Were it John McCain, this would be a huge media story.

Acording to reports held by the Israleli government, French President Nicolas Sarkozy thinks Obama’s Iraq policies are either potentially disastrous or too ill-defined to be credible.

Sarkozy has made his criticisms only in closed forums in France. But according to a senior Israeli government source, the reports reaching Israel indicate that Sarkozy views the Democratic candidate’s stance on Iran as “utterly immature” and comprised of “formulations empty of all content.”

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Following their July meeting, Sarkozy repeatedly expressed disappointment with Obama’s positions on Iran, concluding that they were “not crystallized, and therefore many issues remain open,” the Israeli source said. Advisors to the French president who held separate meetings with Obama’s advisors came away with similar impressions and expressed similar disappointment.

Obama will be ridiculed on the world stage. That’s not what he’s promised. The media won’t utter a peep on this, though, instead saving their tough questions and investigations for Sarah Palin’s wardrobe and Todd Palin’s 25-year-old DUI.

(HT, Noel Sheppard)