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Amanpour: White House ‘confused’ on Iran
CNN.com ^
| 09/23/09
| Staff
Posted on 09/23/2009 2:13:03 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
NEW YORK (CNN) President Obama spoke Wednesday at the U.N. General Assembly as he tackles a range of thorny international issues with his counterparts.
Obama said Iran and North Korea must be held accountable if they continue to ignore international nuclear weapons treaties.
Iran recently reiterated its unwillingness to give up its nuclear program, which the United States and other Western nations fear is being used to develop nuclear weapons. Iran insists its program is strictly for civilian power.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice said she didnt expect a direct meeting between Obama and Irans president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at the U.N. session.
CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour says the White House is confused about how to deal with Iran. She joined Kiran Chetry and John Roberts on CNNs American Morning Wednesday. Below is an edited transcript of the interview.
(Excerpt) Read more at amfix.blogs.cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; amanpour; benghazi; christianeamanpour; confused; confusion; iran; israel; johnroberts; kiranchetry; lebanon; libya; mahmoudahmadinejad; mhmmdnsm09232009; obama; qatar; susanrice; wmd
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It's nice to see that Amanpour hasn't lost her sense of "understatement".
When Barack Obama has lost Christiane Amanpour, you konw he's in dire straights.
To: OldDeckHand
The qualifier “on Iran” is unnecessary.
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:15:15 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
("I can run wild for six months ...after that, I have no expectation of success" - Admiral Obama-moto)
To: OldDeckHand
White House is confused about how to deal with Iran
Exactly Obama doesn't know if he should bend over and grab his ankles or put on his knee pads.
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:15:21 PM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world, and they are all out to get me.)
To: OldDeckHand
One of the (few) good things about the modern media is that they allow us to watch the effects of hubris play out in near-real time.
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:16:28 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: OldDeckHand
President Obama spoke Wednesday at the U.N. General Assembly as he tackles a range of thorny international issues I must have missed the tackle. Ref, replay the tape please...
Nope, no tackle, just an out of bounds stumble.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:18:24 PM PDT
by
The Comedian
(Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
To: The Comedian
So how is he going to hold them accountable? By proposing the US is going to unilaterally give up more strategic weaponry?
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:20:44 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: OldDeckHand
Correspondent Christiane Amanpour says the White House is confused about how to deal with Iran. Obozo could start by joining Canada, Israel and Germany in walking out on ImaNutJob's speech at the U.N. today.< /sarc>
The fact is, he's not one bit confused. He knows exactly what he's doing. It's quite deliberate, and it's ugly and evil.
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:21:13 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(This tagline is identical to the one you are reading)
To: The Comedian
CONFUSED!!!!! No, this president just does not have a friggin clue what he is doing. He is a kindergarten kid in a grown up world.
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:21:25 PM PDT
by
shankbear
(Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
To: OldDeckHand
Yeah right!
And Obama was never in church when Wright was spewing his racist hate whitey messages!
BS!!!
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:22:33 PM PDT
by
airborne
(Don't let history record that, when faced with evil, you did nothing!)
To: OldDeckHand
I’d say Obama is confused about lots of things.
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:25:06 PM PDT
by
Tamar1973
(http://koreanforniancooking.blogspot.com/)
To: lonevoice
The fact is, he's not one bit confused. He knows exactly what he's doing. It's quite deliberate, and it's ugly and evil.Exactly.
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:25:09 PM PDT
by
stripes1776
("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
To: stripes1776
Christy-I’m-a-war-whore thinks he’s confused because he isn’t surrendering fast enough.
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:27:19 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 245 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: OldDeckHand
Wow, Amanpour is daring to speak a fraction of truth about Hussein?
Bad news for Mr. ich bin ein Idiot.
To: OldDeckHand
I guess what she's saying is this effing idiot and the effing idiots around him actually believed Iran would negotiate it's nuclear program away if all they did was say "I am not Bush" and "I'm willing to have direct talks."
This bunch is even dumber and more naive than I thought.
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:32:13 PM PDT
by
colorado tanker
(Barack Obama is an old Kenyan word for Jimmy Carter)
To: shankbear
His naivete is exceeded only by his arrogance.
To: OldDeckHand
A CNN reporter is using the word “confused”.
And it’s that bimbo to boot?
Gimme a break.
To: OldDeckHand
Do you mean he "guessed wrong?"
-PJ
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posted on
09/23/2009 2:38:37 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Comprehensive congressional reform legislation only yields incomprehensible bills that nobody reads.)
To: OldDeckHand
After his speech at the UN today, complete with his palestinian rhetoric, I cannot figure out who in their right mind would support this racist, communist, muslim trash.
Good grief, what a pathetic and dangerous loser Odinga is.
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posted on
09/23/2009 3:05:35 PM PDT
by
Prole
(Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
To: lonevoice
You nailed it — he is not confused — he is nothing more then an arrogant puppet with others pulling the strings.
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posted on
09/23/2009 3:31:38 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Obama said Iran and North Korea "must be held accountable" if they continue to ignore international nuclear weapons treaties.
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posted on
09/23/2009 3:41:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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