Obama says he's not bluffing on Iran military option

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Obama says he's not bluffing on Iran military option

By Matt Spetalnick and Heller | Reuters – 21 hours ago

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama issued his most direct

threat yet of U.S. military action against Iran if it builds a nuclear weapon,

but in a message to Israel's leader ahead of White House talks he also cautioned

against a pre-emptive Israeli strike.

" As president of the United States, I don't bluff, " Obama warned Iran in a

magazine interview published on Friday, three days before he will host Israeli

Prime Minister Netanyahu in Washington.

With the meeting expected to be dominated by stark differences over what

Washington fears could be an Israeli attack on Tehran's nuclear sites, Netanyahu

said he wanted to preserve the " freedom of action of the State of Israel in the

face of threats to wipe us off the map. "

Monday's talks are shaping up as the most consequential encounter of U.S. and

Israeli leaders in years, with tensions further magnified by Republican

presidential candidates slamming Obama over his Middle East policy.

Further complicating the talks is a trust deficit between the two men, who have

had a rocky relationship.

There is mounting speculation that Israel, which fears that time is running out

to stop Iran's nuclear advance, could act militarily on its own in coming months

unless it receives stronger reassurances from Washington.

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First off, saying that you're not bluffing is a bad thing. It implies that you are indeed bluffing and hoping the other side will back down from something you don't really want to do.

On the other, Obama probably does want a war that will cause gas prices to shoot up. He's said before that he wants energy prices to skyrocket. I'm sure that he's looking at FDR and all the power FDR grabbed during WWII. I'm sure he's thinking that under such crisis conditions, he'll be able to create a command economy and seize vast amounts of power. So what if the majority of the people end up impoverished and crime explodes around the country? So what if a vast and costly police/welfare state is put in place? They'll have all the power and wealth they could ever dream of. That is until the whole mess came tumbling down just like the Soviet Union and countless others before it.

In a message dated 3/3/2012 2:47:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes:

Obama says he's not bluffing on Iran military option