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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 didn’t expect a direct meeting between Obama and Iran’s 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 CNN’s “American Morning” Wednesday. Below is an edited transcript of the interview.

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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.

1 posted on 09/23/2009 2:13:05 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

The qualifier “on Iran” is unnecessary.


2 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)
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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.
3 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.)
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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.


4 posted on 09/23/2009 2:16:28 PM PDT by r9etb
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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.

5 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.)
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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?


6 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.)
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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.

7 posted on 09/23/2009 2:21:13 PM PDT by lonevoice (This tagline is identical to the one you are reading)
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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.


8 posted on 09/23/2009 2:21:25 PM PDT by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: OldDeckHand

Yeah right!

And Obama was never in church when Wright was spewing his racist hate whitey messages!

BS!!!


9 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!)
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To: OldDeckHand

I’d say Obama is confused about lots of things.


10 posted on 09/23/2009 2:25:06 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (http://koreanforniancooking.blogspot.com/)
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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.

11 posted on 09/23/2009 2:25:09 PM PDT by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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To: stripes1776

Christy-I’m-a-war-whore thinks he’s confused because he isn’t surrendering fast enough.


12 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.)
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To: OldDeckHand

Wow, Amanpour is daring to speak a fraction of truth about Hussein?

Bad news for Mr. ich bin ein Idiot.


13 posted on 09/23/2009 2:30:54 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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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.

14 posted on 09/23/2009 2:32:13 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Barack Obama is an old Kenyan word for Jimmy Carter)
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To: shankbear

His naivete is exceeded only by his arrogance.


15 posted on 09/23/2009 2:37:10 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: OldDeckHand

A CNN reporter is using the word “confused”.

And it’s that bimbo to boot?

Gimme a break.


16 posted on 09/23/2009 2:37:31 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: OldDeckHand
Do you mean he "guessed wrong?"

-PJ

17 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.)
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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.

18 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.)
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To: lonevoice

You nailed it — he is not confused — he is nothing more then an arrogant puppet with others pulling the strings.


19 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!)
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Obama said Iran and North Korea "must be held accountable" if they continue to ignore international nuclear weapons treaties.
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