Comparing and Contrasting the Articles
The major issue the American politics is concerned of happens to be the election related one. The nuclear capability of Iran is a frequently discussed problem. The republicans express aggressive and loud criticism towards Obama about Iran. Obama holds a diplomatic strategy to stand against the running grounds.
According to BBC News (2012), Barack Obama prevents Iran from developing nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Obama is against the announced strike of Israel and US military on the facilities of nuclear weapons in Iran. He focuses on a diplomatic approach to solve the problem of nuclear power of Iran. Obama signed the sanctions against the Central Bank of Iran, financial system, and revenues of oil.
Similar to Obama, Romney holds the same viewpoint about the issue mentioned above and gives a military threat to the Iranian government. So, Romney believes in signing more sanctions to bring the opposition groups of Iran back. He believes that Iran is not acceptable for possessing the nuclear power. According to Oppel, R. (2011), the republicans may attack the president Obama due to the open political foreign policies towards Iran. The republicans believe that Obama has been remained solicitous regarding to the government of Iran and has shown weak efforts. On the other hand, the administrator officers believed that Obama has been trying to put pressure on Iran and has signed some sanctions. Like Obama, Romney also believes in keeping a military option of “on the table”. Although, Romney leads some of the polls of republican field, he also asserts on the diplomatic pressure. Romney declares that the coordination of Israel and its assistance for US military will lead to prevent the nuclear-armed Iran that the option of military is still “on the table”. Moreover, the strikes of Israel demonstrate the policy of “on the table”.
Conclusion
The above two articles are selected from BBC News and The New York Times. They both focus on the election issue in the United States of America approaching the Iran’s nuclear power capability. These articles portray the views of Obama and Romney highlighting the policy proposed by two leaders against the Iranian nuclear weapons and Israelian and American military strikes. The common points discussed in the above articles are on the agenda for both the leaders for pressuring the Iranian government.
