Well, one way you could look at it is that he’s an insurgent. All liberals are socialists. The idiot Sanders from Vermont is a Communist.
Obama’s mission is a post-US world. Thank God he’s Sunni, and not Shiite. The Saudis are at pucker factor 8 on Iran right now. If Obama jumps ugly on Iran, it’ll be because the Saudis are for it (and Egyptians, UAE, Jordan). Defending Israel will likely not enter into the calculus, except for in providing the means and possibly part of the battlefield.
That's a good word. I like it.