[Ranald S. MacKenzie]

It is frightening to think that this jackass might actually be re-elected by the American people.

[Feline_AIDS]

Suppose Israel attacks before the election. The US doesn’t support them.

Does that October surprise help Zero or Romney?

[chopperman]

Leading from behind. The ‘Coward in Chief’ strikes again.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Lets be clear here.
Obama- not America- will not back Israel.
The American people and the American military would.

[dfwgator]

'Iran must steer clear of US interests in the Gulf'

Or else, what?

[Bringbackthedraft]

One of the steps considered is “an official declaration by Obama about what might bring about American military action, as well as covert activities that have been previously considered and rejected,” the report said.............................. Uhhhh? Covert? like letting them know in advance? Lets face it folks, the area is too important to mess up. We must consider the $$$$$ factor here. Most nations are at the point of bankruptcy, can we afford any involvement? We’re between a rock and a hard place here. Here is where Leadership is really needed. Obama, you better go to the opinion polls or maybe ask your wife what to do. (Like Clinton would, according to Hillary. Oh wait she works for you now?) LOL, the Mullahs must be laughing their butts off.

[Seizethecarp]

“According to the report, Washington used covert back-channels in Europe to clarify that the US does not intend to back Israel in a strike that may spark a regional conflict.”

Subtext: “Pretty please do not retaliate against US forces in the Gulf area WHEN Israel attacks you, Iran. We won't be coming in after them with follow-up strikes against you, so can you please direct all of your retaliatory missile strikes on Tel Aviv? Thank you very much!”

[paul51]

the empty chair leading from behind

[Bender2]

Well, this proves one thing about Obama... we no longer need to search for proof he is an African-Hebrew-American!

Look, not only is this the correct thing to do but it is... in my opinion as Attorney General that it is the legal thing to do--

And when Obama has flexibility after the election... I'll get my one million dollars--

I cannot recall when the cockles of my heart... were ever this warm.

You know, watching the Democrat Convention makes me warm--

But it ain't... the cockles of my heart!

Eye God, Bender... them traitorous sons-a-bitches are serious!

Yeah, they are, Gus... they surely are--

Yes, even I, Shirley... agrees here--

[aynrandfreak]

The incentive for Iran to refrain from attacking our interests should be fear of OUR retaliation, not allowing Israel to do what they need to do.

[DoughtyOne]

It’s terrifying to know they were stupid enough to elect him the first time.

If a person has a IQ above room temperature, it would be impossible for them to back this guy.

[ANGGAPO]

I assume that if Obama is reelected Iran will be free to attack Israel and the US will not intercede. It sure fits his character. If that is so, then I doubt if WE will never again get support from anyone.

[Robert357]

“...as long as Iran refrains from attacking American facilities in Persian Gulf.”

Dear Leader, how has that been working for the USA? Iran is a state that is sponsoring terrorism around the world. There are embassy bombings, there are attacks on troops that Iranian operatives have been organizing and leading for over a decade. Many of the IED’s killing our soldiers in the Middle East are from Iran.

In short we are at war with Iran and have been for a long time. It is not a publicly declared war, but it still is war. They are not going to stop attacking our interests in the Middle East, Africa, South/Central America. So our backing or not backing Israel will have nothing to do with preventing future attacks.

Dear Leader, you are either very dumb, or you think that the public is so stupid they will accept what you say as truth. How sad.

[Marcella]

So, Hussein sends a letter to Ahmadennyjerk that we won't back Israel if he doesn't attack our ships.

Ahmadennyjerk sends a letter to Hussein, agreeing to the deal. Israel attacks and Ahmadennyjerk attacks our ships. He says, I don't deal with America, the big Satan.

Israel has to attack before Ahmadennyjerk puts vital machinery so deep into the new underground facility, that Israel can't destroy it with bombs. I think they have come to the point it has to be done now.

Hussein doesn't care if Israel is totally destroyed, every Jew killed. Israel has a motto, “Never again.” I expect an attack this month or next.

[familyop]

"According to the report, Washington used covert back-channels in Europe to clarify that the US does not intend to back Israel in a strike that may spark a regional conflict.

In return, Washington reportedly expects Iran to steer clear of strategic American assets in the Persian Gulf, such as military bases and aircraft carriers."

So Washington is making an alliance with Iran against Israel's existence to suit the wishes of constituents of the European-American political/regulator class (government-linked plutocracy) to keep oil low and the dollar high for their import/debt regime that is destroying our US manufacturing base.

[cherokee1]

The infinite ignorance displayed in that story is sky-rocket spectacular. The notion, for example, that a cyber attack would somehow stop the Persians from building something, anything, is nothing but blowhardiness. If nothing else is said remember that we didn’t need computers to build our first bomb and we really don’t need them to build much of anything now including bombs. Especially on-line computers. While computer aided machinery can be very efficient and is certainly labor saving it did not start the industrial revolution——but it does allow more Persian kids to stay in the basement down at the Casbah.

[Seizethecarp]

Pentagon war-gaming reported in the ever helpful NY Times (helpful to the enemy) reports that CenCom commander Gen Mattis finds "troubling" significant likely American casualties resulting from a go-it-alone Israeli attack. This would be devastating to Obama right before the election. This prediction of US casualties was all but confirmed previously by Adm. Mullen's shameful and indiscreet rear orifice pucker at the mere mention of a preemptive strike on Iran just before he stepped down as head of CentCom.

“U.S. War Game Sees Perils of Israeli Strike Against Iran”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/world/middleeast/united-states-war-game-sees-dire-results-of-an-israeli-attack-on-iran.html?pagewanted=all

“WASHINGTON — A classified war simulation held this month to assess the repercussions of an Israeli attack on Iran forecasts that the strike would lead to a wider regional war, which could draw in the United States and leave hundreds of Americans dead, according to American officials.”

IMO, what is despicable and traitorous is Obama’s failure to guarantee that Iranian retaliatory capability against US forces and our Israeli ally will be taken out on day one before most of them can be used rather than after most are expended at both US and Israeli civilian and military targets.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Someone like Rush or Dennis Prager should give out an annual Neville Chamberlain Award for stuff like this.

[SJackson]

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