Question: About Obama's advisers ....?
Ok, i know this is a little long but i wanted to highlight a few of Obama's advisers who i found to be rather surprising picks ...
I want to preface this by saying that i am not a Republican nor Democrat ...
John Brennan and Jami Miscik, both former intelligence officials under George Tenet, are leading Barack Obama’s review of intelligence agencies and helping make recommendations to the new administration.
Brennan has supported warrantless wiretapping and extraordinary rendition, and Miscik was involved with the politicized intelligence alleging weapons of mass destruction in the lead-up to the war on Iraq. She helped with the drafting of the speech that Colin Powell gave to the United Nations— 2003, which made the phony case for war to the international community.
Obama’s top adviser is Zbigniew Brzezinski. Brzezinski gave an interview to the French press a number of years ago where he boasted About the fact that it was he who created the whole Afghan jihadi movement, the movement that produced Osama bin Laden. And he was asked by the interviewer, “Well, don’t you think this might have had some bad consequences?” And Brzezinski replied, “Absolutely not. It was definitely worth it, because we were going after the Soviets. We were getting the Soviets.”
Another key Obama adviser, Anthony Lake, he was the main force behind the US invasion of Haiti in the mid-Clinton years during which they brought back Aristide essentially in political chains, pledged to support a World Bank/IMF overhaul of the economy, which resulted in an increase in malnutrition deaths among Haitians and set the stage for the current ongoing political disaster in Haiti.
Another key Obama adviser, Dennis Ross. Ross, for many years under both Clinton and Bush 2, a key—he has advised Clinton and both Bushes. He oversaw US policy toward Israel/Palestine. He pushed the principle that the legal rights of the Palestinians, the rights recognized under international law, must be subordinated to the needs of the Israeli government—in other words, their desires, their desires to expand to do whatever they want in the Occupied Territories. And Ross was one of the people who, interestingly, led the political assault on former Democratic President Jimmy Carter.
Another Obama adviser, Sarah Sewall, who heads a human rights center at Harvard and is a former Defense official, she wrote the introduction to General Petraeus’s Marine Corps/Army counterinsurgency handbook, the handbook that is now being used worldwide by US troops in various killing operations.
That’s the Obama team.
He condemned Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israeli towns, but didn’t criticize the US-backed Israeli bombings of densely populated Gaza.
In Pakistan, outrage continues to mount over a US military attack approved by President Obama, killing as many as twenty-two people, including at least three children.
and here is vice president Joe Biden dodging a related question:
BOB SCHIEFFER: It’s my understanding that the President, the previous president, gave our US forces and the CIA permission to go across that border, to go after al-Qaeda if it became necessary on the ground. Does President Obama—will he continue that policy?
VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN: Bob, as you know, I can’t speak to any particular attack. I can’t speak to any particular action. It’s not appropriate for me to do that.
Ok ... the question is ... first off did you know about this before you voted? then, are you happy about this (or general thoughts on the matter)? and finally, would you have voted differently if you had known and why or why not?
and the big question:
is peaceful revolution possible within our current electoral system?
Relation Questions:
Answer:
the electoral system has to go. I really didn't know about the advisor problems he is having and I'm not happy about it. I was expecting new people with new ideas and not the same old people with the same old problems. I'm very disappointed about the attacks on Palestine too. However, I saw a 60 minutes ( I think it was that one) about how strong the Jewish groups are in the US and if you defy them they can ruin you and have ruined so many. So maybe he is a bit afraid of a backlash. I hope he stops that oppression. Its just not right to do that to anyone.
I don't think so! (answering your big question)
To your last question. Yes. You may find many similarities to the Bush and Clinton periods but time will show he has made many changes. Just because he has not changed everything you wanted changed does not mean a revolution is not occurring. 4 years from now we will see the revolution that has occurred and we will be able to judge Obama's promises.
Obamas advisers are just another gaggle of self proclaimed geniuses (read greedy bastards) anxious to swill at the public teat. Most of them are career bureaucrats who wouldn't know how to actually work at a real job, because they've never held a real job.