About the candidates for President - useful articles
This is an archive of articles discuss the foreign policies of and geopolitical implications to the candidates for President of the United States.
Contents
- My posts
- Other articles
- America’s new political order
My Posts
1. How the Iraq and Vietnam wars are mirror images of each other (7 February 2008) — Now we have McCain, the leading Republican Presidential candidate, talking of an open-ended commitment to victory in Iraq.
2. What do blogs do for America? (26 February 2008) — As our problems reach critical dimensions and our economy sinks into what is (at best) a severe recession, our national leadership will likely move into the hands of someone with astonishingly little capacity to govern.
3. A look at the next phase of the Iraq War: 2009-2012 (1 March 2008) — What is next in Iraq? None of the leading candidates have expressed any intention of leaving Iraq - except in the distant and vague future. McCain intends to fight so long as (or until) we suffer few casualties, then stay for a long time (perhaps a hundred years, as McCain said here and here) ). On the other hand, Obama has been quite explicit…
4. Our metastable Empire, built on a foundation of clay (3 March 2008) — We can elect leaders with vast ambitions (foreign for McCain, domestic for Obama), but can no longer afford them.
5. How long will all American Presidents be War Presidents? (21 March 2008) — The Presidential campaign rolls on in the seventh year since 9/11, with the only debate about the Long War being in which nations America should fight. We see this even the speeches of the most “liberal” candidate, Senator Barack Obama.
6. American history changes direction as the baton passes between our political parties (18 May 2008) – Importance of the November 2008 political landslide.
7. President Obama, an Muslim apostate? (2 June 2008) — Nope.
8. Is Obama running for the office of Chief Shaman? (6 June 2008) — Weirdness from our next President.
Articles from other sources
1. “Obama Adviser Calls for Troops To Stay in Iraq Through 2010“, New York Sun (4 April 2008) — No comment needed; the headline tells the story. Will be interesting to see if this is true. If so, only the naive should be surprised.
2. “John McCain’s “100 Years” — putting the controversy to rest“, Moira Whelan, posted at Democracy Arsenal (30 April 2008) – This gives McCain’s actual words on the war, at various times and places.
3. “Barack in Iraq“, Michael Crowley, The New Republic” (7 May 2008) — “Can he really end the war?”
4. “President Apostate?“, Edward N. Luttwak, op-ed in the New York Times(12 May 2008) — Would the Muslim world welcome an Obama presidency? Is Obama an apostate from Islam?
5. “Is Obama the Apostate, or is Bush? A Reply to Luttwak“, Prof Juan Cole, posted at Informed Comment (15 May 2008) — A rebuttal to Luttwak,
6. “Entitled to Their Opinions, Yes. But Their Facts?“, Clark Hoyt, op-ed in the New York Times(1 June 2008) — Another rebuttal to Luttwak’s NYT op-ed (above). A definitive one, imo.
7. “Obama May Consider Slowing Iraq Withdrawal“, Washington Post (4 July 2008) — “Candidate Says He Remains Committed to Ending War.” Yes, just as is McCain.
America’s New Political Order
- Forecast: Death of the American Constitution (4 July 2006)
- The Future of America - Why wait? Read tomorrow’s news … today! (part 2) (17 July 2006) — Some reasons why the Constitution is dieing in our hearts.
- Diagnosing the Eagle, Chapter III — reclaiming the Constitution (3 January 2008)
- The Constitution: wonderful, if we can keep it (15 Feburary 2008)
- Congress shows us how our new government works (14 April 2008)
- See the last glimmers of the Constitution’s life… (27 June 2008) — About the Heller decision.
- Remembering what we have lost… thoughts while looking at the embers of the Constitution – About other lost rights.
