An excellent exegesis on Barack Obama's current article on foreign policy in Foreign Affairs, from a self-described 'foreigner" writing on the liberal political activist blog Daily Kos, who concludes that "Obama sounds just like a hawk - maybe a more competent version of Bush."

Interesting journey through Obama's foreign policy. I am drawn the the man and his charisma, but charisma can be a dangerous thing his policies and priorities are not right. The article limits itself to Obama and does not compare the good and bad aspects of the other candidates. Even if he is trying to out-flank Clinton on the right, it makes him sound very dangerous.

Extremely selective quotes make me deeply doubt Paris' claim of no ulterior motive. Or perhaps he is understandably shell-shocked by Republican America, where "leadership" does indeed always mean bombs, shooting, and torture. And yeah, that's creepy. But Obama's notion of leadership is different. He wrote way more about intelligent, non-military solutions to problems than he did about the two situations in which he would use the military -- for self-defense and, with genuine international support, for peacekeeping.

Wow. I think the author of that Daily Kos piece read a quite different Obama foreign policy paper than the one I read. More likely, this author chooses to put his own spin on what Obama actually says. At bottom, I rather suspect the reviewer is upset with Obama's support for Israel and a non-isolationist America.