Detail The making of the president's foreign policy: The decider   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 393 no. 8659 (Nov. 2009), page 37. Topik: America; Barack Obama; Afghan War; Foreign Policy Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.58 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel IT IS the hardest call he has so far had to make, and he has taken his time doing it. On November 24th, after the ninth in a protracted series of situation-room conferences on the Afghan war, Barack Obama said he had settled on his strategy, but that the world would have to wait a few more days to hear the details. He told reporters that they already had “a sufficient preview to last until after Thanksgiving”. The leaks say the president will send more troops, though perhaps only 30,000 or so rather than the 40,000 or more requested by his commander in the field, General Stanley McChrystal. After eight years of an under-resourced war, Mr Obama said, “it is my intention to finish the job.” If the president found deciding hard enough, explaining will not be much easier. True, his generals and NATO allies will be relieved to know where they stand after months of uncertainty. Republicans who said Mr Obama would quit a vital fight may be reassured. But it will take all Mr Obama’s salesmanship to talk his own party round. Democratic memories are haunted by Lyndon Johnson, whose ambition to build a Great Society was thwarted by escalation in Vietnam. No matter how Mr Obama tries to sell it, his Afghan decision will be bitterly controversial. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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