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US clarifies position on Iran and Israel (Obama squelches Biden's "green light")
WA Today ^
| 7/7/09
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Posted on 07/06/2009 4:28:19 PM PDT by pissant
The Obama administration on Monday poured cold water on any notion it is giving Israel the green light to attack Iran or that it is reconsidering plans to engage diplomatically with the Islamic republic.
Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that the United States would not stand in the way of Israel in its dealings with Iran's nuclear ambitions.
But State Department spokesman Ian Kelly rebuffed suggestions from reporters that Biden could be seen as giving the Jewish state a green light to attack Iran, which it views as an existential threat.
"I certainly would not want to give a green light to any kind of military action," Kelly said, repeating Biden's point that Washington considered Israel a "sovereign country" with a right to make its own military decisions.
(Excerpt) Read more at watoday.com.au ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: iran; israel; larrysinclairslover; obama
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That was short lived....
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:28:19 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: pissant
Man, when is the Obama administration going to come up with anything remotely considered as a consistent message? They are all over the map. What a bunch of amateurs.
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:30:04 PM PDT
by
Danae
(Conservative does not equal Republican. Conservative does not compromise.)
To: pissant
Joe “misread” the talking points.
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:30:55 PM PDT
by
maggief
To: pissant
Just Joe being Joe.
There was some speculation as to whether this was a trial balloon.
If it was, it just got shot down.
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:31:25 PM PDT
by
mojito
To: mojito
Say it ain’t so, Joe!
Joe got his talking points wrong regarding his talking points.
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:32:44 PM PDT
by
Skywarner
(The U.S. Armed Forces... Producers of FREEDOM for over 200 years!!)
To: maggief
Joe “misread” the talking points.Or Obama did, or Hiliary did, or the press secretary did. Who knows? They come across as disorganized or incompetent or both.
To: pissant
Bibi: “Green light? We don’t need no steenkin green light from the likes of you.”
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:33:55 PM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(Are you in a union job? I'm sorry to hear that.)
To: pissant
There is absolutely no doubt that Joe Biden makes America less safe.
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:34:00 PM PDT
by
Typical_Whitey
(Bernie Madoff is an amatuer compared to Obama.)
To: maggief
Just your below average Joe.
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:34:17 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: pissant
Here is the backpeddle....
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:34:37 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
(A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone-Henry Kissinger)
To: pissant
We don' need no steenkin' green light!
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:35:32 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
To: pissant
It was too good to be true. The Israelis cannot even repair the plumbing in their bathrooms without permission from the Dear Leader.
ML/NJ
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:36:04 PM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: pissant
Israel should have just done it the next day.
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:37:09 PM PDT
by
rbg81
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
To: Enterprise
To: Enterprise
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:37:33 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
(A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone-Henry Kissinger)
To: pissant
Wow! I can't wait until tomorrow morning, when the headlines are full of laughter at Biden. I bet they'll even compare him to Dan Quayle! I bet they'll even admit that Dan Quayle never said anything as stupid or off message in his life as Biden does on a monthly basis. Gosh, I can't wait until tomorrow morning, when the media finally catches on that Joe's a laughingstock, and really sticks it to him.
... well, I can dream, can't I?
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:37:43 PM PDT
by
Steel Wolf
(Sarah Palin is not unemployed; she's a 'conservative community organizer')
To: rbg81
Israel should have just done it the next day. The next day? They should have scrambled the planes as soon as his interview was over.
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:38:57 PM PDT
by
Steel Wolf
(Sarah Palin is not unemployed; she's a 'conservative community organizer')
To: pissant
Expected. The reason we have a State Department and a cabinet-level Secretary is largely so that this sort of thing doesn’t happen. But the guy at the top has to keep discipline in his own organization and 0bama is proving absolutely hapless in that regard.
To: pissant
Imagine that.... This is embarrassing.
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:40:40 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: maggief
Joe reads? He keeps hanging Joe out to dry and Biden keeps coming back for more.
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:40:47 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn/Rubio - Senate 2010 ! Sarah for President 2012)
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