An interesting piece from Corriere della Serra, Italy, translated at WatchingAmerica.com points out that recent successes in Iraq have led to its disappearing from the issue sheet of all candidates, pro and anti-war, Republican and Democrat, alike.
The success of the strategy to strengthen the U.S. military presence in Iraqi cities, the reduction in the number ofl victims of attacks, has not been trumpeted: it has only made the issue slip out of the election….
By Christmas, the number who considered the war in the Middle East the main issue of the campaign had declined to 23 percent – less than the proportion who declared themselves to be more concerned about the risk of recession and the weakness of the dollar.
Read the article, Iraq has Vanished from the Primaries here on Watching America.com
Robin Koerner is a British-born citizen of the USA, who currently serves as Academic Dean of the John Locke Institute. He holds graduate degrees in both Physics and the Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge (U.K.). He is also the founder of WatchingAmerica.com, an organization of over 100 volunteers that translates and posts in English views about the USA from all over the world.
Robin may be best known for having coined the term “Blue Republican” to refer to liberals and independents who joined the GOP to support Ron Paul’s bid for the presidency in 2012 (and, in so doing, launching the largest coalition that existed for that candidate).
Robin’s current work as a trainer and a consultant, and his book If You Can Keep It , focus on overcoming distrust and bridging ideological division to improve politics and lives. His current project, Humilitarian, promotes humility and civility as a basis for improved political discourse and outcomes.