{"id":7540,"date":"2009-03-29T09:09:14","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T14:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=7540"},"modified":"2009-03-29T09:09:14","modified_gmt":"2009-03-29T14:09:14","slug":"john-stauber-how-obama-took-over-the-peace-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=7540","title":{"rendered":"John Stauber: How Obama Took Over the Peace Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_7541\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/snapperjack\/3394902908\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7541\" data-attachment-id=\"7541\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?attachment_id=7541\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3394902908_4b88d78e63.jpg?fit=500%2C363\" data-orig-size=\"500,363\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"28 March 2009 London\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;28 March 2009 London&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3394902908_4b88d78e63.jpg?fit=300%2C217\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3394902908_4b88d78e63.jpg?fit=500%2C363\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3394902908_4b88d78e63.jpg?resize=500%2C363\" alt=\"28 March 2009 London\" title=\"28 March 2009 London\" width=\"500\" height=\"363\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3394902908_4b88d78e63.jpg?w=500 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3394902908_4b88d78e63.jpg?resize=150%2C108 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3394902908_4b88d78e63.jpg?resize=300%2C217 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">28 March 2009 London<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Stauber, PR Watch, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prwatch.org\/node\/8297\">27 March 2009<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a title=\"reference on John Podesta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=John_Podesta\" target=\"_self\">John Podesta<\/a>&#8216;s liberal <a title=\"reference on think tank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=think_tank\" target=\"_self\">think tank<\/a> the <a title=\"reference on Center for American Progress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Center_for_American_Progress\" target=\"_self\">Center for American Progress<\/a> strongly supports  <a title=\"reference on Barack Obama\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Barack_Obama\" target=\"_self\">Barack Obama<\/a>&#8216;s escalation of the US <a title=\"reference on wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/26\/washington\/28prexy.html\" target=\"_blank\">wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan<\/a>.  This is best evidenced by <a title=\"reference on Sustainable Security in Afghanistan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Sustainable_Security_in_Afghanistan\" target=\"_self\">Sustainable Security in Afghanistan<\/a>, a CAP report by <a title=\"reference on Lawrence J. Korb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Lawrence_J._Korb\" target=\"_self\">Lawrence J. Korb<\/a>. Podesta served as the head of Obama&#8217;s transition team, and CAP&#8217;s support for Obama&#8217;s wars is the latest step in a successful co-option of the US peace movement by Obama&#8217;s political aids and the <a title=\"reference on Democratic Party\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Democratic_Party\" target=\"_self\">Democratic Party<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prwatch.org\/node\/8297\">Read the post<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/snapperjack\">Snapperjack&#8217;s photostream<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Stauber, PR Watch, 27 March 2009 John Podesta&#8216;s liberal think tank the Center for American Progress strongly supports Barack Obama&#8216;s escalation of the US wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. 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