Submitted by Renee Bouvier (United States), Jan 31, 2009 at 17:58
When Obama demonstrates that he has control over the county and economy by demanding that the U.S. bankers return all stolen U.S. tax dollars (especially the $20 billion they recently pocketed for personal gain rather than using the money to help the U.S. economy and their fellow citizenry), then and only then can he possibly gain any degree of legitimacy and leverage in dealing with the Middle East region. If he can't even fight malfeasance and the miscreants here at home, how can he possibly deal with those in the Middle East region?
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