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Peter Grimm

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I was listening to Radio Left today to get the other side's perspective.

What they said was that due to the House being Republican, the president is not going to be able to do much on domestic issues. Aside from the damaging legislation that will go in to effect (Obamacare, Dodd Frank, etc) there won't be much new stuff.

They said that the president's primary focus will be on foreign issues. Specifically, the Arab/Israeli crisis, and attempting to negotiate a peace.

I'm no fan of Obama, but if he were able to accomplish THAT, he would even win me over.

Actually, for that type of mission, I think Obama is the perfect guy. If he can leverage his international popularity to gain a treaty of lasting peace between Israel and the Arab world, he'll have accomplished something nobody before him has been able to.
 
It's a pipe dream. Obama is inheriting a lot of challenges, but to expect him to overcome the Iran/Israel conflict exceeds all others. Even without Iran being thought to be so close to a nuclear weapon and tensions being so high, there's a deep-seated hatred within the politics of both sides. It's not going to be resolved in the current generation of their politics, and there's little the President can do except to try to hold them back from open hostility, short of starting yet another occupation, and based on what he's run on, I seriously doubt he would do that.
 
Peter Grimm said:
I was listening to Radio Left today to get the other side's perspective.

What they said was that due to the House being Republican, the president is not going to be able to do much on domestic issues. Aside from the damaging legislation that will go in to effect (Obamacare, Dodd Frank, etc) there won't be much new stuff.

They said that the president's primary focus will be on foreign issues. Specifically, the Arab/Israeli crisis, and attempting to negotiate a peace.

I'm no fan of Obama, but if he were able to accomplish THAT, he would even win me over.

Actually, for that type of mission, I think Obama is the perfect guy. If he can leverage his international popularity to gain a treaty of lasting peace between Israel and the Arab world, he'll have accomplished something nobody before him has been able to.
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is arab israeli peace even possible?
 
gavinfielder said:
It's a pipe dream. Obama is inheriting a lot of challenges, but to expect him to overcome the Iran/Israel conflict exceeds all others. Even without Iran being thought to be so close to a nuclear weapon and tensions being so high, there's a deep-seated hatred within the politics of both sides. It's not going to be resolved in the current generation of their politics, and there's little the President can do except to try to hold them back from open hostility, short of starting yet another occupation, and based on what he's run on, I seriously doubt he would do that.
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Agreed. If he can keep us out of anymore wars and pull us out of Afghanistan that would be a plus in my book. Neither of my children have ever experienced an America that is not at war. I really hope that changes sooner than later.
 
The "arab world" isn't a collective hive mind.

Also, most of the "arab world" is very friendly to Israel, the only exceptions being Syria, Iran and the new Egypt. Jordan, Iraq, Libya (well, we'll see), Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia are politically friendly or neutral towards Israel. The arab league has in fact taken great steps against Iran and Syria for the benefit of Israel.
 
Rainman05 said:
The "arab world" isn't a collective hive mind.

Also, most of the "arab world" is very friendly to Israel, the only exceptions being Syria, Iran and the new Egypt. Jordan, Iraq, Libya (well, we'll see), Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia are politically friendly or neutral towards Israel. The arab league has in fact taken great steps against Iran and Syria for the benefit of Israel.
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so far libya has a secular government. but that could change shortly. also i think the arab league is acting more in defense of itself than for the benefit of israel.
 
Peter Grimm said:
I was listening to Radio Left today to get the other side's perspective.

What they said was that due to the House being Republican, the president is not going to be able to do much on domestic issues. Aside from the damaging legislation that will go in to effect (Obamacare, Dodd Frank, etc) there won't be much new stuff.

They said that the president's primary focus will be on foreign issues. Specifically, the Arab/Israeli crisis, and attempting to negotiate a peace.

I'm no fan of Obama, but if he were able to accomplish THAT, he would even win me over.

Actually, for that type of mission, I think Obama is the perfect guy. If he can leverage his international popularity to gain a treaty of lasting peace between Israel and the Arab world, he'll have accomplished something nobody before him has been able to.
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What about all those jobs he's promised to create for the voters who need them. Not doing anything on the domestic front isn't going to help them.
 
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