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From: LindyBill	9/23/2009 12:11:19 PM
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The FPI Forum: "Engagement Is Toast" STANDARD BLOG By Michael Goldfarb With the eyes of the world focused on President Obama's handshakes at the UN, that crafty, secretive cabal of neocons gathered in Washington in a dark basement at the W Hotel, where the Foreign Policy Initiative held its 2009 forum on "Advancing and Defending Democracy." You can check out the blow-by-blow at FPI's Twitter page. Here are some highlights: Sen. John McCain on Obama's hesitance to approve Gen. McChrystal's request for additional troops: The senator has "never seen a disconnect like this" between the military and administration on an issue." He also noted, "Every day that goes by if you are not pursuing a strategy for success and implementing it as quickly as possible it puts young Americans lives in more danger." Gov. Mitt Romney on the same: "This is not the time for Hamlet in the White House. . . How in the world can he at this stage be saying what he is saying?" And on American decline: "I do not subscribe to the idea that America is in decline, or has to be in decline . . . The chattering class has proclaimed [America's decline], but the American people have said, 'no bleeping way.'" Reuel Marc Gerecht on Obama's Iran policy: "Engagement is toast." Former Obama State Department advisor (and former engagement advocate), Ray Takeyh: There was a "perceptible deflation of hope' within the administration after the "cataclysmic moment" of Iran's June 12 election. Sen. Jon Kyl on missile defense and Central and Eastern Europe : "We did everything wrong if we wanted to send a signal that they shouldn't even think about extending influence over our NATO allies… We blew it!" Michael O'Hanlon defended Obama on Afghanistan "at least for a few weeks of deliberation and indecision. If he is still in November where he is today, I will not be defending him. But I think where he is at this moment is understandable." A panel discussion moderated by Jeff Gedmin of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty with dissidents Ali Afshari of Iran and Saad Eddin Ibrahim of Egypt. The wizardly indoctrination powers of FPI might have actually worked. Carnegie's Karim Sadjadpour, a one-time engagement proponent, said recent events in Iran "have turned all of us into neocons."

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