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10. He said:

Fri Mar 2, 2012, 01:07 PM

Mar 2012

"I think that the Israeli government recognizes that, as president of the United States, I don't bluff." He went on, "I also don't, as a matter of sound policy, go around advertising exactly what our intentions are. But I think both the Iranian and the Israeli governments recognize that when the United States says it is unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon, we mean what we say."

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Obama to Iran and Israel: 'As President of the United States, I Don't Bluff' [View all] MindMover Mar 2012 OP

Just ask Osama iandhr Mar 2012 #1

What you added dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #2

That's not something a good poker player would ever say slackmaster Mar 2012 #3

+1, uncertainty can be an asset. harun Mar 2012 #5

Unless that's part of his bluff Bruce Wayne Mar 2012 #12

So we're back to 7-dimensional chess? slackmaster Mar 2012 #17

Probably contextual politics, with all its own strategies, rather than chess. LanternWaste Mar 2012 #19

WH communicating indirectly with AIPAC - call it international diplomacy. leveymg Mar 2012 #24

Huh? A facade, to use your analogy, is two dimensional Bruce Wayne Mar 2012 #38

Just ask the pirate ship Iliyah Mar 2012 #4

Ask Osama Bin Laden. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #11

If Israel thinks this is gonna fly with the American people (or anyone else)... DCKit Mar 2012 #6

Looking on the bright side.. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #8

No, they don't. People who are crude, tough, cruel, and simple-minded do better than average saras Mar 2012 #25

Try being none of those things and a poor improviser.. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #28

As long as Uranium is pyrophoric, there's no way he's going to drop a bomb on it. AtheistCrusader Mar 2012 #7

Hypocrisy Smedley_3 Mar 2012 #9

No, it isn't hypocrisy. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #22

How is it not? (n/t) a2liberal Mar 2012 #31

Israel isn't a member of the NPT, Iran, however, is. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #33

Very True!! SkyDaddy7 Mar 2012 #40

Hypocrisy abounds on the part of the U.S. and Israeli governments. ronnie624 Mar 2012 #47

3 diesel electric jakeXT Mar 2012 #29

Israel hasn't threatened to wipe Iran off the map. Dreamer Tatum Mar 2012 #39

The phrase in question: ronnie624 Mar 2012 #46

Oh brother Dreamer Tatum Mar 2012 #67

That is some bogus shit, as the poster above noted. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #54

He said: elleng Mar 2012 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Mar 2012 #13

Libya might be a good example, but Iraq isn't because it was assessed that they did have WMD and 24601 Mar 2012 #44

So the US president is threatening an unprovoked attack on another country? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #14

Sorry grumpy, that is not what he said......nice try.... MindMover Mar 2012 #16

Did I misread something? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #23

The problem with reading only the first paragraph is.... MindMover Mar 2012 #26

That's all well and good, but... Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #27

With each statement that you make, you try to justify your last..... MindMover Mar 2012 #30

I'm not the one threatening war on a country that is not attacking us. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #32

A refreshing break from "Bring 'em on" Bruce Wayne Mar 2012 #15

Only a moron would attack Iran. grahamhgreen Mar 2012 #18

Or Iraq... lastlib Mar 2012 #20

I think you're being too kind dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #21

Engage Iran Mr. President and then start packing your bags and rent a U-haul as the economic Purveyor Mar 2012 #34

absolutely.... unkachuck Mar 2012 #43

What does frustrate me though is how we can dictate to other countries Smilo Mar 2012 #35

Israel means a lot more to us than being the bully, as you say..... MindMover Mar 2012 #36

Like what? Smilo Mar 2012 #37

Look who has attacked Israel from the very moment the UN established the nation. former9thward Mar 2012 #41

And who has Iran attacked? Smilo Mar 2012 #45

I take people at their word. former9thward Mar 2012 #48

take people at their word, but dont twist their words flexnor Mar 2012 #50

Are the dozens of statements denying the Holocaust happened misquotes too? former9thward Mar 2012 #52

Israel has over 200 nukes flexnor Mar 2012 #53

Uh, the Iranians aren't Arabs. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #55

Uh, I know. What does that have to do with anything? former9thward Mar 2012 #56

Actually, that's factually incorrect. SylviaD Mar 2012 #60

Spam deleted by NRaleighLiberal (MIR Team) dfgrehe Mar 2012 #42

we have to consider Iran's perspective flexnor Mar 2012 #49

Carter should have arranged secret treatment for the shaw outside the US in 1979 flexnor Mar 2012 #51

He also doesn't call or raise, but he DOES fold PurityOfEssence Mar 2012 #57

Why is the president falling for this crap 4dsc Mar 2012 #58

So you know more then the UN inspectors about Iran's nuke program? EX500rider Mar 2012 #59

None of our business. This is a reapeat of WMD in Iraq, nothing more. An excuse to grahamhgreen Mar 2012 #63

When a signer of the NPT breaks the rules to secretly build a nuke.... EX500rider Mar 2012 #64

And who do you intend to pay for this new war-for-profit? grahamhgreen Mar 2012 #65

"And who do you intend to pay for this new war-for-profit?" EX500rider Mar 2012 #66

He is not "falling for" anything. woo me with science Mar 2012 #61

Well, he sure bluffed about the PUBLIC OPTION (just sayin') grahamhgreen Mar 2012 #62