12 Stretagic reasons that could end with Obama before getting to the White House

[zonmoy]

Without alteration to the electoral agenda, the campaign prediction was right: With war McCain would win, with financial crisis Obama won. Now another prediction is about to happen: Bush and the hawks have 77 days to build a "mine field" that explodes before he assumes the presidency of the United States and turn him in a weakened president and without any authority (a virtual coup before assuming).





There is a chart with 12 strategic conflict fronts whose activation is in Bush's hands and the White House hawks. With this agenda, the electoral triumph of Obama is barely an anecdote.

Polls marked the results rythm: More than 70% of americans consider that "national security" of the USA and the "war on terror" as top priority issues against any other topic, and more than 66% considered McCain as the "most suitable" to lead a military conflict. But more then 70% favored Obama at the time of solving the financial crisis.

http://www.cherada.com/articulos/12-stretagic-reasons-that-could-end-with-obama-before-getting-to-the-white-house

[nomorenomore08]

1. Way too many Americans still buy wholesale into the "war on terror" bullshit.

Which, of course, has led to Obama having to make some rather hawkish statements in order to get elected. And of course, people will rationalize bloodshed and suffering much more easily if they feel personally threatened by "the terrorists" - just think of little towns in North Dakota asking for gas masks and bio-weapon vaccines, and you'll realize how many Americans post-9/11 have been driven insane by fear.

So the question is, how to deal with something so entrenched and irrational? :shrug:

[xochi]

2. I agree. Politicians have not hesitated to incite fear to further their political agendas.

Fear, after all, is such a powerful, primordial emotion; it can easily trump rationality. Its the driving force behind bigotry and racism, behind our endless "war on drugs" (even when it's clear that it isn't working), and--as you astutely indicate--it fuels our "war on terror" to the point of insanity. My hope is that Obama will be able to begin a conversation with the American people that will help us realize how being so fearful doesn't serve our best interests, and how being courageous doesn't mean being willing to wage war. My hope is that he will be able to raise the level of our public discourse, and, in doing so, our awareness of ourselves and how we relate to the rest of the world. Another answer to your excellent question is that we have to teach critical thinking in our schools--not just blind obedience or nationalism. We have to be able to see propaganda--political as well as commerical--for what it is.

[zonmoy]

3. I think that the best weapon against fear is openness both in facing the things that scare us

and facing and holding to account the people that use that fear to try to manipulate us.

[Doctor_J]

4. We need to descend on the WH and start dragging people out of there if this happens

this bullshit has got to stop. Now.