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Subscribe to RSSIran is "over a year or so" away from developing a nuclear weapon and the United States remains committed to preventing that from happening, President Barack Obama told a reporter in an interview aired Thursday on Israeli television.
Obama told Channel 2 TV ahead of his first visit to Israel as president that a nuclear Iran continues to be a "red line" for the United States, but that there is still a window of opportunity — "not an infinite period of time" — to resolve the issue diplomatically.
"Right now, we think that it would take over a year or so for Iran to actually develop a nuclear weapon, but obviously we don't want to cut it too close, and what we're going to be doing is to continue to engage internationally with Iran," Obama said, adding that his communication with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the topic is ongoing.
"So, what I'm consulting (on) with Bibi as I have over the last several years on this issue, my message to him is the same as before: If we can resolve it diplomatically, that's a more lasting solution, but if not I continue to keep all options on the table," Obama said.
Iran has maintained its nuclear program is peaceful and designed to produce energy.
While the U.S. has favored diplomacy and economic sanctions to pressure Iran to halt its nuclear development, Israel has threatened several times it would take military action if Iran got close to obtaining a bomb.
In the interview, however, Obama sought to reassure that the two countries share the same goal.
"Our goal here is to make sure that Iran does not possess a nuclear weapon that could threaten Israel or could trigger an arms race in the region that would be extraordinarily dangerous at a time when obviously there are already ... a lot of things going on," he said.
Obama also emphasized that he and Netanyahu "have a terrific businesslike relationship" that keeps Israel's security and U.S. support at the forefront.
Obama is due to arrive in Israel on Wednesday for a three-day trip, which will be his third visit to the country but his first as president.
The president said he intends to meet with political leaders inside Israel, including Netanyahu, but also with Palestinian officials such as Salam Fayyad, prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority, and President Mahmoud Abbas.
"My goal on this trip is to listen," Obama said, adding that it is in the interest of both Israelis and Palestinians to advance their peace process and a two-state solution.
"It's going to involve the Palestinians actually feeling like they have got a land of their own, and autonomy and the capacity to govern and to set up businesses and to prosper, and that they have self-determination," he said.
"And for the Israelis, it's going to require them having the confidence that that doesn't come at the price of Israeli security."
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Diplomacy has not and won't work with Iran. There are two options. Either the US or Israel takes out Iran's nuclear sites (a difficult task with major repercussions) or the large segment of the Iranian population that wants the clerics out (i.e. the Green Party), gets up off their arse and engages in their own Arab Spring (even though they are not Arabs)
Otherwise, Iran will continue down the nuclear highway.
And while Iran may not use the nukes them selves, they have a tradition of working through surrogates like Hamas and Hezbollah, and they have clandestinely interceded in places like Iraq, supporting Shi'ite extremists and killing innocents.
As to Obama's plan to work with the Israelis and Palestinians, that is a great plan. But he hasn't shown a great affinity for Bibi yet. And the Palestinians come in 2 flavors, Fatah and Hamas. While Fatah has been somewhat reasonable to deal with, Hamas is a non starter. And as long as Hamas has Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood as supporters, they will continue to be strong, oppose Israel's right to exist and try to influence their "brothers" in the West Bank.
Meanwhile, Hagel will weaken our Middle East stance, but I think Kerry is up for the job.
Agreed. Middle Eastern theocracies are ruled, in essence, by two flavors of people: those who are truly medieval in their thinking (e.g., Iran, Palestine, Syria), or by those who are comparatively more sophisticated and probably should know better, but simply choose to maintain a superficial hardline stance to satisfy the medieval nature of the populace that they rule (e.g., Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE). In either case, the powers that be will either choose to advance the continued cause of warfare against the West, or will be bullied into doing so by the mobs that really rule their countries. In Iran, the "mob" is comprised of two very different factions -- one educated and comparatively progressive, and one poor, uneducated, and zealously Islamic. As you suggest, Lar, only time will tell which faction will win out.
Unfortunately, I think the likely endgame to all of this is that Iran will develop a fairly low-grade nuclear weapon, shuffle it off to a surrogate Islamic terrorist group, which will then use it to strike Israel (or maybe even Turkey). That will have the effect of guaranteeing near-universal support for a multi-lateral military response from the West on the responsible parties, thereby embroiling us in a war against Iran (or Hamas, etc.), which will then be decried by Muslims the world over as a "war against Islam". This is ultimately what Islamic terrorism's real tactic is -- to invoke a response that they can manipulate and use to garner sympathy as they play the victim. Since they have little to no real technology, their only hope of fighting a war in the modern era against the technologically superior nations of North America and Europe is to wage a war of ideas, emotions, and propaganda, and unfortunately for us, the people that they're attempting to reach with those ideas and propaganda are pretty much too poor, uneducated, and emotionally weak to know any better. It won't work forever, of course, and I'm still pretty confident that the West would be victorious in just such a war, but it would be a huge waste of money and resources that could be better spent advancing the cause of education, civil rights, and economic justice. If only Islam valued such things...
Kerry? The guy that just gave several millions to the Muslimbrotherhood? Why should we believe anything POTUS says, he lies to us all the time. He does not know from one minute to the next what he said last. He only talks to impress the dummies that voted 6 times for him. They r called crooks!!
Iran was more than a year away somewhere in the 80's; get your priorities straight DC.
All this talking is doing nothing but give IRAN more time to perfect the nuclear fusion and in the mean time put finishing touches on delivery systems (rockets & missiles).
what's going to happen is we will what till its to late and will have to nuke them !
We will NEVER NUKE anybody. It takes a leader to do that, and we DO NOT HAVE ONE, in either party.
It takes a leader to Nuke somebody?? Good one Rob...ya had me going there for awhile...I almost took you seriously.
It is too late for that. 2010, When US Ally Saudi Arabia was begging pleading, etc. for the US and or Israel to attack the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran's Nuclear Facilities, was the opportune time; as before they completed their Nuclear Attack Proof Hardened Underground Nuclear Facilities (and C4I), to the east of the Mountains that the US Hikers were at.
The US Weapons to attack a Underground C4I Facility were destroyed as if they never existed nor were ever designed after the SALT, START, Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, ABM Treaty, etc.. It was the US and USSR Politicians belief that by destroying the C4I Facilities there would be no one left with "National Command Authority to Negotiate an End to Hostilities" or Call Off Subsequent Nuclear Strikes. The only people that still remember the details (CNWDI) of these weapons were the previous Maintenance Technicians (few US Military Commissioned Officers, few US Military Warrant Officers and USSR Counterparts), even with their assistance, it would take years to recreate that type of weapon (capable of attacking something like US NORAD, or the USSR Ural Mountain Complex, as to what the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran's Underground Facilities are modelled after.).
Has anyone noticed how the countdown continues to accelerate, 10 years, 5 years, now 1 year; what next months, has anyone considered the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran's Technological Trade Agreements with North Korea (Working Nuclear Bombs), the new High Tech Centrifuges they recently got (but not installed yet), the events at Africa (source of two other required CNWDI materials, before you say anything out of ignorance go look up the components of the WWII Fat Man, and the Little Boy, see some materials you don't recognize, common to both atomic bombs. Do not even post a response, I can neither confirm nor deny, and I cannot spoon feed you either.).
President Obama backpeddled from being against President Bush (43) Deployment of US Military ABMs (THAADS) to Eastern Europe (Poland) Against the Iranian Missile Threat; to the Deployment of US Military ABM Missile Batteries (THAADS) to Romania December 2012.
""Our goal here is to make sure that Iran does not possess a nuclear weapon that could threaten Israel or could trigger an arms race in the region that would be extraordinarily dangerous at a time when obviously there are already ... a lot of things going on," he said."
What about Paki nukes?
What were they doing when Pakis were selling nuke technology to Iran, N. Korea and Gadaffi of Libya?
Didn't Crazy Joe tell us it doesn't matter if they get nukes, in the debate?
All diplomacy is is a prelude to war, it is the process of stalling off while defenses are beefed up, Iran is using the time to accomplish their goal, Obama is only making the job more difficult and possibly impossible to deal with. The Iranians will allow diplomacy to do its thing right up to the moment they decide its time to push buttons, we also have Kim Un rattling his light saber is that some sort of decoy move, How many enemies does the US have in the world today compared to a decade ago or two decades, the only thing diplomacy gives us is more enemies. this task however unpleasant should have been handled three years ago at the latest. putting off the inevitable is only going to make matters worse, what America and the free world face is the results of decades of failed diplomacy, and mounting tension, its time to see who is on board with us and decide what to do. diplomacy? sanctions? try telling Obama you can't have your airplane or play golf with your friends till you do your chores. oh and give us a budget. does he even know how expensive it is to fly around in that thing, you would think he won a sweepstakes instead of a job. hes the man till something goes wrong then its a lottery to see who goes under the bus for him, unless he can blame it on his predecessor. history will show this man to be what he is.
Over a year? That's comforting. Not to worry...unless you are in Isreal.
Mr. "Drama" Obama is predicting Iran has a year until they get Nuclear weapons. Great....now WHAT is he going to do about it ???
BUT.....
He cannot provide the simple truth about:
I'm a little disappointed you didn't mention Whitewater.
Whitewater
obama must have went to a meeting or something. That's the real news here.
"Obama also emphasized that he and Netanyahu "have a terrific businesslike relationship" that keeps Israel's security and U.S. support at the forefront."
Similar dramas and dances were done before each Iraqi war!
These sanctions' business to manipulate oil prices higher and higher and Iran's WMDs are nicely outsourced jobs by oil rich Sunni rulers, oil companies and their lobbyists.
Here Netanyahu and Jewish rightist nuts are good partners in starting dances.
Examine their roles before each Iraqi war!
All this while India and China continue buying cheap Iranian oil while the west buys Saudi oil at a premium. One more reason why their economies are growing.
thirdlife: Strategic ally, Pakistan is going get gas from Iran through gas pipe lines!
To which Israel responds with their motto 'Never Again'.
Never again for Jews. Everyone else is fair game
I'm an American Jewish veteran and I covered your back. Please don't insult me.
Israel is an expert in raising red flags.
They have doing them since Israel was born.
Here Netanyahu and his gangs appear to be most dangerous and sold out dirt cheap to oil rich Sunni rulers, oil companies and their lobbyists.
Why should he do his fierce dances on Syria when Shiites and Sunnis are battling each other?
When Iran gets the bomb they'll have to flip a coin... nuke Tel Aviv.. or nuke Washington... (yeah yeah, no delivery vehicle to reach Washington, blah blah blah... but all they have to do is put a shielded device in a SEALAND shipping container and ship it.. ). If they're smart, they'll nuke Washington (almost certainly while Oblunder is playing golf in Hawaii)... they know that his response will be to apologize for our past indisgressions and send them money... besides, it'll be a boon for him... take out that pesky Congress and Supreme Court, and he can get to his real agenda). But if they nuke Tel Aviv, Israeli submarines will rain nuclear terror down on every Iranian city within minutes... The good news is, the Palestinians will have a place to call their own with none of those idiot Iranians in the way....
What he is saying, is that it would take Iran at least a year to produce a nuclear weapon, if they start now. Since they have not started, according to all 16 US intelligence agencies, plus the fact that all Iran's nuclear enrichment is monitored, it would take longer than a year. Iran would have to kick out the inspectors, because as long as they remain, it is virtually impossible for Iran to construct a nuclear weapon. Then of course, they would need an ICBM, capable of carrying a nuclear payload, which they do not possess. That would take years to develope.
January
2011: When Meir Dagan steps down as director of Israel’s Mossad spy agency, he
says that Iran would not be able to produce a nuclear weapon until 2015.
"Israel should not hasten to attack Iran, doing so only when the sword is
upon its neck," Mr. Dagan warned. Later he said that attacking Iran would
be "a stupid idea.... The regional challenge that Israel would face would
be impossible."
If one day, Iran decides to
cut its cooperation with the IAEA, it would make it easier to use such a site
to make a bomb, but it's in the long term," said Meir Javedanfar, an
analyst and lecturer on Iranian issues at the Interdisciplinary Center in
Herzliya, Israel. "In the short term, I don't think Israel has too much
to worry about because the site is still under inspection.
According to a report, the assessment among top US officials is that Iran has
not yet decided to pursue a nuclear weapon, a conclusion which was established
based on intelligence analyses.
Israel - while seeing an existential threat in Iran's possible pursuit of a
nuclear bomb - mostly agrees with those assessments, a US intelligence official
speaking on the condition of anonymity told the Times.
Lar - Iran does not have any traditions with Hamas. They send some arms to Hezbollah, but so what. They have never sent anything bigger than a stinger missile. meanwhile, Israel sits on an estimated 150 nuclear weapons, nuclear submarines and F16s. If they want to do somerthing about Iran, it is their problem, not ours.
I hope our Middle East stance becomes balanced. Stop supporting Israel and support the Palestinian cause for statehood. Kerry has Jewish blood and should not be trusted, although I did vote for hiom against Bush. Hagel looks out for America and should be trusted.
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The following is a a proof that "ralph h", the mole for the Iranian mullahs, LIES:
Nuclear watchdog confirms no agreement in
discussions in Tehran
The IAEA team leader Herman Nackaerts said
Friday that two days of intensive discussions in Tehran had failed to produce an
agreement on access to Iranian nuclear facilities, but another round of talks
will take place on Feb. 12 in Tehran.
You had better explain the meaning of "Not started", The Iranians have\or started to develop the way to detonate a nuke, started to design the casing and of course are spinning up tons of yellow cake, the primary component of a uranium bomb. Your information about inspectors is less than accurate, there are none in Iran. They don't need a ballistic missile to deliver the bomb, just a nice enclosed truck and the nearest entrance point or a big ship and a suicide run into Haifa.
R these the same intelligent reports, like "WMD", we r to believe them n especially our Liar in Chief?? How wud we know what is true, we have been lied to coming n going. The media even lies!! He contradicts himself so many times everytime he speaks!
Ralph; What is your real name? I would be willing to bet it is Mohammad!!!!!
You was doing okay and almost convincing until you stated that Iran does not support terrorist groups like Hamas and we should stop supporting Israel and we should support Palestine!!!! That is when I knew who you really were.....
My personal belief is they are working with North Korea on the Nuke. They know that we all think the North Korean leader is a wacko and will not do anything about the nukes they are testing in North Korea because of China and the fact that we know China would back North Korea if we went in and took out their reactors!!!!!
It is amazing when you look at how many ships sale from Iran to North Korea!!! North Korea has no problem working with Iran of any one else that will help them make a nuke!!!
Both North Korea and Iran want nuke so they can attack the west and in Iran circumstances so they can attack Israel...
Iran is now and has always been working with terorist groups who go after Israel, that is a fact that has been proven multiple times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The word for that Lies to Advance Islam is Taqiya.
RalphH is just like Jonathan-1982062 posting that the US must attack the few remaining US Allies.
The Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran's Special Forces, Quds, are training, arming, and funding Millions of Holy Warriors of islam at the Fundamentalist Islamic Autonomous Kurdistanis Region of Northern Iraq, Syria, Southern Turkey, Northwestern Iran.
In 2009 US Ally Turkey made a serious mistake and attacked the Southern Turkey, and even went into Northern Iraq part of the Fundamentalist Islamic Autonomous Kurdistanis Region believing that only the Kurdistanis PKK, HPG, KGK were there; and not the Millions of Holy Warriors of islam. Under cover of Turkish Airstrikes the US Ally Turkey Military Forces withdrew.
This US Ally Turkey attack caused many of the Holy Warriors of islam to flee back to their Nations of Origin, like the Hamas Foreign Fighters, Army of Islam Gaza, Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood, etc. as the "Peace Floatillas".
Combined with the Failed Foreign Policies of President Obama since 2009, resulting in the Ayatollahs of the Fundamentalist Islamic Shia Republic of Iran increasing their Overt and Covert Activities Worldwide. With the Result of the US And US Allies Losses of Strategic Resources Worldwide for the current US Standard of Living and Future Alternative Energy; US And US Allies Losses of Strategic Locations Worldwide; US And US Allies Losses of Key and Strategic US Allies Worldwide.
ROTFLMAO. Perhaps if you tell your Hezbollah Relatives to stop bragging about what they got and how they got the weapons maybe someone will believe you if they are ignorant.
Iran ----->Iran's Ally Syria -------> Hezbollah
http://www.thenewstribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hezbollah-missile.jpg
Looks bigger than a Stinger Missile to me
Al Quada has stated 2012-2013 that they intend to concentrate on US Cities again.
The possible threat being the simultaneous detonations of 10K or larger atomic bombs (physical size of a small footlocker including radioactive shielding to avoid detection, obsolete US Military 10KT-40KT Yield Artillery Projectile, 203mm x under 1 meter) at US Cities like D.C., NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago, etc.:
History Channel, Day After Disaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCme_K6MYLY
What we are concerned about is the current ties between Hezbollah and Hamas Foreign Fighters at South and Central Americas and the Mexican Drug Cartels; smuggling capabilities (of nuclear weapons). As well as the agreements between South and Central American Nations building Iranian ICBM/IRBM Missile Silos (visited by President Ahmadinejad, 2010, 2012) kind of like the underground nuclear attack proof US Nuclear Missiles Silos that were at the Midwest.
By the way before anyone says that there are not Millions of Holy Warriors of Islam, do NOT make me post the entire US Department of State Lists. Do the Research yourselves.
David (#4.7): Agreed...
...and confirmed in the January 29, 2012 "Israel vs. Iran" article in the New York Times were it was noted
that, "The Iranian regime will be several times more dangerous if it has a nuclear device in its hands...one that it could bring to the United States. It is not for nothing that it (i.e., Iran) is establishing bases for itself in Latin America and creating links with drug dealers on the US-Mexican border. This is happening in order to smuggle ordnance into the United States for the carrying out of terror attacks. Imagine this regime getting nuclear weapons to the US-Mexican border..."
David the blowhard Zionist/neocon propagandist has never answered the assertation othat we went into Afghanistan to remove the Taliban so the TAPI gas pipeline could be built.
Oil companies proposed the pipeline in 1995, but
it dropped off their agenda after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan the
following year. The plan was revived after the United States-led invasion of
Afghanistan in 2001, and received backing from the Asian Development Bank,
which financed feasibility studies.
Iran can sell gas to India at a third the price of Turkmenistan. This is the ENTIRE
issue. In Turkmenistan Israel holds the lease rights to sell this gas and US
companies are building the pipeline called TAPI. This has gotten Iran upset and
that is what the whole reason for petroleum sanctions. We have US military
holding the Taliban at bay in the North all the while prince and his private
paramilitary mercenary forces are executing pipeline security privately in the
South to lend some sort of propriety to this whole sham of a war .
IAEA Report Shows Iran Reduced Its Breakout Capacity
WASHINGTON, Sep 1
2012 (IPS) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report made public
Thursday reveals that Iran has actually reduced the amount of 20-percent
enriched uranium available for any possible "breakout" to weapons
grade enrichment over the last three months rather than increasing it.
Contrary to the impression conveyed by most news media coverage, the report provides new
evidence that Iran's enrichment strategy is aimed at enhancing its bargaining
position in negotiations with the United States rather than amassing such a
breakout capability.
If one day, Iran decides to
cut its cooperation with the IAEA, it would make it easier to use such a site
to make a bomb, but it's in the long term,"said Meir Javedanfar, an
analyst and lecturer on Iranian issues at the Interdisciplinary Center in
Herzliya, Israel. "In the short term, I don't think Israel has too much
to worry about because the site is still under inspection.-----Can you all Zionist war mongers read?
May 2009: US Senate
Foreign Relations Committee reports states: "There is no sign that Iran's
leaders have ordered up a bomb."
In a recent interview with CNN, Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey said
he believed the Iranian regime was a "rational actor" when it comes to the nuclear program. Dempsey said Iran would likely weigh the
ultimate costs and benefits of building a nuclear weapon before doing so. James
Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, recently told a Senate panel
that a decision had not yet been made by the regime in Tehran.
Can all you Zionist war mongers read? Please respond. I have more quotes from intelligence sources.
Funny how Iran has been within a year of having nuclear weapons for over 20 years. We can't invade a country with nukes that's what the real big deal is about.
@more2bits. Maybe they ought to change that to "Never Again... Except when it us doing it.
Iran with a nuclear bomb? So? Did you see that dress 'Chell wore at the Grammys? That baby girl got it goin' on!
Or the pictures of her bangs ?
Or her separate vacation trips ?
Wait a minute....Shellack told Rogue Magazine that her husband, who goes golfing while Michelle is off on another trip somewhere else, is more of a family man than meeting with the GOP to solve the major issues in our country.
I to not worry about Iran. Every time they do some thing they tell the world. Now stop and look at North Korea, that is were the world eye's need to be.
And Cowboy68 hit the nail on the head!!!!
Everything else is irrelevant. The little, young dictator from the North has a nuke. The Iranians don't, yet we spend more time worrying about the ayatollah butthola.
cowboy68 and the-chief: We need to be worried about both Iran and North Korea. They hate the US and neither would hesitate to use nukes on us.
Why do they hate us?
Iran - because we've been meddling in their politics.
NK - because they never stopped fighting the Cold War.
In addition to that, both - because when life in your country is crappy you need to blame it on some outside enemy, so people wont blame their government.
Iran n NK r both run by a bunch of nutz. Someday the whole world will be ashamed of the things that have occurred in NK.
believe., #7.2,
Yeah, but Bill Clinton said it best if they attacked us, 'Their first day, will be their best day'.
China/Russia wouldn't back NK/Iran play, nor would any NATION.
The POTUS, regardless of who or what they are would wipe those two countries from the earth. Or you'd see the fastest Impeachment & trial in world history.
After that, I suspect the World would be quite peaceful for five years or so. Fear can do that to the bad guys.
Iran has been working with North Korea....their main nuclear scientist went to N. Korea for the last rocket test.
Since Obama's top aide is Iranian born Valerie Jarrett, I tend to think he may be swayed to underestimate what is occurring overseas, just as he underestimated Benghazi. Iran has promised to cause death since the 1970's and are now developing a WMD. What will a few more months of diplomacy bring?
Hey jw- How about a source for your idiot piece of Zionist propaganda. Bet you cannot produce one.
Guess what Tony, they are not producing a nuclear weapon. It is difficult for Iranian leaders, because Jews in the US and Europe are united in opposition to Iran and are the cause of all the sanctions. We should really be sanctioning Israel and isolating them from the international community.
Israel has violated more UN resolutions than any nation on earth. Stop aid to Israel.
By the way Tony, you must watch too much Fox News, which is no more than a Israeli propaganda site. Fox News is attempting to sell another war for Israel, by creating fear in fools who believe their sales pitch.
RalphH,#7.8,
North Korea is under a much more sever embargo/sanctions than Iran. NK managed to build multiple nukes and launch a satellite into orbit under those sever sanctions. With NK's help, Iran can build a nuke.
With the equipment purchases made by Iran, 80% have dual use (peace/war) but 20% have no uses but war devices. That means Iran only needs the highly enriched Uranium.
Considering the majority of those UN 'resolutions' were radical Arab backed, and impinged upon national sovereignty, even existence. Any nation would 'violate' such 'resolutions'.
While I understand that you hate Fox News. Others ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, even MSNBC, have reported on Iran's nuclear program. That says there is a problem with allowing Iran unsupervised nuclear 'playtime'.
As much as you wail about Israel, They have not called for the destruction of Iran. While Iran has called for the complete and utter destruction of Israel.
Sorry, I don't want to see the start of world war three....no nukes for Iran.
they really need a nuclear weapon. they should spend the money on the people that need it in their country first. Iran and north Korea are the goofiest places in the planet. get sick of listen to this all the time. seams like they just do things to get attention. and this planet is just a speck of nothing floating in outer space. and they mean nothing to. that's funny.
Iran will be attacked within 7 months. Our world will be a much differnt place. When the muslims and jihadist tell you something,you had better believe them !! It's very fundamental,just like their ideolgy they call islam. Read koran 9:5 and 8:39. " Quoting someone accurately is not hate speech". Consider the facts...if you have them.
So true Buzz, they started on the Twin Towers n did not stop until they completed the job. They even want to take down the pyramids n sphinx in Egypt. They want to destroy everything.
One idiot responding to another. Dumb and dumber.
Then again, how does it sound if you rephrase it to: "Iran likely to have nuclear weapons in less than 2 years".? To me that is quite frightening.
What is frightening is THEY HAVE IT NOW! You don't think they would tell us they do have it do you?
heuy., #10.1,
If Iran actually had a nuke, we would know. From the blinding white flash of an Israeli nuke destroying it.
Jim - Saying it would take them more than 1 year, does not translate to 2 years. They cannot have a nuke, unless they kick out the inspectors. The clock would start when they inspectors withdrew. It is simple. If they don't have 97% enriched uranium, they cannot produce a nuclear weapon. They have not enriched beyond 20%. Get it, or are you too stupid?
The statement is in direct contradiction to every bit of intelligence data that have been revealed to the press in this and every other country in the world. How could any person in authority make such a stupid and reckless statement.
Obama is clearly incompetent as best and and traitorous at worst.
Yeah I can't believe that bastard lied about WMD's in Iraq. Oh wait....
You mean Clinton, right... he said Iraq had WMD in '98... do your homework idiot instead of listening to the other Libtard trolls on here.... plus Pelosi's House and Reid's Senate voted to fund the Iraq soiree based on the same intel that Bush had... so you're doubly ignorant... but don't let facts get in your way...
Mike - Of course you don't read about the inspections and the fact our intelligence agencies have concluded Iran does not have a nuclear weapons proram. The press is controlled by the Zionists who want the US to attack Iran.You have to go sources such as the Christian Science Monitor or British news sources to get anything other than Zionist propaganda.
Fed up - Clinton and other polititians were given false information by PNAC, the MOSSAD, AIPAC and the Zionist news, such as the NY Times, which was printing all sorts of bs about Iraq. It was all lies. Only Bush acted on those lies. It was Bush and his people going to the American people, lieing through his teeth, about aluminum tubes, forged Niger documents, mobile biological weapons labs and mushroom clouds over NY.
I heard the fool, Lindsey Graham actually use the newspapers as proof that Iran had a nuclear weapons program, when he was quizzing Hagel. We have intelligence agencies, which is who he should be looking to and quoting. Even this article quotes Obama. The Christian Science Monitor quotes intelligence officials, both in the US and abroad.
Well Mr Obama seems really comfortable betting on the well being of an awful lot of people and I don't trust him any more than I trust Iran.
I actually think I would believe Iran first before I would trust the king!
Oblunder is not merely incompetent... he's also morally and integrity challenged... like most of his deadbeat parasite voters... their mantra, "vote early and often"
When and if Israel is cornered with a nuclear Iran, they will move fast to ensure their survival and protect their citizens just like any country is obligated to do. We can talk all we want.
How?
Iran’s atomic energy chief admits to giving
the IAEA false information
Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, head of the
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, admitted to the London-based al-Hayat
newspaper Thursday that Tehran had fed the nuclear watchdog false information to
protect its nuclear facilities and progress. “Sometimes we made ourselves appear
weak and at other times we reported issues that made us appear strongly than we
really were,” he said.
Abbasi estimated that the Iranian nuclear program
would come up again before the Security Council in November and if this step
fails, a US military operation will come after the US presidential
election.
Ah the next US presidential election won't happen until Nov of 2016. Obama will not be eligible for another term. Even using a conservative estimate Iran will have nuclear weapons long before the next election.
Nobody takes anything this useless president says or thinks or does seriously. He is like a movie star he doesn't really do anything expect play golf and parade his fat ass wife around.
The whole dammed government is useless. it is time for the second American Revolution. We pack up the whole dam Congress and the Obama's and send them to Egypt since they love those scumbags so much. They can play all the games they want while we can get to the business of rebuilding our political system back to a system of the people for the people and by the people. Enough is enough!
Revolution would be our only hope at this point...Very sad days.....
Just split the country up into three parts... On the left will be the People's Democratic Socialist Republic of California (Ca north of San Diego, Or, Wa)... on the other coast, the Soviet Socialists Republic of New England (Me, NH, Vt, Conn, NY, NJ, RI, Md, De, and Philadelphia).. the rest will stay the United States of America... We'll eliminate all Federal social spending. If your state wants to foot the bill for deadbeat parasites, so be it. And we'll pack up all the people too lazy to work, and send them to the nearest Socialist Utopia... No work, no eat... you pay for your own babies... (and your own contraception). We'll have the death penalty, the Constitution, cheap energy, and lots of jobs. Illegal aliens can stay and work, but they'll be taxed, and if they're not working, we'll round them up and send them South. English will be our national language, and education will be privatized. All borders will be secure. We'll have a strong military, but we'll only use it to protect our own interests... and attacks on us will be dealt with swiftly and surely.
Revolution may be needed, but most Americans are too lazy to do anything that could make a difference. Sad days for sure Buck
Obama may as well listen to his own assh_le whistle "Dixie"!!!
Can ya' see the writing on the wall?
Do absolutely nothing. Plant our heads in the sand.
And when they actually get a bomb built.... cry out and scream at the top of his lungs..... Crisis! Catastrophe! Apocalypse! And my favorite................ not my fault but we need to do something now!
This administration has all the cool buzz words that instill fear....and they definately have the blame game down pat.
I wonder if Obama got this info from the same intelligence person who told him Benghazi was caused by a YouTube video.
Our intelligence has proven to be so incorrect for so long, why wud we be concerned with their incorrect reports. We know what is going on, just do not have any real leaders to deal with it.
"It's going to involve the Palestinians actually feeling like they have got a land of their own, and autonomy and the capacity to govern and to set up businesses and to prosper, and that they have self-determination," he said.
His principles seem to be working in Afghanistan very well... /sarcasm off
"Obama: I ran more than a year away from nuclear weapon"
what?
Well, he's been right about everything else. LMFAO
Oh the WMD scare thing again. Wonder if Americans are stupid enough to buy into it twice?
I agree Swan37. and I think they are buying it.
Why do you think President Obama has been so afraid to tangle with Syria. Because now that he is President he is privy to the knowledge that Saddam's WMD were moved to Syria before we invaded.
Any lie to justify attacking Iraq, right stuff12465? Or do you claim to have some special intel the rest of us don't?
Oh no. The best justification for attacking Iraq was the fact that Saddam was a murderous psychopath and he needed to be removed. The WMD stuff, the whole world, including Saddam, thought Iraq had WMD. We sold it to them, didn't we?
Knowledge of history is not any special intel, but knowledge of the phrase, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" goes a long way to understanding historical alliances in the middle-east.
I agree with gun dude and heuydoor gunner, The UN is bull@!$%# they seem to be a bunch of pussy's . I say if if these muslim/communist little @!$%#hole countries with mental midgets for presidents don't allow inspectors into there nuclear facilities for inspections or anywhere else in there countries for inspections they should get one warning not two to comply. after two weeks if they don't allow the inspections BOMB THERE SO CALLED . PEACEFUL POWER PLANTS TO THE LAND OF ALAH .....!@#& these stupid @$^%#@ sanctions they don't work anyway..these people are used to living in poverty .After a couple countries get bombed, the rest of these nitwits might start listening o the big bad scary UN...
He didnt have too much to say about N. Korea ...Obama is way out of his league...He couldnt even operate a lemonade stand........
A man who appears to be a man of peace will go to bring the nations together in peace but he will not bring peace but pit one nation against another until all are embroiled in the conflict. Watch the master of deceit work his plan with the Jews and the people who call themselves Palistinians.
Islam is lost in depths of their own deceit. The Christian Churches are struggling with the lies and seduction of money wealth and power over others. These cruel men who seek power over all humankind will stand before God's judgement.
I hope what I see coming is wrong.