By William Markiewicz
Obama is a born negotiator as was Israel's Rabin who was killed by a "Jewish Taliban." If Rabin were alive, the Middle Eastern countries would not only be at peace but friendly to each other – with impact on the rest of the world. After Rabin's death, the Middle East returned to the potential eternal war situation; no advantage for Israel. If Obama falls under a murderer's bullet, the world would return to the eternal war menace. During the election campaign, McCain declared: "When I look at Putin, I see KGB." Had McCain won, we could now be in a US-Russia war, not because of the "KGB” issue, but for Siberia. For a long time the sword rattled among Americans looking hungrily at Siberia. Time passed and we see that Russia can survive without the KGB, and the USA without Siberia. The World at peace is a market where everything can find a satisfying balance. Obama's visits to democratic India and to democratic Indonesia were well thought out steps. Obama builds authentic world peace. He is pragmatic, not Socialist and not Muslim. His greatest mistake till now is to stay involved in Afghanistan. Cohesion is an illusion there. In the north the warlords dominate and are ethnically, linguistically divers from each other. If the "central government" loses the battle with the Taliban, the warlords and their territories will naturally gravitate toward their brethren on the other side of the borders. The victorious Taliban will remain masters of the south with their unfortunate slaves; women, animals, infidels. There are many authoritarian regimes in South East Asia and nobody from outside can invade to change the situation. Outsiders might eventually try to sanction the rogues, hoping for the best.
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