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Obama's Popularity Doesn't Mean Much Abroad <BR> <BR><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124000916299330597.html" target=_top>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124000916299330597 .html</a> <BR> <BR><blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p>Why should Iran roll over just because the U.S. seeks to flatter and cajole? The jihadis in Tehran don't want a nuclear bomb or use surrogates like Hamas and Hezbollah because they dislike the United States. They want hegemony over the Greater Middle East, and guess who stands in their way? Uncle Sam and Israel. <BR> <BR>Can Mr. Obama sweet talk the European Union into more modest climate goals? No, because the Europeans believe that the U.S. is taking too much from the global commons (energy) and putting too much bad stuff into it (greenhouse gases). <BR> <BR>"We will listen carefully," Mr. Obama said with a view to Tehran, "we will bridge misunderstandings, and we will seek common ground." Some 500 years ago, Francis I of France was asked what misunderstandings had fueled his constant wars with the Habsburg Empire's Charles V. He replied: "None, we are in complete agreement. We both want control over Italy." <BR> <BR><!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote> <BR> <BR>I like that last paragraph. But I don't think Obama gets it, relative to Iran and Israel.
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