By Bob Parks ——Bio and Archives--August 13, 2008
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WE have just had a lesson in how the next president of the US would react to a real menace to the world's peace. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain were set a test with Russia's invasion of Georgia. The results? Be terrified that Obama leads in the polls.Many of us are. The comparisons are stark.
Here's McCain: "Tensions and hostilities between Georgians and Ossetians are in no way justification for Russian troops crossing an internationally recognised border." Russia had "to immediately and unconditionally withdraw its forces". NATO should swiftly accept Georgia as a member, which would oblige Europe and the US to come to its aid. Now here's Obama's camp: "It's both sides' fault — both have been somewhat provocative with each other." The United Nations should step in and send a peacekeeping force under "an appropriate UN mandate". Knock, knock. Excuse me, Mr Obama, sir. But Russia is one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and would veto any UN move in Georgia it didn't like. And, sir, why do you treat invaded Georgia as just as guilty as invading Russia? That's blaming the victim.Our neighbors are not sharing in the "hope" hypnosis many are here in America. It's sad that more people outside our borders know more about what a Barack Obama means to the rest of the world than ours do.
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Bob Parks is a is a member/writer of the National Advisory Council of Project 21. Bob’s websites are Black & Right and youtube.com/BlackAndRight