Re: Obama's big learning curve / Anne Bayefsky (Naomi Ragen)
- From: hrubin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Herman Rubin)
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 18:20:34 +0000 (UTC)
In article <2008May25.100910@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <moshes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Friends,
Anne Bayefsky has been covering the U.N. and world politics for
years. There is no one whose opinion I respect more.
Naomi
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May 21, 2008, 4:00 a.m.
Tiny Iran
Obama's big learning curve.
By Anne Bayefsky
'It's terrorism, stupid." Nothing short of blunt talk will do in
light of Sen. Barack Obama's comments this past week on Iran,
Hamas, and Hezbollah. They are the most significant indication to
date of the looming catastrophe for American national security
posed by an Obama presidency.
Here is Obama in his own words, speaking in Pendleton, Oregon on
Sunday night: "Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, these countries are tiny
compared to the Soviet Union. In Iran they spend 1/100th of what
we spend on the military. If Iran ever tried to pose a serious
threat to us, they wouldn't stand a chance."
How much does Iraq spend on its military? And how much
do the various terrorist groups in Iraq spend on their
activities? I am sure you will find it less than what
Iran spends.
How does one begin a course for a presidential candidate in
Terrorism 101? Where has Obama been for the past three decades
during which the greatest threats to peace and security have
moved beyond the sphere of state actors operating alone? After
9/11, why doesn't Obama recognize the capacity of relatively
small entities to wreak havoc, at comparatively little cost, on a
nation as large and strong as America?
It is not national armed forces which are a problem
for us; the Islamic terrorists are currently going
after not just Israel and the US, but China as well.
And of course India and other places.
What would the US do if Mexican terrorists were lobbing
missiles into Arizona and New Mexico? This might become
a real problem; the Mexican police are being killed in
large numbers by the drug traffickers. But they are only
trying to make money, not rule the world.
There seem to be too few who can realize the danger in
fanatics. Hitler was an honest fanatic.
Pirke Avoth say that if your enemy is out to kill you,
rise up and kill him first. The religious fanatics say
they are out to do just that, unless you submit to their
fanatical rules. Is it already too late?
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are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
hrubin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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