I think my tutor brought up some nice points today. He basically came to the conclusion that Obama's lead is hyped by the media, in reality it'll be a much tighter race. One of the reasons being of course is that the evangelicans and the south part of America count for a big vote and they'll vote Republican. At the moment with the economic recession the right choice seems to be Obama.
However there are also some tweaks in Obama's foreign policy; one being his advocation for a withdrawal of troops from Iraq - if US followed Obama and withdrew their troops in 2006 it would've meant a morally damaging and big split in the army. But the US didn't and apparently Iraq is not such a big failure after all now (I mean you can't deny it's in a better state now than it was before.)
Next Obama would actually want to talk/meet with Ahmedinijan (sp?) without pre-conditions. To put it bluntly .... you don't sit or talk with people who plans to exterminate a race. (Ahmedinijan (sp?) is anti-Jew.)
And according to my tutor again when he want for some US military convention a few weeks back, three things about Obama do not seem to go well with the military. Their main concerns were:
1. the fact that he doesn't wear that american flag.. badge? thing on his shirt
2. his religion is still up for speculation
3. How important/much respect he has for the military.
Well that's what he said anyway. On a note unrelated to the elections, he shared with us his experience in the military convention. The weapons that the US are actually coming up with now is insane. China may well be on its way but the US is still strong. The military is actually in favour of attacking China now before they become a real threat to the US... which is why Taiwan could be a main trigger for anything to happen.
I'm sorry babe, but no no and no. Your tutor should catch up on his readings.
What does a flag pin or religion have to do with running a country? And Obama's respect for the military has never come into question. That news is pretty old, like primary election old.
As for his declaration that Obama will loose the entire south. It probably doesn't occur to him that the states with the greatest minority populations and highest amounts of poor people live in the South. In fact, Obama has been gaining in those polls pretty steadily for the last few weeks. Even the Fix News Poll has him coming on if not surpassing McCain.
I think meeting with Ahmedinijan is a great idea. Why not try a little diplomacy when it's obvious the "staying tough" strategy hasn't worked at all?
As for Iraq, it's all speculation. After all it is the Middle East aka the most unstable region ever. The Iraqi's probably did not have enough troops in 2006 to maintain a hold on their own country. They do now and it's obvious that Al Quada has strongholds in both Afganistan and Pakistan, which was the reason we invaded Afganistan first. The truth is, it's time for the Iraqis to stand on there own. We've completed our mission.
As for the invading China conspiracy, not gonna happen. 10 billion a month going into the occupation of Iraq plus whatever we have left going into Afganistan. There aren't the funds or the man power to mess with China. I don't know who your tutor talks to but invasion of China is not high on anyone's list right now. It's somewhere in between North Korea and Belize.