Obama Likely to Continue Neo-Con Policies According to Author of New Book

March 19, 2009

WASHINGTON, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- While most Americans are under the impression that the Obama Administration is the antithesis of the Bush Administration, the author of a new book says that the new President's foreign policy is turning out to be a continuation of Bush policies. Stephen Sniegoski, author of The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel, (Enigma Editions, 2008, http://home.comcast.net/~transparentcabal), writes in a new column today that:

"Obama himself does not appear to be completely aligned with the neocon position as was John McCain. However, the President's close advisors, such as David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Dennis Ross, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton, tend to be ardently pro-Israel and hawkish, reflecting a neocon orientation, even though none of these individuals are actually neocons."

"If there were one antiwar pledge Obama seemed bound to honor, it was that of withdrawing troops from Iraq," Dr. Sniegoski writes. "However, since his election, he has spoken of keeping a 'residual force' in that country, which now seems to be morphing into a long-term strategic relationship. And Obama is increasing Americans forces by 50 percent in Afghanistan to deal with a 'deteriorating situation,' which portends to get the United States bogged down in an unwinnable war for years."

The gravest issue facing Obama is Iran, Dr. Sniegoski writes.

"Will Obama opt for war with Iran? When all the business/financial bailouts and stimulus packages fail to achieve the economic rejuvenation (the likely result which should be noticed long before the end of Obama's first term), then will be time to move into the war business. In fact, war, at least war expenditures, can be presented as the ultimate Keynesian stimulus package -- as many Americans believe that World War II solved the Great Depression," Stephen Sniegoski says.

"Obama would undoubtedly be pushed in this belligerent direction by the neoconservatives outside his administration and the hawks within, as well as by Congress under the sway of the Israel Lobby. Given Obama's record so far, it seems highly unlikely that he would resist. American hardline policies such as a naval blockade or the bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, which would inevitably spiral into a full-scale war."

See full text of the column at http://home.comcast.net/~transparentcabal/ (Click on "Articles")

SOURCE The Transparent Cabal website