Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF.org) January 17, 2008
By Emily Schwartz Greco, Stephen Zunes
The rise in popular support for Senator Barack Obama’s candidacy reflects the growing skepticism among Democratic and independent voters regarding both the Bush administration’s and the Democratic Party establishment’s foreign policies. Indeed, on issues ranging from Iraq to nuclear weapons to global warming to foreign aid, as well as his general preference for diplomacy over militarism, Obama has also staked out positions considerably more progressive than the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry…
http://www.fpif.org/articles/barack_obama_on_diplomacy