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02-25-2011, 02:12 PM
According to Max Keiser, the bankers deliberately caused the price of wheat to go up to create havoc and bloodshed in the Middle East. I know this is to get the Muslims to destroy each other, but I never understood why Bill Kristol was for the Egyptian protesters, while Israel was for Mubarak. Well, what happened in Egypt didn't quite go as planned, but nevermind! Libya is playing out just perfectly, and Kristol wants another Iraq war!
It means considering the use of force when force is used to kill innocent civilians. It means a full-scale engagement of the U.S. government, an across-the-board effort with allies and international organizations, a real focus on the challenge these times present.
This can be President Obama's moment. It's not quite the one he expected or perhaps the one he wanted. He's not the president that some of us would have preferred to have to deal with this situation. But there he is, and his moment is our moment.
History is full of ironies. But a sense of irony needn't imply an embrace of passivity. If Obama rises to this moment, if he can help the Arab Spring come even partly to fruition, we critics of his administration here at home will be glad to salute him - as will, just as surely and more importantly, hundreds of millions of lovers of freedom around the world.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/22/AR2011022203763.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
It means considering the use of force when force is used to kill innocent civilians. It means a full-scale engagement of the U.S. government, an across-the-board effort with allies and international organizations, a real focus on the challenge these times present.
This can be President Obama's moment. It's not quite the one he expected or perhaps the one he wanted. He's not the president that some of us would have preferred to have to deal with this situation. But there he is, and his moment is our moment.
History is full of ironies. But a sense of irony needn't imply an embrace of passivity. If Obama rises to this moment, if he can help the Arab Spring come even partly to fruition, we critics of his administration here at home will be glad to salute him - as will, just as surely and more importantly, hundreds of millions of lovers of freedom around the world.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/22/AR2011022203763.html?hpid=opinionsbox1