aawsat.com, Amir Taheri :
The profile of Trump’s Cabinet indicates changes of the pendulum in a direction opposite the one produced by Obama’s wayward presidency. First, the pendulum will swing away from the expansion of the public sector favored by Obama and most dramatically illustrated by his so-called Affordable health scheme. If allowed to develop its full potential, the Obama scheme could mean the virtual nationalization of some 16 per cent of the US gross domestic product, a huge step towards a state-dominated economy.
Next, the pendulum will swing away from globalization. Trump does not want, and cannot, stop let alone reverse globalization. But he seems to want to modulate its rhythm and tempo to reduce its adverse socio-economic effects on sections of US society. Obama and Mrs. Clinton, however, were committed to expanding and speeding up globalization with a series of new trade deals covering the Pacific region and, later, the European continent.
The Trump presidency will also see the pendulum swing away from massive and systematic cuts in the United States’ defense capabilities. Rather than pursue Obama’s strategy of gradually disarming the US, Trump promises an ambitious modernization plan aimed at increasing the American military power and its global reach.
In foreign policy the pendulum is likely to swing away from Obama’s policy of wooing, and helping, America’s enemies while antagonizing her friends and allies.
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Dear D.K... if not for yourself, for the sake of Omid... Please don't quote Amir Taheri... this guy is so discredited among journalists from the left all the way to the right, that you won't believe it... I mean it... and I love you...not love, love but buddy like... something like that...
Razi : Is there anybody you would approve and like!? You don't like Reza Pahlavi, you hate Omid Dana, you despise Maryam Rajavi, you detest Rouhani, ...., I mean who is left that you would consider worthy of leading the opposition(s) to fight against IRI for a brighter future for Iran! I guess you just admitted you like DK! Would you follow him if he were willing to take the helm to fight against the mollahs!?
BTW, a bunch of A-Rabs just posted a blog claiming that most of I-Ranians are indeed A-Rabs!
Lighten up Folks. Yasse arafafafafar is dead.