hello, everyone who ever supported obama for president or as president from 2007- present. I will just say this. starting a war is not the worst way to win an election. so did the US's biggest baddest staunchest enemies (who is it again? is it al-qaeda?!) have a preferred outcome in the 2004 presidential election? how about the 2006 midterms, did they have a bunch of picks? I don't think so. but they recognize that the results of US elections matter. of course, US disposition to it's true global interests does not change quickly or lightly due to having this or that guy as president. that said, the 2003 war in iraq having happened changes the landscape on which I and any other interested academics stand when we try to spout universals.