President Obama appeared on Israel’s Channel 2 TV and said Iran is about a year away from developing a nuclear weapon and that the US is keeping the military option on the table to stop it.
Obama is scheduled to visit Israel next week in his first as president. Despite what he said to an overly fearful Israeli public, his own intelligence officials maintain that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program and has demonstrated no intention of developing them.
“Right now, we think 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,” he said. “So when I’m consulting with Bibi (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) as I have over the last several years on this issue, my message to him will be the same as before: ‘If we can resolve it diplomatically that is a more lasting solution. But if not I continue to keep all options on the table.’”
Just two days earlier, the highest level intelligence officials at the President’s disposal, including Director of the CIA John Brennan and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, said in Senate testimony that they “do not know if Iran will eventually decide to build nuclear weapons,” but that the decision so far as not been made.
They also said it would be impossible for Iran to divert nuclear material from any of its enrichment facilities for the purposes of building a bomb without the US and international community finding out immediately.
His pants aflame, the clown tries to placate people who have too much time, and US money on their hands.
So, the fictional research program that every inspector and intel agency outside of Israel says does not exist, is a 'year away' from a nuclear weapon.
Nice to know he isn't pushing a war right now, but he's still lying and creating the fake impression that Iran is working on nuclear weapons in the first place
Sixteen US intelligence agencies have concluded that Iran does not have a program to develop a nuclear weapon. All of their fissile material is accounted for. They do not have a ballistic missile capable of firing a nuclear weapon. The nuclear weapons claims being made against Iran are just as false as those made against Iran. How many time can they use the same phoney pretext?
They all bet on regimen changera in Syria and later Iran.., by now they understand the blowback and the political so as the economical consequences if they lose totally which they will.., is just a matter of time.., after two years they already lost their bet but won't admit to the fact. So they will say and do everything to cover the loses even if it will close the Democratic Party or the french social democrats becomes the open partner of the liberal Neo fascism from England and Sweden or for that matter start the Third World War by committing to those whom look forward to such time.
Look: all these wars are a matter of a true and functioning democracy vs a non functioning and falsified democracy presented by Obama or the French or the English or that Swedish Neo fascism.., their last resort is using religious.., not any religious but one as Saudis and Qatar's and other barbaric regimes as such.
Anyone believing this charlatan after four years of unmitigated dishonesty is clearly delusional. How could any thinking human being give any credence to what he says?
the whole of the US political system is a complete joke…obama bush clinton….all willing to kill those in other countries with no repercussions what-so-ever
and alot of this is thanks to the aipac organizations
until they are checked expect more of the same
when Sasha Obama becomes the first black female president in 2051, i bet she will also still be saying "iran is just a year away from building a bomb"
These Iranians are so scary! They have the capabilities to go from having no nuclear weapon development program whatsoever to a fully tested weapon with reliable delivery system in just one year! Given such prowess, I am surprised the haven't taken over the whole world already. </sarcasm>
"Consulting with Bibi????" Bibi will be having that short-legged chair re-upholstered.
One year means we must do something serious to prevent this.
Yesterday a pokey U.S. drone was flying along the Iran border, with just the right tough of terror added for maximum effect as it was being escorted by two supersonic fighter jets. Whereupon, the expected result went into full effect, as an Iran fighter jet was scrambled and did rise to the occasion, the pilot did give verbal warning when they were 12 miles away from a dog fight, whereupon the gutless U.S. threesome back into the Persian Gulf they did fly away.
Whereupon, the Pentagon gave a press release of pure mental darkness, claiming that it was the U.S. pilot that gave the warning and that the Iran pilot the coward that turned back in shame.
Such is the word of man and the fantasies unlimited that come from the evil intent of man.
One year. Who cares? Even with a bomb nobody in Iran would be so stupid as to attack anybody with that bomb.
what a piece of shit. APOLOGIZE to Iran for the US overthrowing their first democracy in order to get their oil, torturing them for thirty years, then another thirty years of financial terrorism, and constant threats to invade them again!
Obama must appease the Israeli clowns clamoring for war, death, and destruction. The next war will be Israel's last..period.
It will be a wonder when people finally realize the Obama is both a liar and a war monger.
He has every intention of attacking Iran at some point. He just doesn't want to be BLAMED for starting a new ME war. So he will squeeze Iran until Iran must retaliate at some point, thus "justifying" his war.
Obama didn't say:
Iran is about a year away from developing a nuclear weapon
Obama said:
"Right now, we think that it would take over a year or so for Iran to actually develop a nuclear weapon,"
There's a big difference.
Don't worry Israel will bomb Iran when they think time is right…Obama is just buying Iran time to get the bomb.