[jhpigott]

I have always enjoyed Friedman's work at Stratfor. This is an excellent piece that postulates that this mid-term election cycle is basically going to kill Obama's domestic agenda and that his best chance of getting re-elected would be for him to turn into a "foreign-policy president" and the natural choice would be to go after Iran.

[Beckwith]

NO!

It’s an Islamic state.

[HearMe]

re-establish his image as a centrist

It is always so sad to realize that so many of my fellow Americans are mentally deficient. Did people really believe- in spite of all the evidence- that this Obama was a centrist?

A beaten Obama will not go after Iran.

Just watch and remember this prediction.

This President- who until his last minute in office is supreme in foreign affair- will not go after Iran.

HE WILL GO AFTER ISRAEL.

[SunkenCiv]

Whether the Republicans take the House or the Senate is close to immaterial. It is almost certain that the dynamics of American domestic politics will change. The large majority held by the Democrats will be gone, and party discipline will not be strong enough (it never is) to prevent some defections. Obama now has two options in terms of domestic strategy. The first is to continue to press his agenda, knowing that it will be voted down. If the domestic situation improves, he takes credit for it. If it doesn't, he runs against Republican partisanship. The second option is to abandon his agenda, cooperate with the Republicans and re-establish his image as a centrist... Obama also has a third option, which is to shift his focus from domestic policy to foreign policy.

Thanks jhpigott. Interesting op-ed the author has, since Obama has already done that. In fact, his radical anti-American foreign policy (abandoning our eastern European allies, abandoning our Central Asian allies, abandoning our Middle Eastern allies -- chiefly Israel -- siding with Islamofascism and Islamic terrorism in Africa and anywhere else it is found, pissing on our alliance with the UK, etc etc) has gone hand in hand with his radical anti-American domestic agenda. And he never had any problems from the drive-by media with his candidacies (Senate and POTUS) or his actions (or lack thereof) in office. Not a peep out of those partisan shills.

[AuH2ORepublican]

“Would a Beaten Obama Attack Iran?”

I’m willing to find out—who volunteers to beat him up? : )

[TopQuark]

This must be a joke: regardless of the domestic situation, Obama will never ever attack any country. He may benefit, of course, if another country or terrorists attack us.

[iopscusa]

Stratfor the US version of DEBKAFiles! I think that the chances of Obama attacking IRAN is closing in on 0%. Who writes this crap that Friedman gushes, or better who would pay for it?