By Benjamin L. Hartman: ANALYSIS / Thank goodness for McCain and Obama support on Iran
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Title:Putting aside my cynicism that both represent the same basic, 1
Name:David Turner
City: RichmondState: USA
"centrist (necessary to win a national election; to move the bureaucracy to carry out policy)" philosophy, and that philosophy, naturally, represents US interests, not Israels, in the end we must look past the rhetoric and judge the history which brings us to the present choice: Republican McCain; Democrat Obama. While McCain makes every effort to distant himself from Bush on other issues, that McCain supported THE DECISION to decapitate the Iraqi regime means he shares responsibility also for the consequences of the that decision: the freeing of Iran from the threat of her only credible enemy resulting in emboldening that country as a power in the ME; resulting in her freedom to defy and confront the US in Iraq, brazenly shrug off all international efforts to halt her nuclear program; increase Iranian threat and influence throughout the ME thereby increasing the threat to oil supply and transport resulting in futures speculation and price inflation contributing to, if not