A little old gem on Obama wanting to bomb Iran

[Bitwit1234]

Since Hillary Clinton voting for the IWR resolution is such a over and over posting how about this little gem. This is some statements Obama made while RUNNING FOR THE SENATE. Now, he goes on and on about Hillary voting for the IWR and he wouldn't if he had been in the senate, course he skips so many votes he might have. We have this statement in the Chicago Tribune about his views on Iran bombing.

OBAMA WOULD CONSIDER MISSILE STRIKES ON IRAN

by David Mendell - Tribune staff reporter

2004


U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama suggested Friday that the United States one day might have to launch surgical missile strikes into Iran and Pakistan to keep extremists from getting control of nuclear bombs.

Obama, a Democratic state senator from the Hyde Park neighborhood, made the remarks during a meeting Friday with the Tribune editorial board. Obama's Republican opponent, Alan Keyes, was invited to attend the same session but declined.

the whole article at
www.chicagotribune.com/news/printededition/chi-0409250111sep25,1,4555304.story.
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See folks....Obama SAID HE WOULD VOTE TO BOMB IRAN...now in that little Kyl-Liberman resolution no where did it say they would bomb Iran only that the Iran guard was a terrorist group....HILLARY DIDN'T VOTE TO BOMB IRAN..SHE DIDN'T SAY SHE WOULD...BUT OBAMA DID.

[hedgehog]

1. Nothing like omitting the context and surrounding comments to get to the pay-off, is there?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0409250111sep25,1,7098310.story
September 25, 2004

Iran announced on Tuesday that it has begun converting tons of uranium into gas, a crucial step in making fuel for a nuclear reactor or a nuclear bomb. The International Atomic Energy Agency has called for Iran to suspend all such activities.


Obama said the United States must first address Iran's attempt to gain nuclear capabilities by going before the United Nations Security Council and lobbying the international community to apply more pressure on Iran to cease nuclear activities. That pressure should come in the form of economic sanctions, he said.

But if those measures fall short, the United States should not rule out military strikes to destroy nuclear production sites in Iran, Obama said.


"The big question is going to be, if Iran is resistant to these pressures, including economic sanctions, which I hope will be imposed if they do not cooperate, at what point are we going to, if any, are we going to take military action?" Obama asked.

Given the continuing war in Iraq, the United States is not in a position to invade Iran, but missile strikes might be a viable option, he said. Obama conceded that such strikes might further strain relations between the U.S. and the Arab world.
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Obama's willingness to consider additional military action in the Middle East comes despite his early and vocal opposition to the Iraq war. Obama, however, also has stressed that he is not averse to using military action as a last resort

[jefferson_dem]

2. Thanks.

Desperate times call for desperate smears, courtesy of Hillary's resident apologists.

Surely, there will be much more from where this little gem came from.

[AX10]

3. kick

Obama is quite the war-lover!

[sniffa]

4. And another Obama supporter who can't defend Obama