Obama's Iraq Strategy Scarily Stays the Same
Sami Ramadani, Metropolitan University | July 22, 2008
Obama has not retracted from his end-the-war stance which dates back to 2003 and was the key to his success over Clinton during the primaries. ++ But in so far as "full withdrawal" from Iraq, such as Iraqis want, never belonged to his aims, he has not changed policy. ++ His plans to maintain residual forces in Iraq and reserve “the right to intervene militarily,” reveal both his consistency and the triviality of his differences with Bush and McCain. ++ Obama too prioritizes US strategic and imperialist interests and aspires to control the Middle East.
