CNN News: Reports that North Korea could be ready to have another long range missile test, there are reports that activity in the region following the pattern of the last launch. It can be postulated that North Korea will wait in till President Obama is in Egypt for his visit to the Middle East, then launch a long range missile, this will place Obama in a box, his words have meant nothing so far then it comes to North Korea, Iran will take this weakness to mean that it can get the bomb and Obama will not have much of a reaction, just his usual speeches, a lot of hot air with no substance. Also Israel wont take much notice of Obama when it comes to the Middle East, Obama has demanded that Israel stop building new settlements in the West Bank, Israel has stated it wont build new settlements but will extend old ones, in other words Israel knows that it has the upper hand with Obama, this is not Nixon going to China or Reagan in Moscow, Obama has made much of his background, living in a Muslim country, that's the problem in political terms, Reagan could threaten the relationship between the USA and Israel if Israel did not back down in Lebanon in the early 80s, as Reagan was seen as friend of Israel, Nixon had been critical of China thus could talk to China, Obama lets be honest pre his Presidency hasn't had a long term record of defence of Israel, he been running for office for to long. Thus Obama might threaten Israel with funding cuts but the Congress would veto any such moves, the Israeli Lobby is not known for power for no reason, thus what ever Obama thinks Israel will decide its future and that of the Palestine people.
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