As far as craven sell-out politicians go, Obama is probably far less compromised in this area than most (and for sure less compromised than Hillary and McCain) if for no other reason than he has been in Washington for a shorter period of time. But that's how Judeofascism operates: it steals your integrity in increments.

Arkin: "Though Obama has staked out interesting territory regarding nuclear disarmament and actions needed to stem the proliferation of nuclear materials, it's clear that he's thought little about the subject and cannot intellectually connect much of what he intuits about the world to a real national security policy."

Well, so fricking what? This is a case where the "permanent bureaucracy" provides policy continuity. A green behind the ears president doesn't have to be an expert on missile defense policy on Day One. Plenty of policy wonks in the Defense and State Departments can maintain a consistent baseline until the new president is up to speed.

Meanwhile, Bush is offering to modernize Poland's military, in return for Poland agreeing to site U.S. missile defense interceptors there. What does any of this have to do with the U.S., other than subsidizing military contractors and trying to create Cold War II in Europe?

"Report From Iron Mountain" looks ever more prescient. Evidently, the Israeli-Palestianian conflict just isn't large enough to siphon off a sufficient amount of America's "blood and treasure" (as Hillary puts it). So we have to gin up some new wars in Europe, Asia and Africa.

If Obama could just say "no" to any of that, he would be worth his weight in gold.