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Keeping An Eye On Obama’s First “International Crisis”

Posted by Vegas Martin in World News on November 7, 2008 | 1 Comment

This comes from the Daily Mail:

The first of the challenges thrown at the President-elect, who received his first national security intelligence briefing yesterday, came from the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. He threatened to base warheads along the Polish border if Obama goes ahead with a Bush administration plan to create a missile shield in Eastern Europe.

Then Israel warned Obama last night that his claim that he was ready to open talks with Iran could be seen in the Middle East as a sign of weakness.

Furthermore, Afghanistan’s president Hamid Karzai demanded that Obama ‘put an end to civilian casualties’ by changing U.S. military tactics to avoid airstrikes in the war on the Taliban. He spoke out after seven wedding party guests were accidentally killed by an American airstrike.

EU voices strong concern over Russian Missiles.

Al-Qaida leader warns Obama to withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Obama Elected: What They’re Saying

Posted by Vegas Martin in Political Commentary on November 6, 2008 | Comment »

Here are a couple links that I’ve rounded up on some articles that I found intriguiging.

Secret Obama Tax Plan Revealed. This article chronicles an extremely sophisticated conservative’s encounter with a rather uneducated person who was working the Obama phone banks. It’s funny sad to realize just how ignorant some most Obama supporters are when it comes to the issues. This one is worth reading. You should also read some of the comments. When an Obama supporter making calls was asked by someone what a “capital gain” was, they responded “that’s when the big corporations make profits.” The stupidity in America is simply mind-boggling. And you know what? There are 50 million other people out there that are just like him.

Facebook Groups Already Calling To Impeach Obama. Wow, that was fast. The group currently doesn’t have as many members as groups calling for George Bush to be impeached, but we’ll wait and see how long it takes for that to occur.

Democrats in Congress weary of overreaching. Now that the Democrats control the White House and majorities in both the House and the Senate, they know they have to be on their best behavior if they want to keep this power throughout President Obama’s term. Most of us can now exhale knowing that there will be a moderate approach, rather than a radical socialist approach, to tackling some issues early on in Obama’s presidency.

Iraqis confident Obama won’t withdraw troops too quickly. Obama has stated that he plans to bring the troops in Iraq back home immediately and has at other times supported a 16-month timetable to get the troops back home. Currently, Iraqi leaders are working with the U.S. on a timeline of 2011 for withdrawal.

Iran’s Ahmadinejad congratulates Obama. After US/Iran relations have been strained for nearly three decades, Iran’s president, who has called for Israel to be “wiped off the map,” offered his congratulations to Obama and said that he hopes Obama will bring change to the US’s foreign policy.