Their trick is get into the WH, then don’t fulfull any promises because it’s economically impossible. The old Lucy “trust me”, then pulls the football away as Charlie Brown goes to kick it bit.

I believe there are two foreign policy biggies for the next admin. The first will be US-Pakistan relations for the battle with the global jihad movement (note, I did *not* say AQ).

As for Iran being the second biggie, I think that’s going to be a battle played out on the US and the UNSC turf, and not a direct battle with Iran. I actually hold out more hope for them because the bulk of young Iranians are actually pro-western. Will Ahmadinejad be removed from power, and what happens to the cleric leadership over time?

Pakistan? I consider them not only a larger problem, but a longer term problem. Friendly terrain for housing jihad warriors… always has, and always will be. This supposed “discovery” of the Taliban/AQ/jihad in the mountainous border is only “new” to an unformed US public and idiot western media. The art of history and research is dead.