Obama and "Change"

Obama - The Problem: The United States is trapped by the Bush-Cheney approach to diplomacy that refuses to talk to leaders we don't like.

BEEN THERE, DONE THAT

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Belgium, well aware of what happened in World War I, hoped to avoid being involved in a second world war by remaining neutral. But, as the Belgians realized sadly some six months later, when a belligerent psychopath sets out to dominate the world, the fact that one of the smaller countries in his path has optimistically declared itself neutral will not save it from being overrun, if to do so suits the psychopath.
Phillip Warner, The Secret Forces of World War II, pg.144