Posted on 09/25/2012 4:57:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
NEW YORK - US President Barack Obama will warn Iran on Tuesday that the United States will "do what we must" to prevent it acquiring a nuclear weapon, and appeal to world leaders for a united front against further attacks on US diplomatic missions in Muslim countries.
Preparing to take the podium at the United Nations six weeks before the US presidential election, Obama hopes to counter criticism of his foreign record by Republican rival Mitt Romney, who has accused him of mishandling the Arab Spring uprisings, damaging ties with Israel and not being tough enough on Iran.
Seeking to step up pressure on Iran, Obama will tell the UN General Assembly that there is still time for a diplomacy but that "time is not unlimited," according to advance excerpts of his speech, due to begin sometime around 1315 GMT.
His tough talk appears aimed at easing Israeli concerns about US resolve to curb Tehran's nuclear drive, as he reasserts before the world body that he will never let Iran develop an atomic bomb and then simply contain the problem.
But he will stop short of meeting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's demand to set a clear "red line" that Iran must not cross if it is to avoid military action.
"A nuclear-armed Iran is not a challenge that can be contained," he will say. "It would threaten the elimination of Israel, the security of Gulf nations and the stability of the global economy...
"The United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."
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Just go away, Hussein, far away. Like Iran..
This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.
This is as big a sign as any that he is afraid he is going to lose.
He’ll give a nice speech and continue to do nothing.
Big words, but when it comes to actions he won’t do a ***damn thing.
Pretty big talk from a president who’s done nothing to fix the problem.Polls must be telling him something.
Occupy is meeting with Iran’s president.
Some Obama flunkie on CNN called him charming.
You think Obama is going to do anything when his groopies love this guy?
Now they’re shaking in their boots!
Did he write the demand in red crayon?
I’m sure Binyamin will be pleased, now that according to Obama Israel is “one of our closest allies in the region.”
There ya go, You are exactly right.
Obama will say we will stop them and then do absolutely nothing.
The Iranians will go home laughing their asses off.
If he’d just done nothing for the last 3.5 years we’d be in great shape.
Just another Big Speech for the MSM’s consumption. I’m sure the corrupt networks are ready with their glowing, admiring spin about Dear Leader. Keep the barf bags at your side.
So, the polling groups must have tipped the balance. “You gotta say something” has finally outweighed “Shut up and tee off!”.
However secretly he is cheering them on and telling them so.
Is he going to do what he can like he did for the Ambassador of Libya?
BOAKYAGB!
“We’ve taken the initiative to advance troops into Iran and engage in a pillow fight. Atomic wedgies, only if absolutely necessary, will follow”.
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