[allendale]

They don’t have to talk. they merely have to look and listen.There is no way Obama wishes to engage in a third , possibly far more costly war ,in the region. Iran will get its nuclear weapons and Obama has told Israel to live with the terrifying peace of mutually assured destruction. The blue water ships of the American navy are sitting targets for the Chinese supplied state of the art shore to ship missiles in the narrow Persian Gulf. Obama and (what’s worse) Navy commanders know this and remain passive. let’s hope so.Big question as always is will Netanyahu accept Obama’s orders. For the sake of those sailors,

[gusopol3]

Khomeinist ideology is a rather primitive form of anti-Americanism.

I'm not sure that Obamism isn't some sort of alter-ego or parallel ideology.

[hinckley buzzard]

Correct. Eight years of Bush and four of obama and the Iranians haven't yet had to say a word. Meanwhile the US keeps negotiating with itself until it surrenders, as in Iraq and Afghanistan.