Amidst all the drama of oilocalypse perpetuated by the 24x7 noise, President Obama presented a new national security plan, which has gone under the radar. This is an important strategic shift of US foreign policy, which stresses diplomacy over gung-ho wars.
BBC reports
The Obama administration has unveiled a new national security strategy, saying armed conflict should be a last resort when diplomacy is exhausted.
The document puts constraints on ex-President Bush's concept of pre-emptive war and calls for better co-operation with China and India.
It maintains the desire to destroy al-Qaeda, but also highlights home-grown terrorism for the first time.
For the first time, an US government recognises the threat of home-grown variety of terrorism. How many talking heads will explode over this slur on 'real americans' ?
The Obama administration's new doctrine also reiterates the Obama's determination to try to engage with countries like Iran and North Korea, but warns that they face deepening isolation if they do not respond to international pressure to come clean on their controversial nuclear programmes.
Other key initiatives outlined in Mr Obama's strategy include the dismantling of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The document describes the security of Israel and peaceful Israeli and Palestinian states living side by side as among the main interests of the US.
So the 'axis of evil nations' as propounded by the great saint ronnie & perpetuated by the neocons is going to be engaged ??? More exploding talking heads including those of rover, cheney and his spawn.
This admin has also acknowledged the fact that american citizens are willing to become pawns of aq terror network.
Earlier, John Brennan, Mr Obama's counter-terrorism adviser, said the new strategy also explicitly recognised the threat posed by "individuals radicalised here at home".
"We've seen an increasing number of individuals here in the United States become captivated by extremist activities or causes," he said.
"We've seen individuals, including US citizens, armed with their US passport, travel easily to terrorist safe havens and return to America, their deadly plans disrupted by co-ordinated intelligence and law enforcement," Mr Brennan added.
Finally, a context on domestic terrorism a la Obama's predecessors
Domestic terrorism did not feature highly in previous strategies.
Bill Clinton did not mention the domestic terrorism issue in his 1998 strategy, despite the Oklahoma City bombing three years earlier, while George W Bush made only passing reference to the issue in his 2006 document.
So, finally an Obama doctrine that's out and yet to be picked by (or picked apart) by the US media or by dkos.