That was a tad dismissive...

I wasn't being critical, you know... I just thought a rather important point had been over-looked or passed up in your "succinct" synopsis of the Treaty. The US does not go to war to gain territory or resources... and hasn't since the end of the Spanish-American War. I think this bears repeating because there are an awful lot of Obama supporters that still seem to think that we are fighting a war of conquest and gain RIGHT NOW... even though we haven't seen a penny's worth of relief in our gas and oil prices since the start of the War in Iraq.

I'm also disappointed that you aren't jumping all over the Hilary/Obama FAIL in regards to US-Russian sanctions against Iran. Obama shows the most minute signs of actually growing a backbone when it comes to Iran's continued resistance to international concerns about their nuclear program by instituting sanctions (albeit... only with the blessings of EurAsian states with a vested interest in stopping a "nuclear" Iran)... and what happens?

Russia says "No way."

We withdrew our promise to support and cooperate with a missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic because it was "counter productive" to improved relations with Russia (Obama's words, not mine), which not only left Poland and the Czechs standing there with their pants around their ankles and out at least 4% of their GNP in installation preparation and construction, but also practically forced them to sign the Lisbon Treaty to assure themselves a piece of the "stimulus" that the new-and-improved EU Central Bank keeps promising to recoup the costs WE helped them incur.

Then, the Russian Foreign Minister uses the EXACT SAME TERMINOLOGY to describe why Russia wasn't going to support sanctions against Iran... "counter productive". He might as well have slapped Hilary in the face and spit at Obama... because that is exactly what I think Tehran sees as having happened. Our ability to protect and preserve our interests, both globally and in the region, have been reduced to such an extent that we are damn-near mocked by the current Russian administration and completely ignored by the Iranians.

These are the fruits of "hope" and "change".