In Iraq, Obama showed that "withdrawal" actually means permanent occupation by "residual" forces to be determined by generals like the butcher Petraeus, who he consulted. Obama advocated more troops in Afghanistan, which, along with parts of Pakistan, he would make the near-term focus of the anti-Islamic U.S. "war against terror." Now McCain is adopting this phony "withdrawal" scheme. Obama reassured Israel’s fascist rulers that he "will take no options off the table in dealing with this potential Iranian threat." In Berlin, he demanded that Europe supply more combat soldiers for U.S.-led military efforts in Afghanistan and beyond.

Obama Denounces Communists, Gives Nazis A Free Pass

Obama’s July 24 speech at Berlin’s Victory Column (a favorite of Hitler’s) showed his stark allegiance to the capitalist class. "Friend-of-the-Workers" Obama said not a single word in Germany’s capital about Nazis, who killed tens of millions. Instead he attacked the very force that defeated the Nazis in World War II, the working-class Soviet Red Army, by condemning communism by name three times.

Obama couldn’t and wouldn’t criticize Nazi Germany because its brutal program of territorial reconquest, expansion, and confrontation of major rivals closely resembles today’s U.S. rulers’ own agenda. They are hell-bent on retaking the Mid-East and its oil, making U.S. protectorates of former Soviet vassals in Eastern Europe, and militarily besting potential super-powers like China, Russia, India, and the European Union.

On July 24, the Obama campaign’s top think-tank, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), led by Clintonites like Madeleine Albright, published a report — "Strategic Leadership: Framework for a 21st Century National Security Strategy" — that mimics Hitler’s racist "Mein Kampf." It says "America must have the will and the capabilities not only to ensure U.S. security but also to enhance the security of allies and friends. The American military must have the appropriate structure and technological capacity, weaponry, troop strength and morale, information and intelligence capacity, and other support to meet 21st-century threats. It must remain the strongest fighting force on earth." Pretty "peaceful…"

Obama’s liberal CNAS backers criticize Bush’s Iraq fiasco but bless imperialist war in general: "Although Iraq was the wrong war, some wars will nevertheless have to be fought. Force should never be used as a first choice, but in some cases it may need to be used sooner rather than later . . . . [S]trategic leadership requires being prepared to act swiftly and surely whenever required."

The CNAS paper pinpoints a coming clash with China: "Mutual misunderstandings and flashpoints like Taiwan could, in the worst-case scenario, actually lead to military conflict, with potentially devastating consequences." In such a case, Obama’s call for 92,000 new soldiers and Marines would prove a drop in the bucket. "Peace candidate"-turned-president Obama would restore the draft just as fast as Nazi goose-stepping militarist McCain would.

On the home front, Obama favors a police state. He just cast a Senate vote to protect the Feds’ wiretapping operations. Obama also seeks to revive Clinton’s community policing initiative, which put over 100,000 racist cops on the street. And in his home base of Chicago, vote-hungry Obama has sold himself lock, stock, and barrel to the Rockefeller-influenced Democratic Party machine of Mayor Richard Daley, which endorsed his election to the Illinois State and U.S. Senates. One of his biggest backers is William Daley, the Mayor’s brother and Clinton cabinet member, who is Midwest chairman of J.P. Morgan Chase. As Chicago mayors over decades, Daley’s father and brother have run a police department that has systematically tortured and murdered thousands of black and Latino workers.

CHALLENGE has often said that voting for either Obama or McCain would be equally bad. They both represent the same capitalist system, as do all presidents. Obama, however, with his phony anti-racist appeal, holds the danger of luring greater numbers to the rulers’ war agenda. But he inadvertently highlights the solution as he rails at communism. The wars Obama supports will end only when the working class holds state power in the wake of communist revolution. This is our Party’s long-term goal.