Nina Hachigian writes a very <a href="http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=8dd2ecfe-88d0-405d-af94-6b17bd723ed7">thoughtful essay</a> in <em>The New Republic</em>
Via Michael Tomasky, an interview with veteran UN negotiator Lakhdar Brahimi, on how the latter would advise President-elect Obama to deal with the crisis in Gaza.He said that he will pay attention to
1-10: Get America's footprint(s) out of Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan & the rest of the world.
11-20: Drastically reduce the Defense Budget, cutting back all secret camps, bases, prisons, sites, etc., (1000) from wherever; and, demand transparency in all appropriations; no transparency, no appropriations.
21-30: Stop "the war on Terror;" instead, allow law enforcement to handle such "crimes or inquiries."
The war on Terror is like "the war on Drugs;" Neither has worked effectively.
