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by Justin Raimondo

04/06/09

Like Americans, the Europeans want to believe — but they see the two faces of Barack Obama too clearly, and the contrast is too apparent to be denied. The gullible Americans, who take things at face value, still believe their new president represents a real change, a challenge to the status quo, while the more sophisticated Europeans are quick to pick up on Obama’s inconsistencies — made all the more glaring by his habit of pairing two mutually contradictory stances on the same issue. This includes not only coupling missile ‘defense’ in Eastern Europe with the prospect of a nuclear-free world, but also the recent launching of his ‘Af-Pak’ initiative. Although dressed up as a diplomatic offensive, this is essentially a military offensive aimed at widening the war in Afghanistan to include portions of Pakistan...

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