Since this is the argument that was applied to Bush by posters on this site as well as the media and Democrats, it now applies to Obama as well.  If a certain strategy is causing anti-American sentiment, which makes the US less safe, and if Obama accelerates that strategy, then simple logic says that Obama is accelerating anti-American sentiment, making the US less safe. I gotta wonder how many of Obama's die hard supporters that refused to discuss how Obama was simply paying lip service during...

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:59:37 -0500, "teh_bede" <rspwsownthebede@yahoo.com eight bad years of confusing reality with teevee dramas -- OVER. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-interrogation17-2009apr17,0,5555846.story Memos reveal harsh CIA interrogation methods Obama releases Justice Department documents that guided the CIA on how to use waterboarding and other tactics with terror suspects. Intelligence officials won't be prosecuted over the interrogations. By Greg Mi...

Introduction "Blowback" is a term used by scholars of international relations.  It refers to an unpredicted, negative response against a nation in regards to a diplomatic action previously undertaken by that nation. [1]   What the daily press reports as the malign acts of "terrorists" or "drug lords" or "rogue states" or "illegal arms merchants" often turn out to be blowback from earlier foreign policy operations.  The terrible, momentous events of September 11, 2001 were, in fact, the most stun...

Some one mailed this long Article. Very interesting read. Somali-African American conflict in Linden: Postcolonial Realities and the Implications for Radical Democracy A Senior Honors Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for graduation with distinction in Geography in the undergraduate colleges of The Ohio State University by Christopher Riley The Ohio State University July, 12 2005 Project Adviser: Nancy Ettlinger, Department of Geography “They live in the same neighborho...