truthdig.com - 11/12/2008
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The newly elected president is a foreign policy novice and will find himself under great pressure to follow Middle Eastern and China and Russia policies inherited from George Bush, even though these are what Barack Obama was elected to change or terminate.
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A Short Honeymoon
Antiwar.com Original —
... then there's Iraq, of course. Will Obama stick to his 16-month "timetable," or will he find reasons to keep a contingent in Iraq longer, or even keep permanent military bases in the region? He will face preliminary decisions almost before he has had a chance to get his feet on the ground. Finally, the world almost always presents new U.S. presidents with surprises few had anticipated. The 9/11 attacks arguably changed the course of the Bush administrations 180 degrees and gave the neocons a purchase on real power. Some equally unexpected (except in the depths of some ...
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Obamania and the American Myth
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breitbart.com 12/19/2008 — MOSCOW (AP) - Russia would come under crippling financial pressure and may need to raise money externally if oil languishes at an average of $30 a barrel over the next two years, the World Bank predicted Friday. The bleak scenario would mark a rapid ...
Bush and Obama: Their First Meeting
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