Barack Obama on Meet the Press, May 4, 2008 (Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan)

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Well thought out, reasonable solutions.

Each time I see this bastard on a video clip (russet head), I get to dislike him more. What a pig.

Nice job Mr. Obama. You can be my president anytime! What a change it would be to have someone that doesn't react from anger, but rather from wisdom and composure. I'm tired of this cowboy, drug/drunk addict. I don't want four years of 50% truth...I want the whole banana.

I'm so proud of him.

"If Iran were to attack Israel" is a preposterous assumption. Iran hasn't attacked another country in how many centuries? May as well ask him what he'd do if England or France attacked Israel.

I'm infinitely relieved to see Obama take a cool political approach to foreign policy, such a refreshing change after HRC's mindboggling threats. Oh and on a sidenote, "obliterating" Iran, as compelling as the idea may be to the modern would-be global bullies, would likely be easier said than done. This isn't a run down poor country like Iraq was, this is one of the largest and strongest arab countries out there. Not to mention, an attack on Iran may cause serious fallout elsewhere, such as a popular overthrowing of the Saudi royal family or worse.

Thank you BO, for showing us there is room for rational thought, and that not everyone out there is a coward hiding behind a nuclear silo to compensate for their lack of diplomatic skills.

Iran, formerly known as Persia, is not an Arab country. It's people are Indo-European and related linguistically to English, German, French, etc. It complicates things to understand that not all Muslims are Arabs or even that not all Arabs are Muslim. Trying to simplify so that there is an easy "enemy" to point to is a Rovian trick. Beware the simple.

I was going to say I used the term geographically, but on second thought that was just as inaccurate. :) So I'll go with using it erroneously. Looking at modern Iran, or Persia for that matter, it's impossible to simplify their origin or identity anyway. They speak close to a dozen languages and their historical heritage is just as diverse between the regions.

administration, there was such a thing as DIPLOMACY, and it worked very well, instead of this pre emptive (let's get them before they get us) crap.

Go Obama, the voice of reason.