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In terms of foreign policy, Obama is the true realist

newsweek.com — "It is interesting to note that, at least in terms of the historical schools of foreign policy, Obama seems to be the cool conservative and McCain the exuberant idealist."

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  • ColumbusLee, on 07/19/2008, -1/+5Call Obama an Optimistic Realist, or a Realistic Optimist. But don't call him naive.

    Not a bad week - first he is a real politician now he is a pretty good diplomat.
  • AnakSeria, on 07/20/2008, -0/+5The final paragraph in Zakaria's article is the most telling:

    "In the end, the difference between Obama and McCain might come down to something beyond ideology—temperament. McCain is a pessimist about the world, seeing it as a dark, dangerous place where, without the constant and vigorous application of American force, evil will triumph. Obama sees a world that is in many ways going our way. As nations develop, they become more modern and enmeshed in the international economic and political system. To him, countries like Iran and North Korea are holdouts against the tide of history. America's job is to push these progressive forces forward, using soft power more than hard, and to try to get the world's major powers to solve the world's major problems. Call him an Optimistic Realist, or a Realistic Optimist. But don't call him naive."

    Let's not forget that Zakaria is a protege of William F. Buckley, that foundation of real-thinking rightwingers. So it is indeed surprising that in this article he (Zakaria) appears to be agreeing with Obama's world-view.

    Interesting


  • nuentendu, on 07/20/2008, -6/+2In other news, Obama is still an idiot.
  • cltdba, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3Good read, unbiased, great article.
  • Pitofdoom, on 07/20/2008, -2/+1The staggering level of naive stupidity of Americans, (if not displayed by supporting John Kerry) has made the quantum leap down to Obama !
  • macdoodle, on 07/21/2008, -0/+12000 FOOL me once , shame on you
    2004 FOOL me twice, shame on me
    2008 I'M Not BEING FOOLED


    Take Back America 2008
    • simulastral, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1awwww man, you got fooled in 2004?!?!?!!? hahaha
  • simulastral, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1just saw some shots of obama on cnn shaking hands out there in the great big world. he looked damn fine.
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