President Obama delivered a major foreign policy speech today before the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference in Washington DC, centering on his unquestioning commitment to Israel, his determination to ensure that Israel has military supremacy over any conceivable opponent, and insisting that he “will not hesitate to use force” against Iran.
To that end Obama further insisted that sanctions had brought the entire Iranian economy to a grinding halt in 2011, and that 2012 would be even worse for it. He also took credit for the European Union’s embargo on Iranian oil, saying it came at his administration’s behest. His greatest achievement, at least in his mind, was pretending to be interested in negotiating with Iran so that when it failed he could use that failure as proof of Iran’s refusal to negotiate.
Interestingly enough, particularly when the speech repeatedly made reference to his possible decision to attack Iran in the near future, Obama warned the public against “loose talk” of a war, saying that discussion of the potential attack was benefiting Iran “by driving up the price of oil, which they depend on to fund their nuclear program.”
Not only did President Obama make several pointed comments about attacking Iran in that particular speech in which he warned about doing so, the president had repeatedly done so over the past few days, including insisting on Friday that he was “not bluffing” in his constant threats.
More threats, lies, bluster and hubris……… This is where our tax money goes, to make the world safe for the ugly american policy, and, in this instance, Mr. Doughnut or OOOOOOOOOO as he is known, himself!!! 00000 these days to me!! The only constant is change, but you would never know that our leaders know…… Change and the historical record of over-reach leading to bankruptcy of these hubris driven aggressor entities……. They have a way of ending with a bang, more often than a whimper ……………………
Now, that is what I call blufffing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia said Sunday that Syrians have a right to take up arms to defend themselves against the regime and accused the Damascus government of “imposing itself by force,” as concerns mounted over a humanitarian crisis there.
In a rare televised news conference, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said the kingdom welcomed international efforts to broker a ceasefire in Syria but added that they have “failed to stop the massacres.”
“Is there something greater than the right to defend oneself and to defend human rights,” he said, adding that the Syrian people want to defend themselves. “The regime is not wanted by the people,” he said.
Look who is talking, The Saudis regime is one of the most brutal and one of the most antihuman rights there is forcing itself on millions of people and giving itself all the rights to be a government, a justice system, a police and last but not least a judge and acting as the superior court as well. Saudis Kingdome family spending millions of their people’s money investing for privet profit while their people go hungry, they are involved in wars accusing others of atrocities, producing terrorism around the world acting as they were the only one who cares about human rights. This is simply absurd using these words by one of the most dictatorial – brutal and inhuman regime on the planet whom would cut a mans hand for stealing a loaf of bread because he is hungry, beheading people for the reasons that the regime itself imposes and judges and execute yet wanting to change the Syrian government not knowing anything about Syrian and above all the unity of the Syria people, that majority of the Syrian people are supporting what they have, at least the Syrian regime changed its constitution and give the right to people to decide their feature, question is: when was the last time that Saudis or UAE did such major change insuring peoples rights, when was the last time that Saudis and UAE did talk about the right of their people, their right in terms of social politics and social justice.
All that talks about human rights are when US and EU with their servant in Middle East and their lost in creating the Syrian war hoping for Syrian peoples support is failed and failing, they calculate their plan wrong because they are wrong, because their politics is not based on democracy and the fact that they don’t respect democracy nor its principals to begin with. Now all that talk about human rights is simply a loud words admitting to the fact that the plan in implementing a feudalist regime in Syria has failed. So they need to have said something and saying through this man Saudis Foreign ministers, what ministers, he is part of the Saudis Kingdome family talking for the Kingdome family. There is no such ministry in Saudi Arabia; all that there is is a feudalism system having lots of money to spend for all the wrong reasons, one of these “Ministries” is their investment in dividing people in the region implementing yet another feudalistic regime with their illegitimate sons of Muslims brotherhood. And the game of blaming starts when you lose, the game starts when you know that you were a loser to start with., now US and EU can blame Iranians and rest of the world but their own idiocy.
Our Nobel Peace Prizer ready for another crusade!
Laws to protect – none.
Laws to kill – he can't sign them fast enough.
Hope and Change = Charge and kill!
thats not the "change" i was told i could believe in
i knew obama was a liar, but what can you do when you are only offered 2 choices by the elite rulers. Iran has more of a democracy than we do. At least their elections are not based on money and corporate interests
Seriously, there is no reason for Iran if attacked NOT to close the straits sink or attempt to sink a carrier or two, send Missiles into Saudi refineries and send as many missiles in as short a time into Israel as posible.
If you are going to go down take out as much of the enemy as possible!
I hope the fools realise that WWIII is a distinct Possibility, or that Russia will get its much wanted Indian Ocean Naval base for helping Iran. Especially if there is an Israeli attack on Nuclear Facilities that have material in them, noting that the US and the IAEA have said there is NO diversion of Civilian Material!
War with Iran in support of israel or for any other reason needs to be soundly debated in the public sphere, as well as the killing (asassination) of unconvicted Americans by the military or the CIA or any other branch of our government. If you can’t arrest, try and convict someone, you have NO RIGHT to kill them!
I suggest you do hesitate to use force against Iran unless and until that nation actually attacks another nation, which they have not done in at least the last 500 years. It appears our president will do almost anything to assure his re-election. And I was one who believed you were better than that. It has ever been so, power corrupts. If the GOP had a real candidate, I would vote for him (or her). Truly, what we need is an equal distribution of women in our government. The old men have screwed it up royally!
It always amazes me how American "leaders" think nothing of issuing threats to other countries. I can think of no other country whose political elites do this. Imagine China saying it won't hesitate to use force against Japan, for example. Or any other country. What would you do if your neighbor or co-worker threatened you? You'd call the cops right? Because we know issuing threats is wrong, right? Only US politicians seem to think they have some inherent "right" to casually make such threats.
Well, North Korea seems to have a similar rhetorical inclination. Unfortunately, DC is more likely to follow through on its vocal belligerence than Pyongyang is.
Perhaps, but North Korea has US troops stationed right on its border. Even paranoids have enemies. Are there N.K. troops stationed just south of San Diego?
Israel wants the United States to get rid of all of their roadblocks (Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iranian government, etc.,) to continued territorial expansion via ethnic cleansing. Iran is not a threat to their existence at all. I wonder why no one makes sure other countries facing threats, like Taiwan facing China, doesn't get these types of guarantees and state-of-the-art weaponry. Well we already know the answer to that. Taiwan doesn't have a lobby like Israel does.
Taiwan isn't an expansionary state like Israel is. Also China can defend itself against America, unlike Iran.
One week he's addressing that American people that the Republican claim to simple solutions for gas prices are 'lies' then turns around and says too much public discourse about war is helping Iran buy by enabling them to drive up gas prices. Sooooooo, why doesn't HE shut up about war altogether?
Gas prices will rise to the stratosphere if Iran gets attacked.
Exactly. But speaking out of both sides of his pie hole is Obamas modus operandi. He wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the ass.
So what's it going to be, people? Four more years of this immoral robot or one of his well coifed clones from the Right wing of this bi-factional one-party state? Hmmm?
I have more respect for Mike Tyson, he at least could personally back up his retoric. What did Obama do? tell his mummy???
Nothing like stating the obvious. Three more cheers for our Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
Uh pardon me for asking, but isn't attacking another country an act of war, and isn't declaring war supposed to be up to congress. Talk about an imperial presidency!
Yes, welcome to Korea, mid '50s. Congress hasn't declared a war since 1941, and even that was a setup by the White House.