Obama agenda: All options on the table

Obama to AIPAC over the weekend: "Iran's leaders should know that I do not have a policy of containment. I have a policy to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. And as I've made clear time and again during the course of my presidency, I will not hesitate to use force when it is necessary to defend the United States and its interests."

“For Mr. Obama, the speech, before some of Israel’s loudest and staunchest supporters in the United States, was a political high-wire act, an effort to demonstrate his commitment to Israel’s security without signaling American support for a pre-emptive strike against Iran. And it was an effort to confront the Republican presidential candidates who have turned the Iranian nuclear issue into the top item in their litmus test for demonstrating support for Israel,” the New York Times adds.

The New York Daily News: “The strongly worded speech before the pro-Israel lobby came on the eve of the commander-in-chief's tense White House head-to-head with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who fears a second Holocaust should Tehran get the bomb.”

The New York Post: “Israel will wait until after the US presidential election in November to bomb Iran’s nuclear plants, under a deal being hashed out by the two allies this past week. President Obama plans to reassure Benjamin Netanyahu tomorrow at the White House that the United States will make sure Iran doesn’t build a nuclear weapon, as long as the Israeli prime minister delays his attack plans, according to a report in The Sunday Times of London.”

‘A sense of his soul?’ Vladimir Putin was elected Russia’s president. The New York Daily News: “Czar-in-the-making Vladimir Putin will keep his stranglehold on the Kremlin for another six years. The 59-year-old autocrat was elected president of Russia on Sunday in an election that observers charge was riddled with fraud, intimidation and ballot-box stuffing.”

The Moscow Times: “Tearful Putin Declares Victory at Rally.”

A Catholic Cardinal continued to ramp up the rhetoric against Obama and birth control.

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President Obama is a brilliant statesman.

  • 8 votes
Reply#1 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 9:36 AM EST

Exactly! The president is not going to show his hand to anyone until HE wants to... When he says that everything is on the able, well that means, think twice and you better not screw with me...

I believe the president when he says "I don't bluff."

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#1.1 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 12:34 PM EST

Yes he does how do you think he got the two kids he told Michelle he was wearing protection.

    #1.2 - Wed Mar 7, 2012 6:51 AM EST
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    Obama's only concern is the timing of any military strike on Iran. His timetable will be to strike in October just prior to the election with the thinking that voters won't want to change horses during a military engagement.

    Otherwise, obama doesn't give give a crap about Israel.

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    Reply#2 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:08 AM EST

    Oh he is a master of timing...

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    • 1 vote
    #2.1 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:33 AM EST

    you want to buy some beach front property in AZ?

    • 2 votes
    #2.2 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:40 AM EST

    96ws6, If you know could you publish which page of the bill the new Real Estate Tax is on?

    • 2 votes
    #2.3 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:52 AM EST

    His comic book doesn't have page numbers...

    • 4 votes
    #2.4 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:55 AM EST

    Some food for thought. The country most concerned about Iran getting a nuke is Saudia Arabia. Now, maybe it is time for the Arab League to get more involved with this issue - and keep Israel and the West out of it.

    • 5 votes
    #2.5 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 11:04 AM EST

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    • 1 vote
    #2.6 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 11:07 AM EST
    Reply

    All options on the table is another way of saying...." I don't know what to do"........."Just please Israel... don't do any thing till after the elections"

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    Reply#3 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:08 AM EST

    Does Obama think that audience is stupid? They don't believe a thing he says.

    • 2 votes
    Reply#4 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:26 AM EST

    President Obama is a threat to the GOP, and the more brilliant he is, the more you guys hate him. Too bad the hatred blinds the GOP to facts.

    • 4 votes
    #4.1 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:34 AM EST

    We know 30-40% of populous is retarded....look at GOP/TP crowd. Have you ever seen a dumber group of people?

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    #4.2 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:42 AM EST

    Just the Liberal left...

      #4.3 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:48 AM EST

      Of course he is a threat to all of America he is a Muslim and he is an anti-Semite.

        #4.4 - Wed Mar 7, 2012 6:52 AM EST
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        Obama is correct in weighing all of his options before committing to a course of action. Making the best decision from a wide range of options allows for the most favorable outcome. The worst possible course of action is to act impulsively because that removes all options from the table except one, and that is almost always the worst possible choice.

        On the other hand, if we followed the advice of some of the right wing lunatic fringe who post on this site, this world would be a lifeless, blackened cinder.

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        Reply#5 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:32 AM EST

        didn't you know that "thinking" "weighing" and "analyzing" are for snobs with their fancy book learnin'

        • 2 votes
        Reply#6 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 10:44 AM EST

        Rush Limbaugh is not a spokeman for the GOP. Nor is Bill Maher a spokesman for the Democrat party.

        But when Rush speaks (such as he did with the young woman he called a slut) the media expects all of the GOP presidential candidates and political leaders to denounce his antics. WHY?

        When Bill Maher calls Sarah Palin a c_nt no one requested that Obama, Pelosi or Reid denounce his antics.

        I am very tired of the nation news media clear and bigotted liberal bias against good people, even if they do represent the GOP. That B S has to end.

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        Reply#7 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 11:03 AM EST

        maher is a comedian first, limbaugh is a pundit first....see the difference?

        • 4 votes
        #7.1 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 12:22 PM EST

        I seem to remember Michael Steele apologizing to Rush - in fact, Rush is often courted by Republican politicians- never heard of any Democratic official apologizing to Maher.

        • 2 votes
        #7.2 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 2:21 PM EST
        Reply

        We should ALL thank our lucky stars that President Obama-- not some hotheaded Republican warmonger-- is Commander-in-Chief.

        A Catholic Cardinal continued to ramp up the rhetoric against Obama and birth control.

        Cardinal Dolan doesn't have a leg to stand on. He needs to sit down and STFU. Where was he when the children who were being victimized by pedophile priests needed his protection???

        • 4 votes
        Reply#8 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 11:13 AM EST

        Well said, Kaybee.

        • 2 votes
        #8.1 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 11:21 AM EST

        If President Obama gets re-elected you'll be singing the blues more than he does because of your tax bill. Be careful what you wish for!!!

          #8.2 - Tue Mar 6, 2012 1:03 AM EST
          Reply

          This is the foreign policy issue that really concerns me. I hope President Obama and PM Netanyahu have a successful meeting.

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          Reply#9 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 11:41 AM EST

          All options on table! Does anything else need be said here? No. President Obama is no war monger like the idiot before him was! Thank all that matters, for that! Iran will NOT have a bomb, period! And for the Cardinal, go lay down by your dish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

          • 1 vote
          Reply#10 - Mon Mar 5, 2012 1:42 PM EST
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