He comes across as weak and he knows it. So he will extremely overreact the first time he is teasted. And I think it will be Iran, given that the Iranians are supposedly ready in the spring to build their first bombs.

If he seriously prevented Iran from getting the bomb, I’d give him props.
I don’t think he has any interest in foreign affairs though, thus Biden. He never chaired any committee meetings concerning Europe, and I think all his ambition involves remaking America into something we won’t recognize. I think someone will test him while his attention is diverted. Kennedy at least was a veteran, and had a grim idea of what could happen in Cuba.

I dont by the Obama will attack Iran theory. If he did that how could he sit down with them without pre-conditions?

To push my theory a bit, he sits down with Iran. They refuse to accept him as “THE ONE” (Amedinijad is waiting for the 12th Imam to return and Obama is nothim) and Obama gets mad. Hence he strikes out, claiming new intelligence (which is really ust old intelligence) that Iran is about to construct a bomb.

In my worst nightmares, he hits Iran with tactical nuclear weapons, but I doubt he will go that far.

When I tell my left wing friends (and I live in a very left wing urban area) why I am supporting McCain over Obama, my answer always shocks them. I believe that Obama will not be a wimp, but rather will be very interventionist and a vote for Obama is a vote for more war.

Why? the “warmonger” McCain knows war better than most Americans. If President McCain gives the order, he is sending two of his sons (maybe a third, as I think one is still a reserve Navy pilot) to their possible deaths, along with the son of VP Palin. I think he will wait lng and hard and unlike President Bush, President McCain will take that decision very seriously. And after the decision is made, he will do everything to make sure it is over quickly.

Furthermore, McCain has nothing to prove to anyone. He has survived something that would have killed me. He has no need to prove his toughness. He lived it, and Putin, Chavez, Amedinijad and the rest of the thugs running around the world know it.

Obama has never really been tested. Other than a losing primary to Bobby Rush, he has never even really been tested in an election — every primary and general election he faced his opponents were either thrown off the ballot, imploded or were nominal. He comes across as weak and he knows it. So he will extremely overreact the first time he is teasted. And I think it will be Iran, given that the Iranians are supposedly ready in the spring to build their first bombs.

No, I foresee something a bit more simple. If you recall, the one was trying to negotiate with the Iraqi government this summer to not reach a SOFA agreement and now you have the Sunni politicians in Iraq (backed by Muqtda Al Sadr) saying that there needs to be changes. The problem is that if this agreement is not in place by the end of the year our troops have no legal protections afforded to them as the UN mandadte will have expired. This could lead to a whole bunch of trouble with our good friends (dripping in sarcasm) at the UN and could hamstring the troops abilities to do anything here in Iraq. At this point the Iranians may just go ahead and start much more trouble than they already are without as much worry about a US presence. Of course this would cause the one to have to act, but what will he do?

the decision to withdraw after the barracks bombing was the one time that Reagan did blink in the face of a foreign enemy).

Agreed. I think that this was a grave mistake on Reagan’s part. It was probably his biggest screwup while in office. Jihadists were nothing if not emboldened after seeing our meager response to such an attack.

Along these lines, the 9/11 attacks were being planned as early as January of 2000, almost a year before Bush took office; by the summer of 2000 some of them were already in pilot training in the US. Thus, those attacks were not a relevant test under the criteria of my original post, but a continuation of al Qaeda’s “war” begun during the feckless Clinton administration.

Al Qaeda most certainly wasn’t unpersuaded by the prospect of having to deal with George W. Bush in the aftermath. I’m also disgusted that his administration has taken no ownership in not doing more to stop these attacks. Intelligence information was delivered to W., but I don’t think it was taken seriously enough. The Bush ties to the Bin Laden family has also caused mostly a shrug of the shoulders from most conservatives. I’ll never understand the lack of concern there.
However, I get your point and understand your posts.

Obama- I think he loves his country and will protect it. I also think he has a desire to be “great”. To be remembered as a great president he knows he’ll have to be a strong, protective leader. If he’s elected I’m sure you hope, or pray that he is a great president, because that obviously is in the best interests of our country.

Anyone, I never agree with you, but enjoy your posts. Later.

Go Raiders.

That’s it? So you don’t think W. was “tested” on September 11, 2001? Alrighty then. *rolls eyes”.

Focus, mistress, focus.

The subject was foreign bad actors acting on their own agendas to take advantage of what they perceived to be weakness in a newly-elected American president.

Along these lines, the 9/11 attacks were being planned as early as January of 2000, almost a year before Bush took office; by the summer of 2000 some of them were already in pilot training in the US. Thus, those attacks were not a relevant test under the criteria of my original post, but a continuation of al Qaeda’s “war” begun during the feckless Clinton administration.

The Chinese, on the other hand, did seek to take advantage of a newly-elected they thought would be weak.

October 23, 1983- 241 killed in Beirut. The “test” goes unanswered. 241.

Again, given the original criteria in my post, this was not Hezbollah probing a new president Reagan they sought to take advantage of, but the product of Reagan’s decision to intervene Lebanon — hardly an act of perceived weakness in itself (although the decision to withdraw after the barracks bombing was the one time that Reagan did blink in the face of a foreign enemy).

Jimmy Carter was no doubt a weakling. Those who expect the same from Obama will be very surprised. IMHO.

I hope your humble opinion is right. But I strongly doubt that it is, as liberals in my experience are alarmingly lousy judges of human nature.

In human nature, weakness attracts aggression: and Hopenchange has done nothing but ooze weakness when it comes to his statements on foreign and military policy. That’s something our rivals have not failed to notice, and will be eager to exploit.

He’ll be tested by those who wish us harm. And he’ll fail miserably: chin-wagging at the UN… dithering before the advice of his band of “foreign-policy advisors”… and fruitlessly seeking support from the spineless Europeans — the fickle opinions of whom he places far too much value on.

That’s what Biden’s justfiably worried about, hence his call to the faithful for more blind faith when it happens.

- George W. Bush emerged from a bitterly contested election that had millions of Americans claiming he wasn’t actually elected — and as a result was perceived by the Chinese to be a crippled president. That’s why they provoked an incident in international airspace involving a mid-air collision between a Chinese fighter and an American intelligence-gathering aircraft, and for a time took the American plane’s crew hostage.

That’s it? So you don’t think W. was “tested” on September 11, 2001? Alrighty then. *rolls eyes”.

- Ronald Reagan was elected on a platform of American resurgence, and was not tested; when he encountered foreign conflicts, it was because he chose intervention (e.g., Lebanon, Libya, Grenada).

October 23, 1983- 241 killed in Beirut. The “test” goes unanswered. 241.

Anyway.

Jimmy Carter was no doubt a weakling. Those who expect the same from Obama will be very surprised. IMHO.

‘I feel like we got a righteous wind at our backs’…

No, that’s just Biden running his mouth again!

And it ain’t righteous!