After Messiah One touched down back in the States, Barack Obama sat down for a meeting with fellow Democrats to cover some of the lessons learned during the trip. One of the big topics was, apparently, mideast relations.
Obama told the caucus, according to an attendee, “Nobody said this to me directly but I get the feeling from my talks that if the sanctions don’t work Israel is going to strike Iran.” Others in the room recall this as well.
Thank you, Captain Obvious. Look, Senator Obama. You’ve already sold me on the fact that I’m more in line with the majority of your foreign policy objectives than Senator McCain’s. But frankly, I get nervous when I hear any of you talking about Israel. I don’t think anyone aside from a few stray coy dogs on a river island in the midwest would, at this point, be surprised if Israel decided to unload on Iran. The real question is, what would you do about it? You’re supposedly not a proponent of unprovoked wars, right? Would you condemn the attack? Or would you at least go on record saying that you wouldn’t throw our military into the fray on Israel’s side without at least consulting Congress first?
You’ve been a bit wishy-washy on the entire subject over the course of the campaign. I, for one, would like to hear a few more specifics.