The Obama Doctrine

In 2004 the presidential election for me was less about being FOR John Kerry (who I happen to like quite a lot) and more about being AGAINST George Bush. 2008 is very different because I am FOR Barack Obama, who unlike Kerry and Hillary has a similar vibe to the HPA.

A vibe about a new kind of politics, about hope, about bringing people together, and what’s really crazy: it’s about transforming MINDSETS. Obama may sound similar to Clinton on bringing the troops home with the one difference that he was against the war when it started, but it’s deeper than that: he says that he’s interested in not only getting us out of Iraq but about changing the MINDSET that got us into Iraq. This is a path that Obama is on that few are.

He has put together one of the most exciting foreign policy teams imaginable: a team that interested in actually targeting Al Qaeda, in targeting genocide, and targeting poverty and disease in third world countries. The cornerstone of his policy is not about spreading democracy, but about spreading DIGNITY. This is fundamentally different because it doesn’t impose any thing on any one other than their right to be human. What his team is referring to as the Obama doctrine seems to be exactly what we need at this exact moment in history.

Obama stands for the principles and leadership that we need in a post-9/11 society. He is the September 12 President.

I definitely recommend reading this article.