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Obama: World must pressure Iran before Israel launches attack
JPost ^ | 8/25/2008 | Staff

Posted on 08/25/2008 3:14:15 PM PDT by mojito

The world must pressure Iran to abandon its nuclear program before Israel feels that it must launch an attack on the Islamic Republic, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Monday at a campaign event in Iowa.

"My job as president would be to try to make sure that we are tightening the screws diplomatically on Iran, that we've mobilized the world community to go after Iran's program in a serious way, to get sanctions in place so that Iran starts making a difficult calculation," Obama was quoted by Reuters as saying in response to a voter question.

"We've got to do that before Israel feels like its back is to the wall," he said when asked if Israel felt that it had free reign to take action against Iran if the West did not convince Teheran to curb its nuclear ambitions.

"I don't want to speculate on whether or not Israel feels like it has a green light or not because that would be speculation," he reportedly said. "What is not speculation is that we have to act much more forcefully and effectively on the world stage to contain Iran's nuclear capabilities."


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; biden; bo; electionpresident; foreignpolicy; iran; islam; israel; littlejoe; mohammedanism; obama; proliferation
Obama talks "tough diplomacy" on his was to Denver.

Obama will be leading the "world community" because he is, after all, a community organizer.

1 posted on 08/25/2008 3:14:17 PM PDT by mojito
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To: mojito

“We’ve got to do that before Israel feels like its back is to the wall,” he said”

Uhhhhh, hate to break the news to you Barry, but Israel has pretty much said that if you’re elected they’re going in before January.


2 posted on 08/25/2008 3:19:19 PM PDT by bereanway
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To: mojito
"My job as president would be to try to make sure that we are tightening the screws diplomatically on Iran, that we've mobilized the world community to go after Iran's program in a serious way, to get sanctions in place so that Iran starts making a difficult calculation,"

Hey Stuttering-Dumbo! All of that has already been done. What else ya got!!! Moron!

3 posted on 08/25/2008 3:20:02 PM PDT by avacado
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To: mojito

Yup. Just like they pressured Saddam. And we know how well that went.


4 posted on 08/25/2008 3:20:31 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: mojito
I'd love to know what part of this plan that "warmonger" Bush hasn't already tried. And who, precisely, is "the World" and how does one get it to approve or disapprove of anything? Does Bambi realize that there are bad men in it who actually want the Iranians to have nuclear weapons?

This guy has all the foreign policy acumen of a high-school debate team. Maybe less.

5 posted on 08/25/2008 3:29:20 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: mojito
This is so frigging stupid!

1. Israel can't do crap. All they can do is harass Iran with some limited strike. Israel lacks the capabilities to strike Iran in a way that would seriously cripple their WMD/long range missile capabilities, C2, IADS, etc. Israel would not be able to SEAD Iran as necessary, they don't have the airframes, ordinance, mass, ground based systems like ATACMS, sea based systems etc that all play a role. They would suffer great casualties going after certain targets and whatever they do, it will be very limited in scope and duration.

2. The goal is to “talk tough” and avoid the reality that it is us, the US, that will ultimately take action if any is to be taken, but Obama wishes to avoid any talk of us striking Iran, because after all he wants to talk to them and is an intellectual and global thinker, bla bla bla. So, Obama more or less pushes reality to the side lines and pretends as if Israel will do do this deed while he is a man of restraint and negotiations...... LOL Comical.

6 posted on 08/25/2008 3:29:23 PM PDT by Red6 (Come and take it.)
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To: mojito

This man is an absolute idiot; how a major American party nominated him is beyond my ability to comprehend. What’s worse, he thinks the American people are idiots, and that with the help of the MSM he can mouth any nonsense and have it force-fed to the masses.

Well, Senator, this ain’t Chicago anymore.

I am absolutely convinced that there is no way John MCain can lose this election. I still hopes he picks a Conservative mate, but you know what? He doesn’t even have to.


7 posted on 08/25/2008 3:58:23 PM PDT by StatenIsland (The '08 Election: It's about the survival of our country, not making a point...)
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To: StatenIsland
how a major American party nominated him is beyond my ability to comprehend.

'Nuf said.

8 posted on 08/25/2008 4:18:44 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Typical Whitey Gramma just like Obamies!)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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Being from Chicago, if I needed a job and was a constituant, State Senator/Community Organizer Barak would be the kind of guy I'd want applying pressure for my. If I had a job, let's say in construction, he'd be a go to guy for contracts.

If my survival depended on it, give me a break. I'm going to stake my life and my families on Barak's skills? The kind of meeting he'd be doing with Putin or Ajinimaddd (sp?) don't have teleprompters.

9 posted on 08/25/2008 4:30:41 PM PDT by SJackson (as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, Michelle O)
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To: mojito

Doesn’t Obama read the newspaper? The world has been pressuring Iran since 911.


10 posted on 08/25/2008 4:33:02 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Red6
All they can do is harass Iran with some limited strike.

Not so fast. Israel has atomic weapons. And the subs equipped to launch cruise missiles.

If they chose to incinerate Iran, they could.

11 posted on 08/25/2008 4:41:52 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: Red6
Israel can't do crap. All they can do is harass Iran with some limited strike. Israel lacks the capabilities to strike Iran in a way that would seriously cripple their WMD/long range missile capabilities, C2, IADS, etc. Israel would not be able to SEAD Iran as necessary, they don't have the airframes, ordinance, mass, ground based systems like ATACMS, sea based systems etc that all play a role. They would suffer great casualties going after certain targets and whatever they do, it will be very limited in scope and duration.

Israel has 25 F-15Is (modified F-15Es), and 101 F-16Is with the range for bombing. Israel also has 70 F-15 fighters with the range.

The real problem is that it only has 10 tankers (7 707s and 3 C-130s), and we just refused to sell them additional tankers.

PS. Israel doesn't need the ATACMS. It has the LORA. Neither have the range.

12 posted on 08/25/2008 4:59:40 PM PDT by rmlew (NYARLATHOTEP / BIDEN'08 . If you don't believe me check out the first's wikipedia page.)
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To: mojito

This reminds me of when I was a teen watching a fight between a two guys at a mall. The one who started the fight was a thug & a criminal and the other was an average guy. When the police arrives, a grown man and acquaintace of the gangster warns him that the police is coming and to hurry up & run away. The gangster escapes arrest and the grown man later gives the gangster $10 to go into the movie theatre to stay out of sight.

Obama is that “grown man” warning the Iranians to lay low before the Israel comes after them.


13 posted on 08/25/2008 5:16:05 PM PDT by eaglestar
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To: All; backhoe; piasa


TOWNHALL.com: "BIDEN'S TOUGHEST OPPONENT: HIMSELF" -Column by Cal Thomas (August 26, 2008)

WASHINGTON POST.com: "BIDEN'S BLINK ON IRAN" by Michael Rubin (August 26, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (POLITICO, May 4, 2007): "BIDEN DENIES EXISTENCE OF A WAR ON TERROR" (August 24, 2008)

SPECTATOR.org - THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR - Washington Prowler: "WHO IS VALERIE JARRETT?" (Published August 26, 2008, 12:08 am)

SUNTIMES.com - CHICAGO SUN TIMES: "BIDEN HAS DEEP TIES TO REZKO ACCOMPLICE" by Dave McKineey (August 25, 2008)

MICHAEL MEDVED - blog at TOWHALL.com: "OBAMA-BIDEN: FIRST TIME IN 68 YEARS A TICKET WITH NO MILITARY EXPERIENCE" by Michael Medved (August 24, 2008, 2:18 am)

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14 posted on 08/26/2008 4:30:25 AM PDT by Cindy
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