It is amazing how naive and inexperienced Obama is in foreign relations. It's as if he's had all of his training, and does all of his consulting, with Jimmy Carter. Russia is a huge obstacle to any progress in the middle east, especially anything that is of our interest. It is moving back towards Stalinism and its philosophy of world domination. If you don't think Putin is scary, wake up. So for Obama to buddy up and say meet me after the election and I'll pass the legislation you want even though it's opposed by the majority of Americans (check the polls) as well as both Republicans and a good number of Democrats only confirms how little Obama's grasp of world politics is. I wouldn't want him my foxhole.