The importance of educated and thoughtful advisors cannot be underrated. Obama appears to take them seriously while developing his own policies. It is certainly a different tack taken by the current administration.
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I am Suporting Mr.Obama.
I am more of a hawk then most of the people suporting Obama. I have been a... [MORE]
Thomas L Sjovall
Feb 22, 2008 18:03
She has commented that US foreign polcy-makers "defer reflexively to Israeli security assessments." I wonder how closely she is familiar... [MORE]
Howard Stevens
Feb 22, 2008 16:58
Barack needs to fix the US. He needs to get out of the mess in the Middle East. And brainwashing... [MORE]
Burt
Feb 22, 2008 12:44
Just to make it clear you should know that the US and Israel relations are based on mutual interests that... [MORE]
Abe Bird
Feb 24, 2008 13:03
I am surprised his team does not advise him to say the following: The Speech Obama Never Gave http://web.israelinsider.com/Views/12629.htm [MORE]
Mladen Andrijasevic
Feb 22, 2008 10:07
It would appear that Barak Obama may be nominated to represent the Democratic party for the Presidency of the United... [MORE]
Ray Warren
Feb 22, 2008 07:04
Obama sounds like his cousin Bush in 2000 and 2004. He did the same thing. And oh so many people... [MORE]
Jaqueline
Feb 21, 2008 18:49
Given the mostly thoughtful comments posted, permit me to direct interested viewers to the Obama web site or YouTube, both... [MORE]
Jack Furlong
Feb 22, 2008 10:53
Nothing at all controversial regarding Obama's middle east stands. Absolutely agree to dialogue with Iran--it is NOT a hitler regime... [MORE]
Ben
Feb 21, 2008 17:21
I thought this article was about foreign affairs. It seems like it was really about whether Obama is sufficiently devotional... [MORE]
Chris O
Feb 21, 2008 15:14
My greatest concern with a President Obama is that he is a foreign policy naif. This article exacerbates rather than... [MORE]
Kyda Sylvester
Feb 21, 2008 14:56
Overall this piece is pretty good. Thanks.
You might mention that Zbig not only visited Syria, ostensibly for some corporation he... [MORE]
Steve
Feb 21, 2008 14:51
None of these so-called "foreign policy" experts inspires any confidence in me. In fact the author forgot to mention Zbig... [MORE]
Alan
Feb 23, 2008 18:03
A thousand years before the birth of Mohammad there was a Jerusalem and a Jewish homeland, but Islam demands and... [MORE]
lida
Mar 8, 2008 18:06
It's frightening to see how our foreign policy is influenced by the interests of another country.
There are many countries in... [MORE]
David
Feb 21, 2008 14:17
I too breathed a sigh of relief upon reading your excellent pieces ont Obama's foreign policy braintrust. Why have there... [MORE]
Chandler Thompson
Feb 21, 2008 14:17
The importance of educated and thoughtful advisors cannot be underrated. Obama appears to take them seriously while developing his own...