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Better relations with Iran might mean trouble with Israel for U.S.
iht ^ | February 11, 2009 | By Nazila Fathi and David E. Sanger Published:

Posted on 02/11/2009 9:13:27 PM PST by Flavius

TEHRAN: An offer by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran to take up President Barack Obama's oft-repeated invitation for direct talks between the United States and Iran signals the start of a long-delayed war-or-peace drama that may help define the Obama administration's plans to remake America's approach to diplomacy.

But it also opens up the possibility of new tensions with Israel, which less than a year ago sought American help in preparing an attack on Iran's main nuclear facility and is expected to drift further to the right after the parliamentary elections Tuesday. And Obama will have to decide whether to continue a major covert program against Iran's nuclear ambitions, even while beginning to engage in diplomacy

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; israel

1 posted on 02/11/2009 9:13:27 PM PST by Flavius
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To: Flavius

Bleeping Obama is a bleeping bleeper. Bleep his bleeping bleep.


2 posted on 02/11/2009 9:25:52 PM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: advance_copy

Most American Jews voted for the man most likely to put the screws to Israel.


3 posted on 02/11/2009 9:29:07 PM PST by umgud (I'm really happy I wasn't aborted)
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To: umgud
Most Israeli Jews, including the man likely to lead the country, are hugely distrustful of Obama...as the American people should be.........

...and are slowly becoming. It will be a Tsunami in 6 months.

4 posted on 02/11/2009 9:47:48 PM PST by HardStarboard ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
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To: Flavius
And Obama will have to decide whether to continue a major covert program against Iran's nuclear ambitions

So glad a bunch of retarded mooches elected a crypto-muslim from Kenya to make that decision for us.

5 posted on 02/11/2009 9:50:45 PM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: HardStarboard

It discomforts me though that there were still so many Israelis voting for Livni.


6 posted on 02/12/2009 12:26:34 AM PST by SolidWood ("NO on the stimulus package" Governor Palin said.)
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To: umgud

I agree but in Israel they just rejected Netenyahu.

I am finding it harder and harder to worry about them.


7 posted on 02/12/2009 1:07:15 AM PST by NoLibZone ( Obama looks dark because he is 100% full of shit. He's 6% Black.50% White the rest Arab.)
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To: Flavius

I’m sure 0 will be all too happy to supply anything iran needs to supplement it’s nuclear program if it will mean the destruction of Israel.


8 posted on 02/12/2009 2:43:26 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: umgud

Glad you brought that little fact.
And ya knew they would vote for the liberal regardless of how it affected Israel.
Stupid American Jews.


9 posted on 02/12/2009 3:24:21 AM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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