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Update on “Tiny” Countries That “Don’t Pose a Serious Threat” By Arnold Ahlert (bio)

“Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don’t pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us.”–Barack Obama, May 18th, 2008 It is a stretch to suggest that while much of the American public and a grossly irresponsible media are caught up in “Obama-mania,” our enemies conspire against us? Let’s take the latest news about the above countries one-by-one: –Iran. Unquestionably the world’s number one sponsor of international terrorism. Once again, just like they have every other time in the past four years of “negotiations” with Europe (and now the United States as well), they have refused to halt their pursuit of nuclear weapons. Their stated intentions: the destruction of Israel and the United States. Serious threat? Not according to Barack Obama. –Cuba. As of two days ago, the U.S.S.R.–oops, I mean Russia–has stated its desire to put nuclear bombers in that bastion of Soviet-style Communism–situated 90 miles from our coastline. How fast could they get here? Twenty minutes. Serious threat? Not according to Barack Obama. –Venezuela Hugo Chavez has just concluded a series of deals with Russia to acquire billions of dollars of additional military equipment, adding to the $4 billion dollars worth of hardware purchased by Chavez between 2005 and 2007. Unconfirmed story: the Russians will be invited to establish a military base in that nation as well. Serious threat? Not according to Barack Obama. With four-plus-dollars-a-gallon gas to distract them, Americans may be overly focused on the economy regarding the 2008 election—an election, if one remembers, that supposed to be a “referendum on Iraq.” And in all the hoopla surrounding Barack Obama it is easy to forget that, arguably, the most important part of being president is assuming the mantle of Commander-in-Chief. Is the economy important? Absolutely. But as some mesmerized-for-Obama Americans clearly forget, one of the biggest blows to our economy occurred on September 11th, 2001. We haven’t had another attack since for one reason: our current president clearly understands what constitutes a “serious threat” to America. So does John McCain. Barack Obama? A man who doesn’t “pose a serious threat” to those who would do us harm.