Romney has a very neo-conservative stance on how America should deal with other country relationships. Romney is very pro-military and plans on putting more money into the military to "keep the military strong." He always talks about how to keep the military the strongest in the world. Romney always claims that Obama is just too nice to the Iranian government. This can make a person wonder if Romney is elected, will there really be peaceful negotiations? From what it seems like, Romney would rather just storm in with the U.S. army and forcefully end the Nuclear program in Iran. Of course Romney, like every politician, is very well spoken, so there is a chance that he would like to have normal peace talks.
Obama has a much liberal foreign policy where he would like to talk rather than fight. For Obama, the idea of having peace talks is probably the best news he heard from Iran in years. Obama definitely wants these peace/nuclear talks to go through. For this reason, Obama's campaign could become stronger by emphasizing the importance in having diplomatic relations with Iran. Considering Obama's "leniency" on the Middle Eastern countries, Obama looks like a much peaceful man.
This talk of ending the nuclear program in Iran is great news for Americans. Of course, we have to wait until the outcome of the election to really to see what goes through. If Romney is elected the odds are the talks will get canceled. Also Iran has a history to say they'll talk just to have the world get off their backs. However, it seems this news will be useful for the Obama campaign and it seems like another plus for them as well.
New York Times Article: Iran's Nuclear Talks
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Personally, I prefer Obama's way of dealing with the Iranian nuclear program over Romney's method of utilizing the military to solve world problems. Using military might to shut down Iran's nuclear program might be quicker and more direct than using negotiations to talk things out with Iran; however, that would just cause relationships between Iran and the US to deteriorate even more. Using diplomacy to sort out these problems could prevent this relationship from deteriorating while achieving the end goal of shutting down the nuclear program. In addition, we have seen cases where the US used military might to solve problems, such as the Iraq War some time ago and the Vietnam War in the '60s and '70s. They weren't exactly successes...
I am not incredibly savvy in regards to military relations, but it seems like threats and force will only lead to more threats and force back in our direction, not to mention more anti-American sentiments. Obama's diplomatic tactics seem to be the best way to get things done peacefully. That being said, this nuclear issue has yet to be solved... is there a third option besides talking or fighting?
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