Kenvin Sullivan made some interesting observations about Ezra Klein's comment, but I think he misfired by making it into a criticism. Sullivan's views are better seen as an extension of, not a contradiction to Klein's. Because we see the differences between various terrorist groups and consider how to exploit those differences, we are not lead to conclude that these groupsnever intermingle or co-operate.
It's not either/or.

When it comes to the election, though, I wonder if the public is up to accepting complexity or whether just yelling 'victory' will win the day.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/21125/obama-terrorism-and-cubbyhold-foreign-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-126242 DLS Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:44:49 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/al-qaeda/21125/obama-terrorism-and-cubbyhold-foreign-policy/#comment-126242 (Obama cannot necessarily be cubbyholed.) (Obama cannot necessarily be cubbyholed.)

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/21125/obama-terrorism-and-cubbyhold-foreign-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-126241 DLS Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:27:03 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/al-qaeda/21125/obama-terrorism-and-cubbyhold-foreign-policy/#comment-126241 Obama has always been a source of concern that he would be weak against our enemies and adversaries but after reading about his past willingness to work with others besides those he would be expected to primarily or exclusively work with, I'm less worried than before of being subjected to a Second Carter or First McGovern foreign policy. I don't believe Obama is willingly going to make any "peace" [sic] decisions that are truly stupid and hazardous to this nation and its offshore interests. Obama has always been a source of concern that he would be weak against our enemies and adversaries but after reading about his past willingness to work with others besides those he would be expected to primarily or exclusively work with, I'm less worried than before of being subjected to a Second Carter or First McGovern foreign policy. I don't believe Obama is willingly going to make any “peace” [sic] decisions that are truly stupid and hazardous to this nation and its offshore interests.

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