>>Please pass on my apologies to Tracy for not replying quickly enough on a Saturday ;-( --- I was refereeing soccer, going to an AA meeting, and doing stuff with my daughters. Sorry!
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>>I agree with you that Pakistan is the world's most dangerous nation, with Afghanistan a close second. Islamic terrorists with their hands on launch codes is our worst nightmare. Also Israel's. Where I don't agree with you is Obama standing by idly. Where did you get that impression? He said he would talk to unfriendly nations, he didn't say he would appease them.
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>I don't believe there is any chance Obama is willing to take the action that will be necessary to stop the Iranian nuclear program. (though I do think there is a chance that he might covertly encourage the Israelis to do so, and keep his own fingerprints off of it.)
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>I don't think he'll stand idly by, I just think his efforts will be well-meaning and ultimately futile. I hope I'm wrong.
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>If he does what will be necessary in foreign policy his harshest opposition will come from the left.

You mean endulge Israelis to re-evaluate Arab/Israely peace plan proposed by SaudiA in 2002 about pan Arab recognition of Israel in return for territories occupied in 1967 ? Afaik, it is still on the table, despite 'creative chaos' experiment taking place in the region last 7 years.

Or you think Obama should attack another country in the middle east, and this way effectively brush it aside ?