Posted on 05/23/2015 5:33:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Goldberg interview with Obama reads like a conversation with an idiot. Actually make that two idiots, both of whom are also compulsive liars.
One of the highlights of their insane exchange is when Obama tries to insist that Iran won’t be more dangerous if it gets another $150 billion.
Obama: The question is, if Iran has $150 billion parked outside the country, does the IRGC automatically get $150 billion? Does that $150 billion then translate by orders of magnitude into their capacity to project power throughout the region?
So Obama brings out the math, and by math, I mean specious arguments and assorted distractions.
“And that is what we contest, because when you look at the math, first of all theyre going to have to deliver on their obligations under any agreement, which would take a certain period of time. Then there are the mechanics of unwinding the existing restraints they have on getting that money, which takes a certain amount of time.”
Which matters to Obama because he wants it to happen when he isn’t on the hook for it, but doesn’t help anything. Well it helps him avoid responsibility.
Then there’s the expected stuff about how Iran will use that money to make life better for its people,”Then [Iranian President] Rouhani and, by extension, the supreme leader have made a series of commitments to improve the Iranian economy, and the expectations are outsized. You saw the reaction of people in the streets of Tehran after the signing of the agreement.”
Even as a brief white later, he argues that sanctions don’t work because, “Well, and the issue though with respect to rockets in south Lebanon is not whether [Iran has] enough money to do so. Theyve shown a commitment to doing that even when their economy is in the tank.”
This in an interview in which Obama had just claimed that sanctions stop Iran’s expansionism.
Within a space of several minutes, Obama has argued that…
1. Sanctions work against Iran
2. Sanctions don’t work against Iran
3. It doesn’t matter how much money Iran has because it will spend it on weapons anyway
4. If Iran gets more money, it will spend it on the economy instead of weapons
This is Obama’s insane Iran argument in a nutshell. There’s no central premise except that he promises it will work and then contradicts himself more times than a drunk trying to solve a crossword puzzle.
Obama argues that it’s fine if Iran gets $150 billion to play with because the stuff is doing now is cheap anyway and it won’t be that much more dangerous.
“Hezbollah has a certain number of fighters who are hardened and effective. If Iran has some additional resources, then perhaps theyre less strained in trying to make payroll when it comes to Hezbollah, but its not as if they can suddenly train up and successfully deploy 10 times the number of Hezbollah fighters that are currently in Syria.”
Sure.
Look at how ISIS wasn’t able to scale up to thousands of fighters and seize entire cities when its capacity increased. I have a great idea, why not give $150 billion to ISIS and see what happens?
Are we now in the business of giving terrorists billions of dollars because they probably won’t be able to do too much more damage?
May 18, 2008: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us. ...they spend 1/100th of what we spend on the military. I mean, if Iran ever tried to pose a serious threat to us, they wouldn't stand a chance.
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May 20, 2008 (2 days later!): Iran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program. It supports terrorism across the regions and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel's existence. It denies the Holocaust.
Source for these genuine Obama quotes: NewsBusters.org:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2008/05/23/fnc-shows-obamas-iran-flip-flop-colmes-might-talk-hitler
Lord, I know there never was a dust bowl and ‘green fields are never gone’ ....
Obama figures he’ll win if Iran doesn’t test the bomb until he leaves office.
what is the monetary value of an iran-nuked new York city?
When will the threshold be reached?
NSA, Please note.
A question the lame-stream should ask the zer0 crowd but you know they will not ... The lame-stream media hates even themselves .... Hard to believe isn’t it? True but impossible to believe ‘the truth’
OBAMA in the White House........
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?..........................
Too many doobies has caused the pickling of Obama’s brain. So it is tre that he has to take his pants down in order for him to just to be able to think. As he has poop for brains!
The savages will test their nuke on Israel or America.
He certainly changes his position often enough. Is that the change we’re supposed to believe in?
... and so has Obama.
If youd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Must have spent some time in the White House brewery this weekend.
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