No contradiction between Obama and Cheney?

President Obama argues that the US has "lost way" in the fight against terrorism according to an article by Mike Allen in Politico. Cheney argues that the way of the Bush administration has kept the US safe.

I think it is clear beyond doubt that the regime change in Iraq gave the people in the Middle East an indication about what it meant to cause war and trouble in the region. A coalition of the willing drew a red line in the sand. However, the time that has lapsed since 9/11 now have ushered in a new era where President Obamas change paradigm in the world right now requires a new approach.

Obama talked about change partly because the world had changed. The finance crisis drove this message home. A certain amount of terror attacks are probably going to remain but they ought to be faught where they occur rather than preemptively.

For utlimate stability in the Middle East opening up Iran is of uttermost importance as Nader Mousavizadeh argues in an article in The Washington Post today. President Obama has, according to The Jerusalem Post accomodated to an Iran with nuclear weapons.

Pakistan has nuclear weapons too and there are worries that economic aid to this country is directed to their nuclear arsenal. Any sane individual knows that it is not possible to fight militarily both Pakistan and Iran to remove their nuclear weapons preemtively. It would mean engaging 250m people. Ten times the number in Iraq.

Today President Obama is on the right track. It would mean to demonstrate strenght opening up Iran using the legacy of Bush on Iraq in terms of probable reactions if they would chose to malignify. Remove sanctions as a first token of good will.