What a dilemma for a young president; how to weaken U.S. aliances in Eastern Europe, while simutaneously strengthening the positions of our arch-nemeses, Iran and Russia? I've got it; dismantle plans for a missle shield (as well as revampment of Poland's military) in Eastern Europe, and give credit for this action to "help" from Russia...brilliant! This is reminicent of a young, ill-prepared Kennedy facing off against Kruschev...which, according to Russian documents, resulted in the Cuban Missile Crisis, but never mind that little detail.
This guy is like a distillation of all of the bad policy ideas of our previous liberal presidents; he has the 'great society' ambitions of LBJ and the foreign policy credentials of Kennedy and Carter rolled into one. What's next, price controls?...don't joke.
If the US had an embassy in Iran, the Iranians might be emboldened to lay siege to it and take the occupants hostage. Maybe Obama will set up this opportunity by reopeneing the embassy as a show of good will.
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