Obama's Iran Strategy is Not Appeasement
The Huffington Post / Andy Astroy
23-Mar-2009 (4 comments)

To draw parallels between Chamberlain's foreign policy failures and Obama's attempt to engage our enemies is patently unfair and irresponsible. To understand why, it's critical to have some modern context. We've just been through eight years of disengagement by the Bush administration. We had a reckless, testosterone-starved Jesus-driven cowboy march into the White House declaring Iran, South Korea and Iraq the "Axis of Evil". From virtually the get-go, Bush's foreign policy strategy could be summed up in just a few short words: U.S. good, everyone else bad, enemies really bad.

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Ostaad

we'll see, didn't we just go through 8 years of...

by Ostaad on Tue Mar 24, 2009 04:20 PM PDT

non-stop threats of using overt and covert force accompanied by some actual use of terror groups to force the Iranian government to capitulate?!!! What must happen for you to say, basteh baba let's try something else?


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Bedros

To Goldfish

by Bedros on Tue Mar 24, 2009 02:45 PM PDT

The bottomline is that Obama is trying to please mullahs and that "softness' will only cause mullahs to add to their list of UNENDING demands.

Just what exactly can the Mullahs demand from the United States?


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To Jean Paul Belmondo

by We'll see (not verified) on Tue Mar 24, 2009 01:44 PM PDT

The bottomline is that Obama is trying to please mullahs and that "softness' will only cause mullahs to add to their list of UNENDING demands.

Call me a warmonger, Zionist or whateva but mullahs only understand the language of FORCE period


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Bedros

Appeasement suggests submission. What has the USA surrendered?

by Bedros on Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:54 AM PDT

We've just been through eight years of disengagement by the Bush administration. We had a reckless, testosterone-starved Jesus-driven cowboy march into the White House declaring Iran, South Korea and Iraq the 'Axis of Evil'

Obama just extended economic sanctions against Iran for another year. I would hardly call that "appeasement" regardless of his recent "Let's get re-acquainted" video. The only people accusing Obama of being "too soft" on Iran are the usual neocon suspects who have been lecturing American citizens on foreign policy and especially Iran policy for years.

It's a minor point but Andy Astroy meant of course that North Korea was included in Bush's Axis of Evil rather than South Korea. The Americans have troops stationed in South Korea today and have had for years.

This type of jarring mistake occurs rather often at Huffingtonpost. I wish Arianna would hire a few editors and proofreaders with that $25 Million gift she just received from investors in the Israeli armaments industry.


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