Clinton Democrats

The more I read about Obama and his advisers the more I am reminded we are in Bush II Land. Obama is the “anti-war” candidate?  The Project for the New American Century states the following “fundamental propositions”: “that American leadership is good both for America and for the world; and that such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and commitment to moral principle. In short it means American Imperialism is good for America and the world.

Two of his PNAC-linked campaign advisors will be in China to raise funds for Obama. Guests at the Bejing home of David Brooks, a Coca Cola executive in China, will hear from two senior foreign policy fellows from the Brookings Institution who advise the Obama campaign, Ivo Daalder and Phil Gordon. Another event on June 19 will also feature the campaign advisors in Shanghai hosted by Ted Hornbein, an executive a Richco, a company that manufactures electronic components for cell phones and the like.

Ivo Daalder and Phil Gordon were signatories to the now-defunct Project for the New American Century, the organization staffed by neoconservatives who where instrumental in guiding the United States into war with Saddam’s Iraq. Where is the American Left’s outrage with this?

Ivo Daalder contributed and signed the Statement on Post-War Iraq, March 19, 2003 and Second Statement on Post-War Iraq, March 28, 2008.  An excerpt from the first Statement on Post-War Iraq states:

Although some of us have disagreed with the administration’s handling of Iraq policy and others of us have agreed with it, we all join in supporting the military intervention in Iraq. The aim of UNSC Resolution 1441 was to give the Iraqi government a “final opportunity” to comply with all UN resolutions going back 12 years. The Iraqi government has demonstrably not complied. It is now time to act to remove Saddam Hussein and his regime from power.

Philip Gordon signed the Second Statement on Post-War Iraq, March 28, 2008. An excerpt from the Second Statement on Post War Iraq:

Administration of post-war Iraq should from the beginning include not only Americans but officials from those countries committed to our goals in Iraq. Bringing different nationalities into the administrative organization is important because it allows us to draw on the expertise others have acquired from their own previous peacekeeping and reconstruction efforts. It will also facilitate closer and more effective ties between the security forces in post-war Iraq and those charged with administrating the political and economic rebuilding of Iraq.

And now Obama has men who advocated for war with Iraq (and got it) as a senior policy advisors? And he sends them abroad to China to raise funds for his campaign? Where is the outrage from his anti-war base? Vermont voted for Obama by 21% because of his “anti-war stance.” Did the good people of Vermont know Obama has two Iraq War advocates on his staff?

And Obama bashed Hillary over her Iraq War vote? Damn it Obama at least she didn’t go out and say one thing and do another behind everyone’s backs.

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