A Little Study
I'm doing a little study on social behaviors. I know I'm pretty new to these forums, but I hope that doesn't prevent you from participating.
There are two parts to the study. First is an initial poll, and then after that is a query-and-response. It should take a (total) of no more than 10 minutes, 5 if you read quickly.
The first part is sending an email to forwhomdostthebelltoll@gmail.com. Simply put in your answer to the question below (A yes or no will suffice). I'll reply with the second part once you have done so.
Question: Is Obama doing well on the counter-terrorism front?
There are two parts to the study. First is an initial poll, and then after that is a query-and-response. It should take a (total) of no more than 10 minutes, 5 if you read quickly.
The first part is sending an email to forwhomdostthebelltoll@gmail.com. Simply put in your answer to the question below (A yes or no will suffice). I'll reply with the second part once you have done so.
Question: Is Obama doing well on the counter-terrorism front?
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he is doing well on the counter-counter-terrorism front.I'm doing a little study on social behaviors. I know I'm pretty new to these forums, but I hope that doesn't prevent you from participating.
There are two parts to the study. First is an initial poll, and then after that is a query-and-response. It should take a (total) of no more than 10 minutes, 5 if you read quickly.
The first part is sending an email to forwhomdostthebelltoll@gmail.com. Simply put in your answer to the question below (A yes or no will suffice). I'll reply with the second part once you have done so.
Question: Is Obama doing well on the counter-terrorism front? -
While assessing President Obama's first year in office many analysts have insisted that there is something different and better about Obama's foreign policy compared to that of his predecessor, but have struggled to identify a single policy shift or achievement to justify that claim.
I would argue that President Obama's most significant foreign policy accomplishment in his first year in office was the "de-securitization" of the United States' counter-terrorism efforts.
The 'securitization' of foreign policy has been described in this way, "By labeling something a security issue, an actor claims a need for the use of extraordinary means, emergency measures and other actions outside the boundaries of normal political procedures.
The concept of "securitization" is often used to describe Turkey's foreign policy for most of its history, and particularly in the 1990s. In the Turkish context, the literature suggests that Ankara engaged in a "securitized" foreign policy as a result of the political power of the military, which benefited directly from its indefinite and extra-legal battle with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) throughout the 1990s.
Peter Baker, in his fascinating new article for the New York Times Magazine on Obama's approach to what his predecessor called the "Global War on Terrorism", demonstrates that while President Bush managed to simultaneously exude over-confidence and press the 'high-fear' button, President Obama has sought relentlessly to identify the balance between "acknowledging danger and projecting confidence."
Whether justifying additional troops for Afghanistan or addressing last week's domestic terrorist threat, Obama has deliberately refrained from attempting to hijack the domestic debate by stoking fear, by claiming that more is always better, or by arguing that his political opponents are unpatriotic.
I know that some are dissatisfied with the delay in closing Guantanamo Bay and the continuation of some of Bush's constiutionally questionable legal practices, but President Obama's refusal to use fear for his personal political advantage is his administration's most significant foreign policy accomplishment thus far. -
Thank you for sending it
And no worries, I'm polling a few other communities. And even troll answers are fine; I can throw them out. And it's hard to troll yes/no questions based on opinion when I haven't given my stand, either
But thanks for your concerns. The internet is truly a wild place.
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