Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Amir Taheri reports on what Jesse Jackson has to say about Barack. Don't say you weren't warned: The O Jesse Knows
PREPARE for a new America: That's the message that the Rev. Jesse Jackson conveyed to participants in the first World Policy Forum, held at this French lakeside resort last week.
He promised "fundamental changes" in US foreign policy - saying America must "heal wounds" it has caused to other nations, revive its alliances and apologize for the "arrogance of the Bush administration."
The most important change would occur in the Middle East, where "decades of putting Israel's interests first" would end.
Jackson believes that, although "Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades" remain strong, they'll lose a great deal of their clout when Barack Obama enters the White House.
"Obama is about change,"...
Oh goodie! Change! Oh, and about Iraq, you know, that effort that Obama has never missed a moment to denounce and trash? Well...
What of Obama's promise to withdraw by 2010? Jackson believes that position will have to evolve, reflecting "realities on the ground."
"We should work with our allies in Iraq to consolidate democratic institutions there," he says. "We must help the people of Iraq decide and shape their future in accordance with their own culture and faith."...
Now, of course, this isn't Obama saying this, it's the Reverend Jesse, but there's nothing so unexpected in any of this to anyone paying attention. The Israel/Zionism stuff is certainly likely, as to what happens in Iraq, that's anyone's guess, but the Democrat's undermining of our efforts there and then going along when it comes time to decide has been a disgrace since the invasion.
