A big decision topic dealing with Iran is if, or when we should sanction them. McCain is hard pressed to sanction Iran and basically cut them off from dealing with our country and other U.N. countries. Obama on the other hand, seems to have a different out look on the sanctioning process.
He agrees with wanting to sanction Iran but he seems to be looking at it in a bigger picture. What McCain fails to realize is that if we cut Iran off they will probably just end up looking to deal with other countries, countries that may not be the best of allies with the United States. For example, countries like China and Russia may be prime options for Iran to deal with. The huge fact in this is that Russia as a lot of nuclear material that Iran could get their hands on.
Obama wants to make sure the ties between the U.S. and these two countries are strong and reliable. Russia is a huge country and could be a power threat, and China’s economy is growing rapidly. These are concerns to the United States and I think that Obama will try to make a connection with them.
Although Obama and McCain seem to have the right idea on what to do with Iran, they still seem to have different outlooks and Obama seems to be looking at the situation in a more reasonable way than McCain.
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It's interesting how the situation discussed in this entry is pretty well an example of balance of power--we don't want Iran to ally with China or Russia against us because then we will be screwed. Instead, we must keep the current balance, whatever is necessary to maintain that.
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