Posted on 02/05/2012 11:53:00 PM PST by Olog-hai
President Barack Obama said on Sunday there were important risks to consider before any military strike against Iran and made clear he does not want to see more conflict in the oil-producing Gulf region.
In a television interview, Obama also said he did not believe Tehran had the "intentions or capabilities" to attack the United States, playing down the threats from Tehran and saying he wanted a diplomatic end to the nuclear standoff.
"Any kind of additional military activity inside the Gulf is disruptive and has a big effect on us. It could have a big effect on oil prices. We've still got troops in Afghanistan, which borders Iran. And so our preferred solution here is diplomatic," Obama said.
His comments echoed concerns expressed by earlier by Iran's neighbor Turkey that an attack on Iran would be disastrous. …
Iran says its nuclear program is meant to produce energy, not weapons.
But its recent shift of uranium enrichment to a mountain bunker—possibly impervious to conventional bombing—and refusal to negotiate peaceful guarantees for the program or open up to U.N. inspectors have raised fears about Iran's ambitions as well as concerns about Gulf oil supplies. …
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Obama is the most dangerous person in the world. He restrains Israel and the Us military while negotiating with an enemy who is vastly smarter and determined than he is.
But then later couldn't intervene fast enough in Egypt and Libya and is now feverishly working behind the scenes to bring 'democratic reform' to Syria.
LMAO When did Obama start worrying about anything affecting oil prices?
We are paying about double what we did when he came to office and it’s going up all the time.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2842796/posts
I have to agree with the author of the above link’s article. A shadow war (layman’s term for a USGOV term) is the most pragmatic way to deal with the Shi’a radicals of Iran. The question is, does our administration have the coconuts/desire to conduct it and the ability to enlist worthy silent allies to the cause.
We shall see. The future of our children lie in the balance.
Regards.
Exclusive: New U.S. Commando Team Operating Near Iran
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/jsotf-gcc/#more-70120
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are at a high point, as the Islamic Republic threatens to close off a vital waterway and two U.S. aircraft carrier battle groups sit in the seas off the Iranian coast. But across the Persian Gulf, the U.S. has a previously unacknowledged weapon in reserve: a new special operations team.
Danger Room has confirmed with the U.S. Special Operations Command that a new elite commando team is operating in the region. The primary, day-to-day mission of the team, known as Joint Special Operations Task Force-Gulf Cooperation Council, is to mentor military units belonging to the U.S.’ oil-rich Arab allies, who collectively are known as the Gulf Cooperation Council. Those Arab states consider Iran to be their primary foreign threat.
The task force provides “highly trained personnel that excel in uncertain environments,” Maj. Rob Bockholt, a spokesman for special-operations forces in the Mideast, tells Danger Room, and “seeks to confront irregular threats.” The U.S. military has not previously acknowledged the existence of the team, known as JSOTF-GCC for short.
The unit began its existence in mid-2009 — around the time that the Iranian leadership rejected President Obama’s offer of a new diplomatic dialogue and underwent a serious internal challenge to its legitimacy from Green Movement protesters. But whatever the task force does about Iran — or might do in the future — is a sensitive subject with the military.
D-day was risky.
Little boy was risky.
Fat man was risky.
Dear Obama,
You are several pay grades out of your league. Shut. Up.
This team is the reason there was an attempt on the life of the Saudi Ambassador in Washington DC
We have only hints at how successful their students have been with several dead scientists and two big explosions.
Drill, baby, drill
Rush Limbaugh: Obama is now into caliphate building — he believes he is the 12th Imam.
http://nation.foxnews.com/rush-limbaugh/2011/03/29/limbaugh-obama-believes-hes-12th-imam
However, failing to attack Iran is suicide. If we let Iran get nukes, we will see nuclear weapons used in the near future.
That of course begs the question as to whether we should only get into wars where no risk to us is involved, then. I've never heard of a risk-free war.
Attacking Iran is risky
Now that's the greater risk of the two.
However, failing to attack Iran is suicide. If we let Iran get nukes, we will see nuclear weapons used in the near future
Not to mention the Delaware crossing to go after the Hessians in Trenton was quite risky. And what with the current president’s numerous references to Lincoln, the backhanded implication that the Civil War was risk-free is an insult to that particular forerunner.
Your examples are better than mine. :-)
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