Posted on 03/03/2015 11:55:01 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
In the Oval Office, President Barack Obama responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s address to Congress on Tuesday. In comments that lasted about 11 minutes, Obama told reporters he did not watch the speech (he read a transcript of it instead), and that Netanyahu did not offer any “viable alternatives” that would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
The president began by affirming the bond between the U.S. and Israel and acknowledging the Iranian regime’s “venomous anti-Semitic statements.” Obama lauded the “extraordinarily effective sanctions regime” constructed by Congress and international allies that Iran has, thus far, largely complied with.
“Keep in mind that when we [inaudible] to that interim deal, Prime Minister Netanyahu made almost the precise same speech about how dangerous that deal was going to be, and yet over a year later, even Israeli intelligence officers — and, in some cases, members of the Israeli government — have to acknowledge that, in fact, it has kept Iran from further pursuing its nuclear program,” the president said.
-RELATED: CNN’s Christiane Amanpour: Netanyahu Speech Was ‘Strangelovian’
Obama said what the prime minister is offering is essentially “no deal,” which the president said would cause Iran to accelerate their nuclear program “without constraint.” He insisted sanctions alone are not enough to prevent Iran from doing so, and that he would rather have “no deal” than a “bad deal.” Obama said if negotiations are successful, the deal would be “by far” the best possible route to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu has not offered any kind of viable alternative that would achieve the same verifiable mechanism to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon,” the president added.
Earlier, a senior administration official told CNN’s Jim Acosta that Netanyahu’s speech amounted to “all rhetoric, no action.”
Watch Obama’s full remarks below, via CNN:
True but in not the way obama meant it
BiBi’s urging the US to look at the facts, look at history, act wisely is not a viable option with obama in oval office
GOOD ANSWER
oh, this too
Amanpour is married to a jewish man and they have a son- wonder if he had a bris like Huma’s son did?
I guess she gets an apostasy pass from her muzzie backers
Like Huma does
“Here’s a viable alternative:”
Yes and if that candle gets lit I’m wagering it will be carrying strategic nukes. You can’t put out a gas fire with a straw.
When a person (in this case Obama) identifies themselves universally to be an unscrupulous liar, why do they bother to continue opening their mouths other then to breathe and eat?
Yep, more and more lies.
Damned straight. Obama is just out there flinging around red herrings. Bibi simply said that the impending deal is unacceptable to Israel, and that Israel would do what it needs to do to protect itself. Pretty clear message if you ask me.
“...lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.”
You have to identify the problem before you offer alternatives, and that’s just what he did!
It's a 50-50 bet that if we wait that long, there will no longer BE an Iran. Israel will defend herself.
Because they plotted to kill his father.
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