Obama week 4 pt 1 by Ryan Hanson

The country of Israel is a very touchy subject because it relates to Iran. Israel obviously has their own issues going on with the Palestinians but if Iran ends up building nuclear devices it becomes a threat to Israel, which is one of the United States only allies in the Middle East. So with Iran as a possible threat to ‘blow Israel off the face of the earth,’ that eventually means the U.S. will have to step in at some point, but how will we intervene?
Senator Obama agrees that Israel is one of our strongest allies and we shouldn’t let anybody jeopardize their safety. He mentioned that President Ahmadinejad wanted to try to have another holocaust. Israel is a fellow democracy and we have learned in class the usually democracies do not fight with each other so it is important to have an ally in that part of the world.
Obama said “President Ahmadinejad has denied the Holocaust. He held a conference in his country, claiming it was a myth.” Having a president that even mentions the word holocaust is never a good thing. Obama’s plan is to obviously sanction Iran, but also to try and talk with them, maybe settle this in a peaceful way so no innocent people have to die. Whomever wins the election will have to realize that Iran is possible threat and this situation will be a hot topic in the administration.