Posted on 08/31/2015 1:33:32 PM PDT by lbryce
President Obama denied ever likening Republican opponents of the Iran deal to warmongers during an interview with the Jewish publication the Forward published Monday, stressing that we must avoid using “incendiary language” to describe critics of the deal.
Obama particularly dismissed claims he contributed to any negative atmosphere surrounding the nuclear deal’s opponents by describing them as those who advocate for war.
“What I said is that if we reject the deal, the logical conclusion is that if we want to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, military strikes will be the last option remaining at some point,” Obama said. “It may not be under my administration; it might be under the next one. And that is something that has to be taken into account.”
The president echoed the same argument days earlier in a webcast with Jewish groups as he continued to push the Iran deal and try to sell it to individuals concerned about Israel.
Nevertheless, in July, Obama described the most fervent critics of the deal in Congress as “the same folks who were so quick to go to war in Iraq and said it would take a few months.”
“We’re hearing the echoes of some of the same policies and mindset that failed us in the past,” Obama said during a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Pittsburgh.
During his conversation with the Forward, however, the president cautioned against using negative language to suggest critics of the deal do not have America’s best interests at heart.
“I do get disturbed sometimes when I hear folks suggesting that those who oppose the deal are pro-Israel. We’re all pro-Israel,” Obama said. “I think we have to steer away from incendiary language that suggests that either those who are in favor
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This guy makes Bill Clinton sound like a veritable truth teller.
Iranian hardliners are making common cause with the Republican caucus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YeFijMQzhis#t=48
Just wow. Obama just lies without blinking.
Obamanus, stop lying!
The only Republicans opposing Obama’s treaty with Iran is Tom Cotton.
All the rest of the Republicans voted to ensure it is ratified by flipping the constitution on its head with Corker’s surrender to Obama bill.
99-1.
That’s the vote that mattered.
I’m done with GOP kabuki theater.
Obama? The confirmed liar?
Obama says, it is either this deal or war. If that is not saying that anyone opposed to the deal is wanting, or courting a war “IS” is open to interpretation.
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