The Netroots and Obama

Have you noticed how Obama's healthcare plan is the more centrist of those on offer from the Democrats? And have you checked out Obama's latest foreign policy article? Money quote:

To renew American leadership in the world, we must immediately begin working to revitalize our military. A strong military is, more than anything, necessary to sustain peace...

We must use this moment both to rebuild our military and to prepare it for the missions of the future. We must retain the capacity to swiftly defeat any conventional threat to our country and our vital interests...

We should expand our ground forces by adding 65,000 soldiers to the army and 27,000 marines...

I will not hesitate to use force, unilaterally if necessary, to protect the American people or our vital interests whenever we are attacked or imminently threatened...

I will work with other nations to secure, destroy, and stop the spread of these [nuclear] weapons ...

Iran and North Korea could trigger regional arms races, creating dangerous nuclear flashpoints in the Middle East and East Asia. In confronting these threats, I will not take the military option off the table...

We should pursue an integrated strategy that reinforces our troops in Afghanistan and works to remove the limitations placed by some NATO allies on their forces....

To defeat al Qaeda, I will build a twenty-first-century military...

The anti-war left is worried. Money quote:

Again, I'm sorry to say this, as I know it will bring me grief from many of you, but Obama sounds just like a hawk - maybe a more competent version of Bush.

Er, no. Obama has pledged to get out of the Jihadist trap in Iraq. He's a path beyond Bush-Cheney. But he doesn't appear to be in denial about the threat itself. I don't have a problem with that. In fact, isn't it precisely the strategy we need? Call it: chastened interventionism.