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Originally Posted by willravel
This is certainly pandering. It doesn't fit with his policies in Illinois, nor most of the other things he's said regarding foreign policy. Every time he has mentioned an interest in diplomacy with Iran, even when all the other candidates stand shocked, he has made it clear that he will not be another Reagan or Bush. Obama is not a chickenhawk.
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It's...
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Doctrine....
Any sitting president that ignores it is going to be seen as inconsistent and weak. What he's said is that if someone attacks us (or our vital interests) or is about to attack the same, he will use force.
Any more than that is your own creation and the above is entirely consistent with his previous statements on foreign policy.