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6 Didn’t Obama say we could absorb a blow? Which sounds like he thinks we can take one without fighting back.
12 I had forgotten about the EARLIER Obama Outrages, but now that youve refreshed my memory Yes I do believe he did suggest we absorb a nuclear attack. ...

14 Yes he did if I recall right....I have zip confidence he would lift a single finger....

I agree with Hardraade that Obama would drop the bomb on New York before dropping one on Iran.

The POTUS is a communist, a Muslim sympathizer, and a racist. Now having said that, below is is his actual quote from 9/23/2010 ...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/09/full_context_of_obamas_absorb.html

"I said very early on, as a Senator and continue to believe, as a presidential candidate and now as president, that we can absorb a terrorist attack. We will do everything we can to prevent it. but even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever, that ever took place on our soil, we absorbed it, and we are stronger. This is a strong, powerful country that we live in, and our people are incredibly resilient."

Then he addressed his big concern. "A potential game changer would be a nuclear weapon in the hands of terrorists, blowing up a major American city. Or a weapon of mass destruction in a major American city. and so when I go down on the list of things I have to worry about all the time, that is at the top, because that's one area where you can't afford any mistakes. And so right away, coming in, we said, how are we going to start ramping up and putting that at the center of a lot of our national security discussion? Making sure that that occurence, even if remote, never happens."

... the fact that Obama then launched into a discussion about nuclear terror suggests the first part of his quote was a reference to a conventional terror attack -- which he contrasted with the far more catastrophic nuclear variety. He was saying that history has already shown that we can absorb a conventional attack -- but by contrast, we may not be able to "absorb" a nuclear one without it being a societal "game changer." And that's why it ranks at the very top of his list of security concerns.

Which of course I don't buy for 1 fleeting second.