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Everything about the guy is phony. Just watch it -- by 2012, the US will be a shadow of it's former self. ANd the worse thing is that Obama has already pissed off former friends (the UK etc) and badly, BADLY pissed off a strong possible future friend (India).

In fact his last visit to India was a classic case -- he seemed to speak about supporting India as a permanent member of the UN Security Council (a cherished dream of India since Nehru being a non-politician and very naive, gave up India's seat to China -- India views this as a sign that it is not considered dirt, it's a question of deep national pride) -- but when they found out the next day that he just meant the TEMPORARY members, the cheers turned to deep hatred.

They were the only country (along with Israel and a couple of E. European ones I think -- can't remember) who distrusted him. Now they loathe him. What will happen is that Obama is undoing all the good work that Bush did (note that India had a 65% approval rating for Bush right to the end) in making india one of our guys (and why not -- we share the same aims and have only common enemies and are both part of the Anglophone world).

Anyway, by 2012, if O keeps pissing off the Indians, they're going to be driven into Russian arms. THe Indians have already taken things into their own hands, forming alliances with Japan, S. korea, Australia, Singapore and the Philippines and Vietnam. WIth Russia these guys would hope to contain China. I guess they've given up on the US being there to help.