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Obama to House Dems: If Sanctions Fail, Israel Will Likely Strike Iran
abcnews.com ^
| July 30, 2008 9:30 AM
| Jake Tapper
Posted on 07/30/2008 7:21:27 AM PDT by antivenom
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, met with House Democrats yesterday, talking about his trip abroad and his observations.
Obama told the caucus, according to an attendee, "Nobody said this to me directly but I get the feeling from my talks that if the sanctions dont work Israel is going to strike Iran."
The notion that Israel is preparing for such an action against Iran's myriad nuclear facilities is not new, with conjecture heating up in May after an Israeli military exercise featuring 150 aircraft flying almost a thousand miles over the Mediterranean Sea in what was seen as a dress rehearsal for an air strike. Now that the Bush administration is engaged in diplomatic efforts with Iran, many Israeli officials are worried the US is getting soft on Iran, prompting Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to travel to the US this week to meet with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley. Barak's office released a statement saying "a policy that consists of keeping all options on the table must be maintained."
Another attendee at the meeting of House Democrats recalls Obama saying that the good news is that Obama got the sense that the Arab states understand just how destabilizing a nuclear Iran would be -- a "game changer," Obama said -- because they know Israel would probably strike and that would be bad for everyone.
A senior adviser to Obama told ABC News that Obama was heartened to hear Jordan's King Abdullah share that view with him in their private meeting.
The Obama campaign had no comment.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: antivenom
WOW, is this guy an intel genius!?!?!?!
No one else figured this out!
(Think he got a 6 months old copy of the Jerusalem Post!)
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posted on
07/30/2008 7:39:40 AM PDT
by
MindBender26
(Leftists stop arguing when they see your patriotism, your logic, your CAR-15 and your block of C4.)
To: antivenom
Everybody and their mother has known for a very long time what Barack seems to have just figured out. I have not used the term “educated idiot” in a long time but Barack Obama/Osama certainly fits the bill.
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posted on
07/30/2008 7:41:25 AM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
( OBAMA/HUCKABEE '08)
To: antivenom
Touchy, feelings driven presidency....oh, goody!
To: MindBender26
Dear Iran:
Let's Talk.
Remember, My father was a Muslim so I know where you're coming from.
Obama (rhymes with Osama)
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posted on
07/30/2008 7:44:03 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
To: antivenom
Another example of his foot-in-the-mouth disease.
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posted on
07/30/2008 7:45:38 AM PDT
by
varina davis
(Life is not a dress rehearsal)
To: antivenom
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, met with House Democrats yesterday, talking about his trip abroad and his observations. Obama told the caucus, according to an attendee, "Nobody said this to me directly but I get the feeling from my talks that if the sanctions dont work Israel is going to strike Iran."
Other revelations that The Astute One shared with the House Democrats were that the sun rises in the East and that water is wet.
Good grief, he can't find his butt with both hands, how did this idiot graduate from Harvard Law School?
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posted on
07/30/2008 7:48:04 AM PDT
by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
To: antivenom
Now if Obama would only fly into Tehran with that other well-known world peace negotiator, Jesse Jackson, the world would be a better place.
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posted on
07/30/2008 7:51:04 AM PDT
by
toddlintown
(Morons; all of 'em.)
To: antivenom
“Nobody said this to me directly but I get the feeling from my talks that if the sanctions dont work Israel is going to strike Iran.”
Well, nobody has said anything to me directly, but I get the feeling if the Obamanation is elected Israel hits Iran before January.
To: antivenom
If only Obama could could get Ahmadihandjob on the basketball court I’m sure they would become best buds and the crisis would be over.
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posted on
07/30/2008 7:55:30 AM PDT
by
Larry381
(If the other guy has a knife-you bring........a basketball?)
To: MrB
OBAMA THE MILITARY EXPERT TO THE RESCUE
Is there anything he doesn't know or cannot do?
He is truly A Jimmy Carter for the New Millennium
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posted on
07/30/2008 7:59:50 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
To: Scotswife
oh jeez! watch the price of oil go to $150 now - thanks Obama! Could it have been intentional on his part? Hmmm?
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:02:42 AM PDT
by
McGruff
( 'the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee' - Barack Obama)
To: antivenom
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:03:23 AM PDT
by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
To: antivenom
So will this make Iran Obama’s Cambodia?
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:06:22 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Thank God for every morning.)
To: antivenom
I've got a new campaign symbol for Obama:
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:09:03 AM PDT
by
frankiep
(Every socialist is a disguised dictator - Ludwig von Mises)
To: antivenom
Obama told the caucus, according to an attendee, "Nobody said this to me directly but I get the feeling from my talks that if the sanctions dont work Israel is going to strike Iran." You can't put nutin'past that boy!
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:13:34 AM PDT
by
avacado
To: antivenom
Figured that out, did he? Bully for him. The guy’s a bloody genius.
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:18:34 AM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Boycott Washington D.C. until they allow gun ownership)
To: antivenom
"Nobody said this to me directly but I get the feeling from my talks that if the sanctions dont work Israel is going to strike Iran." TRANSLATION: "Nobody said this to me directly but I get the feeling from my talks that if I'm am elected in November Israel is going to strike Iran because they know I will be an appeaser."
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:20:04 AM PDT
by
Polybius
To: antivenom
Obama told the caucus, according to an attendee, "Nobody said this to me directly but I get the feeling from my talks that if the sanctions dont work Israel is going to strike Iran."Yes, this statement is just so Presidential. Incredible that he goes on record sharing his feeling about the actions of an ally. Are you listening Europe? This is what you can expect.
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:20:24 AM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
To: antivenom
I’m starting to think this bonehead really was born yesterday.
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:22:48 AM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Islam: Imagine a clown car.........with guns.)
To: avacado
uh oh...
“racial insensitivity” alert!
Error: You have just inadvertantly referenced an African American with the noun “boy”. Please remit yourself to the nearest re-education and diversity training camp.
40
posted on
07/30/2008 8:22:57 AM PDT
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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