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White House Misread Russia on Iran (Giving up our missile defense didn't impress Russia)
fox news ^ | 10/18/2009 | ap

Posted on 10/18/2009 6:29:44 PM PDT by tobyhill

The Obama administration was elated a month ago when the Russian president said sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program could become "inevitable." Washington's reaction may have been significantly premature.

Dmitry Medvedev's words were seen as a major Kremlin shift and one that would buttress U.S. attempts to combine renewed negotiations with Tehran and a united front that threatened Iran with punishing global sanctions for failure to come clean about its nuclear ambitions.

The United States, Britain, France and Germany believe Iran is trying to build a nuclear weapon behind the cover of what Tehran says is a program designed solely to enable a homegrown network of reactors to generate electricity.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoiran; blunders
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1 posted on 10/18/2009 6:29:44 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

gawd they’re dumb


2 posted on 10/18/2009 6:33:26 PM PDT by 4rcane
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Well, if Russia wasn’t impressed with that, then they’re probably not going to be impressed with 0bama’s latest efforts either

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BjF5XQ4TAo


3 posted on 10/18/2009 6:34:37 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
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To: tobyhill

Obama is a naive fool.


4 posted on 10/18/2009 6:37:21 PM PDT by Juan Medén
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Don’t think that that was his idea - more like anything that could weaken America (remove the so-called Super Power). His ideals are NOT exactly American...


5 posted on 10/18/2009 6:37:28 PM PDT by Deagle
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To: FrdmLvr

Oh, I think the communists were impressed by it,
they probably said to themselves....

“Whoa, what else can we put over on these fools.”


6 posted on 10/18/2009 6:37:32 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tobyhill

This is not really news because the FNC is not really a news channel. Just move along.


7 posted on 10/18/2009 6:39:09 PM PDT by JusPasenThru (Never let a good crisis go to waste.)
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To: 4rcane
gawd they’re dumb

The Obama White House did not misread Russia on Iran. The Muslim in the White House is on the side of the Muslim regime in Iran. America must be weakened, and if possible, destroyed. Obama is no friend of America.

8 posted on 10/18/2009 6:39:21 PM PDT by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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To: Juan Medén

At least Jimmy Carter can use the senility alibi.


9 posted on 10/18/2009 6:39:21 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: tet68
We can give them East Germany back? They would definitely be impressed with that one.
10 posted on 10/18/2009 6:40:21 PM PDT by tobyhill (The Communist has arrived)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

At least Jimmy Carter can use the senility alibi.
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And at least Carter WAS a military man at one time.
Obama is not an American patriot in my opinion. He hates this country, its military and all its core beliefs and founding principles.

He does not belong in our White House, and certainly not with the job of Commander-in-Chief. That in itself, is a horror story.


11 posted on 10/18/2009 6:43:52 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: tobyhill
Message to Obama: You Don't Give Up ANYTHING Unless You Are Guaranteed a Suitable Return That Enhances Our National Interests.

An equivalent baseball headline might have been "Cardinals Give Albert Pujols to the Yankees as Goodwill Gesture; Yankees yet to Respond".

12 posted on 10/18/2009 6:44:01 PM PDT by alancarp (Obama: treat the unborn with AT LEAST as much respect as you do terrorists!!)
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To: tobyhill

Obama is operating on PT Barnum rules.


13 posted on 10/18/2009 6:44:53 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is fading.)
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To: tobyhill

"I feel like such a fool."
14 posted on 10/18/2009 6:47:11 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: tobyhill

and, as he said the other day, he’s just getting started!


15 posted on 10/18/2009 6:48:37 PM PDT by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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What buffoons...


16 posted on 10/18/2009 6:49:50 PM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: tobyhill

This is what happens when you put a man-child in the WH.


17 posted on 10/18/2009 6:55:35 PM PDT by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: tobyhill

Arrogant at home, naive abroad.


18 posted on 10/18/2009 7:17:27 PM PDT by GenXFreedomFighter
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To: 4rcane

No big deal. This is the reason Berry gave them the reset button. He’s going to take a mulligan on this one and hope for the best. It’s not like it’s something important, like Iranian nukes.


19 posted on 10/18/2009 7:35:37 PM PDT by peeps36 (Democrats Don't Need No Stinking Input From You Little People)
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To: tobyhill

Wrong on the Chicago Olympics wrong on E. European interceptor missiles. Russia still doesn’t even want the Obama compromise. Russia sees Obama as a weak sister.


20 posted on 10/18/2009 8:06:57 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (No to Crap -n- Trade)
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