The Drones Are Coming: New War on Civilians (Ramzy Baroud)

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Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust

May 14, 2009 -- U.S. President Barack Obama took the podium in a White House press conference and stood with an all-embellished confidence that often accompanies new presidents. He was flanked by two leaders whose apparent grandeur barely reflected their embattled situations on the ground: Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.

The meeting at the White House May 6 was fashioned to give the impression that the new U.S. administration is both "serious" and "committed" about resolving the crises plaguing Afghanistan and Pakistan, which are imprudently reduced to that of a Taliban resurgence in the former, and a Taliban-inspired militant encroachment in the latter. Obama declared the meeting "extraordinarily productive" as the three nations, he said, are joined by the common goal to "defeat Al-Qaeda and its extremist allies in Pakistan and Afghanistan."

The skewed reading of reality didn't cease there. "I am pleased that these two men, elected leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, fully appreciate the seriousness of the threat that we face and have reaffirmed their commitment to confronting it," Obama said. Both leaders listened solemnly as to reflect the level of their "seriousness."

For a fleeting moment one did in fact hope that Obama would bring with him more than a new language; rather, an entirely new take on U.S. foreign policy. That hope is already in tatters.

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1. When it comes to foreign policy

there is only one party in this country....... the dumb imperialist party.