Marc Ambinder says Obama’s foreign policy speech today demonstrates just how the campaign believes it is going to challenge the way Washington does these things. The headline announcement may beObama’s desire for a nuclear-free world which is, yes, something that has been gaining traction in foreign policy circles for some time and also the sort of optimistic “transformational” (if we are still allowed to use that word?) policy Obama likes to think typifies his campaign. Barring a miracle of course, it’s also not going to happen.
The Obama campaign says these talking points demonstrate just how their candidate would “challenge Washington’s conventional thinking” by:
1. Ending the war in Iraq 2. Ensuring there is no safe haven for Al Qaeda 3. Securing loose nuclear material and renewing our efforts towards eliminating nuclear weapons and stopping the threat of nuclear terrorism 4. Talking directly to friend and foe 5. Strengthening the State Department to make diplomacy a priority 6.
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