Posted by
Locutisprime on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:13:46 PM
Obama says nuclear Iran poses "grave threat"
SDEROT, Israel (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
said on Wednesday a nuclear Iran would pose a "grave threat" and that
the world must stop Tehran from obtaining an atomic weapon.
Obama told reporters during a visit to Israel that if elected, he
would take "no options off the table" in dealing with the Iran issue
and said tougher sanctions could be imposed.
"A nuclear Iran would pose a grave threat and the world must prevent
Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon," Obama told reporters after
visiting the Israeli town of Sderot, which lies close to the border
with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
President Bush has caught a lot of flak over the past two years as it concerns his policy of dealing with Iraq. While clearly stating that he wanted to give diplomacy a chance and if necessary, with the cooperation of other nations, utilize sanctions to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, he refused to take any options including the use of military force off of the table.
And equally, John McCain has been branded as McBush and McSame, for standing by the same principles. But now that Barack Obama is actually in the middle east, his words change from audience to audience and his message is exactly the same as both his opponent and the current president. While he massages it and nuances it to appear that he is representing a different approach, it is clearly obvious that his position now mirrors what the president has been doing and what John McCain said he would do if elected.
And aside from that, Barack Obama attempted once again today, to put distance between himself and his previous remarks concerning his previous vision of Jerusalem as the only capitol of Israel and an undevided city. While addressing AIPAC six weeks ago, however, his message was quite different. But now that he is actually on the ground in Israel, he is attempting to redefine something he has previously said once again. Only this time, his tactic concerns how it plays in Israel and how his his views there will play with his plans of capturing Jewish votes back home.