“I voted against preconditions before I voted for them. In between, I got my rookie ass handed to me.”
Barack Obama has done a complete reversal on his signature foreign policy issue – talking to America’s enemies without preconditions. This policy was designed to provide a sharp contrast with President Bush’s “Cowboy Diplomacy.” Senator Obama’s proposal was so radical, even Hillary Clinton didn’t buy into it. From Reuters.
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama is distancing himself from expectations he would meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and taking a more cautious stand on talking to other U.S. adversaries.
With criticism from Republicans turning harsher as Obama moves closer to winning the Democratic nomination battle against rival Hillary Clinton, the Illinois senator has shifted — but not abandoned — his position.
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