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Entry: Reverend Ike, Margaret Sanger, or Ludendorff Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/reverend_ike_margaret_sanger_or_ludendorff#21648 Post contents: If we are mostly concerned with the short term danger of a war with Iran, then the best candidate might be McCain. I say that because the way the corrupt “American” media works, the more bellicose a candidate or president is, the less freedom of action they have to start or continue to wage wars. And the opposite is also true, with likely more room for Obama or Hillary to wage a wider war or stay in Iraq longer. Look at it this way: if McCain pulls out of Iraq, he won’t get much if any resistance from Republicans. Democrats and the media will also be in a poor position to oppose a withdrawal from Iraq. It would also appear that McCain is less well positioned to wage a new war against Iran, for the reason that he is already seen as too belligerent. As Hillary has been attacked for being to hawkish, she might also be constrained, except that she is a woman and would have to work at being seen as tough enough. But then again, this is Hillary, whose slogan has been “unsex me now” for decades, and thus isn’t really seen as soft. That would leave Obama, the alleged “peace” candidate as the MOST likely to get us into a new war and keep us in Iraq longer. And not because that is what Obama would like to do, but because the force of circumstances, press bias and powerful interest groups could well push him in that direction. This all may seem counterintuitive, but recall that it was Charles de Gaulle who withdrew from Algeria and Nixon who ended Vietnam and went to China and Reagan who was a buddy with Gorby, etc. At some point reality is going to intrude, and the collapse of the US economy and the opposition from former allies will bring the current US policy direction to a halt. BTW, I will not under any circumstances be voting for McCain, and I think the best outcome for the right is for Hillary to win as she has the least political support from the public and the insiders and thus will likely be the least effective. If Hillary could get the nomination of course, she would also damage the relationship of the Democrat party to its most loyal base, i.e., blacks and elite white leftists. This would also be a very good thing. Sent at: 2008 07 20