POLS 368 Lecture Notes - Obama Doctrine, Muammar Gaddafi
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Bush"s methods of interaction made it difficult for obama administration to engage. Russia had strongly opposed the expansion of nato, as well as the missile shield that was to be put in europe to protect european countries and others. Obama somehow hoped to end decades of hostility with iran. He said from the start that he had some doubts on whether or not it"d be possible to end that long of a period when it comes to hostilities. Iran could send its nuclear materials to another country for processing, and it would be provided with nuclear materials that would not be weapons-grade. There were grounds for turning it down on the part of iran: Iran has held up the sign of national sovereignty. They"ve always maintained that they won"t be pushed around. Obama made lots of overtures, but they did not amount to any change in foreign policy.