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Posted By tehranchik 1 year ago in Political NewsUS President Barack Obama prefers diplomacy with Iran but preserves "all his options," the White House said Thursday, refusing to rule out military strikes despite promises of a new rapprochement.
Asked if the military option was still on the table with regard to the Islamic republic, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said: "The president hasn't changed his viewpoint that he should preserve all his options."
In tackling Tehran's nuclear ambitions, alleged support for terrorism and threats against Israel, Obama believes "we must use all elements of our national power to protect our interests as it relates to Iran," he said.
"That includes, as the president talked about in the (election) campaign, diplomacy, where possible, and that we have many issues to work through," Gibbs told reporters.
The spokesman's remarks followed a fiery speech Wednesday by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is running for re-election on June 12.
Ahmadinejad, having earlier congratulated Obama on his election, demanded the new US president apologize for "crimes" against Iran and "stop supporting the Zionists" of Israel.
The outspoken Iranian leader also called on Washington to withdraw its troops from across the world as a proof of Obama's promised policy of change.
In an interview on Monday with Al-Arabiya television, Obama vowed to map out a new future for US relations with Iran after a three-decade diplomatic rupture.
"As I said in my inauguration speech, if countries like Iran are willing to unclench their fist, they will find an extended hand from us," the president said.
"It is very important for us to make sure that we are using all the tools of US power, including diplomacy, in our relationship with Iran."
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tehranchik1 year ago
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"Asked if the military option was still on the table with regard to the Islamic republic, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said: "The president hasn't changed his viewpoint that he should preserve all his options.""
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Sounds like 'All options are on the table.'- We know this wasn't true under previous administration.
I have to believe that Obama will always take the diplomatic route first.-
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hyperbola1 year ago
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Obama's mideast policy is run by zionists (e.g. arch zionist ethnic cleanser Dennis Ross is his iran envoy). This means that war in iran and afghanistan is more than likely. The Obama administration has not halted the massive shipments of weapons to Israel that the Bush administration rushed through in the last year and which only make sense for a war with Iran.
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PalestinianTruth1 year ago
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This is really is change, Obama's strategy is bomb Iran after we talk to them instead of Bush's strategy of bombing iran before we talk to them. It's pretty sad that the U.S is on its way to fighting another war at the behest of Israel and the American not the Israeli taxpayers are left to pay the bill.
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4thchance1 year ago
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Obama has already ordered bombing attacks on terrorists in Pakistan.
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Those bombings killed many innocent woman and children. That's MURDER!
Bush was a murderer and now it appears Obama is following in Bush's footsteps. I want to know where the democrat and liberal outrage is, where did it go? Yep, CHANGE we can beleive in.
We have a new name for Obama...
"OBOMBER"-
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Thinker221 year ago
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> Obama has already ordered bombing attacks on terrorists in Pakistan.
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Those bombings killed many innocent woman and children. That's MURDER!
Yes, it is.
First, If the terrorists were not terrorists but peaceful individuals there would be no reason to bomb them.
Second, if the terrorists did not hide among their own women and children these women and children would not be harmed.
Third, if Israel, the US and the rest of the world did not respond to mass murder attacks against innocent men, women and children committed by Islamist terrorists then more and more innocents would be murdered by terrorists until the West would finally respond.
Yes, IT IS MURDER and the Islamist terrorists are fully responsible for it.
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EDWARDIII1 year ago
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International conflict is not a duel between gentlemen. It's a street fight-one where the other guy follows you home after he takes you lunch money and tries to break into your house and burn it down. It will be interesting to see if Obama can stand the heat from his former supporters in the America-hating wing of the left.
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