Posted on 06/29/2008 6:48:36 AM PDT by Fennie
The possibility of a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, which everyone fears, has become part of political campaigns in both the United States and Iran, at a time when the administrations of George Bush and Ahmadinejad are preparing to face electors in both countries at the end of this year and during the spring of 2009.
In Washington, American pundits believe that any attack ordered by the Bush administration before its departure would represent significant support for the electoral campaign of Republican candidate John McCain, who has a wider trust base among electors, being seen as most capable of protecting US interests abroad. However, such support will depend on the success or failure of this campaign. This is reminiscent of the failed attempt by former president Jimmy Carter to rescue American hostages from the US embassy in Tehran on the eve of the 1980 presidential elections, which brought Ronald Reagan, the godfather of the neoconservatives, to the White House.
External, and particularly Iranian, concerns have come to dominate the US presidential battle. The results of the poll conducted by American Research Center "Pew" show that 51% of people polled consider that McCain's foreign policies are trustworthy, as opposed to 43% who consider that Democratic candidate Obama's stances are "solid" enough to protect these interests. Hence it is natural that the results of a Republican administration's strike against Iran will affect McCain's chances...
Ronald Reagan, the godfather of the neoconservatives, to the White House.
Idiot ... Reagan was not a neoconservative. Neoconservatives
are big government liberal war hawks who left the democrat party in the 70’s when the hippie doves took over in 72 and roe vs wade moved social conservatives out of the democrat tent.
Now Bush and all his Ford leftovers are Neoconservative big government war hawks.
Know what the hell you are talking about....
Bush is on the ticket?
Or vote for Ahmadinejad because he is NOT Bush?
Sheesh.
“at a time when the administrations of George Bush and Ahmadinejad are preparing to face electors”
Another fine example of the clueless media.
Bush is not about to strike Iran and lose the election for McCain...
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