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Originally Posted by Strangelet
And there's nothing hypothetical about the shift in u.s. foreign policy with respect to the middle east vis a vis an obama presidency.
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first of all, we're ignoring the fact that there's very little evidence to prove that obama will ultimately take the election over mccain this early in the game. just because he's our nearly unanimous internet message board fave, that doesn't mean he has it in the bag. and there's no reason for anyone to assume that mccain has been safely quarantined and no longer poses any military threat in overseas conflicts. any politician anywhere in the world is aware that it could go either way and as i said i think it's highly doubtful any country is carefully crafting its foreign policy based on the singular hypothetical of one american leader over another. hell, for all anyone knows obama could announce a clinton VP nod any second now and that would change the whole ball game.
second, i'm not aware of anything that definitively says an obama presidency would totally turn US policy towards israel on its ear. that's the biggest problem with obama, he's been definitive about almost nothing. and in fact he's spent much time in recent weeks courting the jewish holdout votes by emphasizing his continued support for israel. so how is there "nothing hypothetical" at this point about his stance on israel?