What if Kerry wins? --by Hassan Nafaa

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People might not know more about John Kerry other than that he is the Democratic candidate in the forthcoming US presidential elections, but everybody knows who George W Bush is. I would bet that if every eligible voter in our so-called global village had the chance to vote in the US elections, the ballot would come out overwhelmingly in favour of Kerry, not out of any great fondness for him, but because of the universal loathing for his competitor. The seething antipathy for Bush that has been festering abroad has gradually seeped into the US and is manifesting itself in a growing tide of opinion that is dead set against giving that evil fanatic a second chance to preside over the most powerful nation in the history of mankind. Barring any surprises that the Bush administration might concoct, there is an increasing likelihood that Kerry will be the next occupant of the Oval Office, which raises the question as to what impact this will have on US foreign policy.

....What if Kerry wins?

Nafaa foregrounds the I/P conflict, which is why I'm posting it in this forum, even though his argument concerns the broader question of the direction of US Mideast policy.