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Will a new US President mean a new foreign policy?

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Gareth Porter: McCain subscribes to extreme neo-con ideas, but Obama is not a break with the past. Part 5

In George W. Bush's final speech to the UN as head of state, he provided a series of reasons to view his administration's policies as having succeeded in conducting a global war on terrorism. Despite his regime's demonstrated aversion to multilateralism, Bush called on the UN and all international institutions to take a lead role in the War on Terror in the future. Investigative reporter and historian Gareth Porter tells Senior Editor Paul Jay why he believes that while Obama and McCain represent different visions of US foreign policy, neither truly represent a clean break from the legacy created by the Bush administration.

Gareth Porter is a historian and investigative journalist on US foreign and military policy analyst. He writes regularly for Inter Press Service on US policy towards Iraq and Iran. Author of four books, the latest of which is Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam.

See Part 1 at: http://current.com/items/89336287_bush_doctrine_at_the_un

See Part 2 at: http://current.com/items/89339379_the_state_of_the_empire

See Part 3 at: http://current.com/items/89351820_provoking_russian_nationalism

See Part 4 at: http://current.com/items/89361295_war_and_cash_for_trash


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12 responses // Will a new US President mean a new foreign policy?

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    ...Vierotchka...thanks for putting my name at the start of your post....the powers that be must change direction...Bush is like the neighbor you get to watch your house while on vacation...and return to find it destroyed...Bush senior promised them that Scrub would do a great job and Jed would follow in his brothers wake.....now the whole country needs a good wake....and Bush seniors friends are not happy....it is all like a see-saw....it Will pivot to a good point now...like so many times before.......Golden Ruler...Will......

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    If Obama is elected then there is no doubt that our countries foreign policy will change.

    If McCain is elected then our foreign policy will stay the same if not get worse.

    That is the facts---look at their stated policies it is all there--in everything that was said in the first debate it was all there as well. Like Obama has said many times before--not speaking to the countries who do not like us is not punishing them--opening lines of communication is the only way to go.

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    freedom08
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    I don't think that our foreign policy will radically change under Obama, and it will get worse under McCain.

    We need Nader/Gonzales or Ron Paul, to really shake things up and change the status quo.

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    jubal
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    No, not as long as US presidents are bound to the welfare of Israel more than the US at any cost it won't change. And with either McCain or Obama, we will still have troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, and a war in Pakistan and maybe even Iran, and anything can happen regarding Russia. And also, considering the rapid melting of the Arctic and the rush for those resources which also was not discussed as part of foreign policy in any debate to date, what may transpire there? Also, remember, there are still three months until Bush is supposed to give up the White House... do you honestly think they will leave it without a parting gift?

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    JanforGore
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    Our next president Barack Obama will make a huge difference almost as soon as he is sworn in. The world
    will bow in his presence.

    kennymotown
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    Not unless it's McKinney, Barr, Baldwin, or Nader

    asherp
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    I think a return to reason from hyper-nationalism would seem like a radical change in itself.

    The next president needs to keep channels of communication open. It's difficult to talk subtleties with explosions.

    MethuselahMouse
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    As long as the CFR and AIPAC are involved nothing will change. There might be an illusion of said change, but it will never fully differ

    regjoeschmo
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    The answer to the Title is NO.

    hsaleem

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