My Opinion of the 2012 Presidential Race

             Barack Obama's policy position with Iran is about the nuclear program and avoiding military conflict. Barack Obama's opinion about the nuclear program in Iran is that it is a threat to not only our national security, but also our ally, Israel's, national security. Obama's policy is to make sure Iran has no nuclear capabilities. He does this by implementing tough economic sanctions. Some examples of sanctions that Obama has implemented are: 1) He makes sure they cannot export oil to the United States. 2) He controls shipping lanes. 3) He is restricting the flow of money into the country. By implementing these crippling sanctions, the goal of the Obama's administration is to get Iran to give up its nuclear program. The work on setting up crippling sanctions is difficult and when it comes to tightening sanctions, Obama states he has put in the toughest sanctions ever. Obama wants to assure that Iran does not try to get nuclear weapon materials. He has said that his "red line" is when Iran starts building a bomb. In other words, if Iran starts building a bomb, he will take military action; this is very significant. A red line is the breaking point. If Iran crosses the red line, war will break out.
             The only thing that may prevent a confrontation is a sincere effort at diplomatic negotiations. The largest choice that Obama and Romney differ in is their outlook on diplomacy. Obama did not splurge on enough political capital into diplomacy. Romney, may not go more towards negotiations, however, if he does go towards the path of negotiations it will not be until later in November 2013, while Obama will be able to in the second week in November if he is to get reelected President of the United States.
             Mitt Romney agrees with Obama with tightening crippling sanctions, but thinks that Obama is not settling things fast enough and his work force is not strong enough. Mitt Romney says he would h...

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