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 don’t 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.
Well if you're gonna save the world by talking to anybody and everybody THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU TALK TO THEM???
C'mon Brawk!! Thats very un-messiah like of you to have them right in front of you, with all of your eloquent, vocal abilities, and not use them...WHY NOT??
“fortunately, the next time Israel is attacked, God Himself will take up the defense. No input by Obama needed.”
God, helps those who help themselves. With the right leaders in Israel, they will not have to wait for the next attack.
My reaction exactly. He is a diplomatic dunce.
Israel won't do anything, Olmert is an appeaser and his likely replacement, Tzipi Livni, is just as weak. The US won't either.
Nancy Pelosi's response: "We must immediately declare war on Israel."
Lutheran Pastor/parodist extraordinaire ping:
Where are your lyrics to “If I Could Talk to the Terrorists”, the one you did to “If I Could Talk to the Animals”? I can’t find it.
How can we trust someone to be President if they couldn’t even get a security clearance?
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Gosh, he's learning. And it will be sooner rather than later if Barry is elected, no one is going to trust him.
I seriously doubt that Israel would be letting Hussein Obama in on their plans. After all he is still just a senator. And there’s that muslim past thing too.
I get the feeling from talks with my wife that she would disembowel me if I got a 22-year old girlfriend.
Israel is NOT going to strike Iran. Obama knows this and is simply saying this to drive up the price of oil. If the MSM weren’t in bed with Obama they would point out how irresponsible it is for a Presidential candidate to make such a statement after visiting there.
What are you trying to do O? Do you want Iran to launch a premptive strike on Israel? Idiot.
......Obama got the sense that the Arab states understand just how destabilizing a nuclear Iran would be .....
What dumbass. The world has known this for years. Welcome to 2008 Hussein
No, we certainly don’t have to hear these conversations, but some Dummy congresscritter in attendance leaked this to ABC, so now it’s out in public. And the price of oil went up about $5 a barrel on the commodities market today.
He is not even acting like a Senator before acting like President.
No, we certainly don’t have to hear these conversations, but some Dummy congresscritter in attendance leaked this to ABC, so now it’s out in public. And the price of oil went up about $5 a barrel on the commodities market today.
and here is half the country considering an america hating,
islamic sypathizer,
with islamic blood flowing in his veins,
named Hussien (blood is thicker than water)
as commander in chief of the USA ?
have they forgotten ?
Israel knows not to trust anyone and only give out info you want leaked. And he should have had the permission of the King of Jordan to do the same. So the King is helping Obamanation’s appearance.
Wow, and here all this time I thought Obama was clueless.
I wonder who told him to say that?
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