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US policy on Iran legitimate
Smadar Shir
Published: 03.10.13, 10:28
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1. "Legitimate" as our prezidnet's
ASTRONAUT ,   SC,USA   (10.03.13)
"birth certificate." yeah. right.
2. Obama. The terorists dont believe u anymore
Adi ,   Zurich   (10.03.13)
Obama. The terorists dont believe u anymore.
3. You forget the price of NOT starting a war
Tahl   (10.03.13)
If you are afraid of a war now, consider the alternative. In one year, give or take a few months, this dilemma would be irrelevant. Iran will hold a nuclear bomb and no one would dare considering a military option. Thanks to Obama's hesitation and ineptitude, Iran would hold the entire world (and the Middle East in particular) hostage to its hell-bent fundamentalism. Sometimes the choice is between bad and much worse.
4. Similar praises have been bestowed on Chamberlain too.
Expat ,   Adelaide   (10.03.13)
5. its important
anton ,   istanbul   (10.03.13)
to realize that obamas hand are more than full at home , he has inhereted the many troubles created by past goverment, he has tried to bring new healtcare system which made wealthy bunch angry, he is facing budget cuts along with one of the worst economy not to mention taping and nsa scandals that weakened public support for him, under these circumstances obama couldnt take political and economic risk of striking syria thre is just no support for another war and americans dont wanna spend apenny for syria just as they dont want same for iran, this made obama to change strategy from iron fist to smooth diplomacy, thats what iran has seen, a window of opportunity to reachout usa and its completly working , in afew months iran will have achived to change western perception about themselves even thou they will keep building the bomb,irans knows once they gain the trust of west the military option is off table since israel albeit can damage iranian facilities can not put serious blow to the program plus such strike alone would make israel look bad after iran seemed to showing sings on reconciliation and provide iran grounds for pursuing nukes while west turns blind eye willingly i would say iran played their hands really well those chess masters and they were lucky,
6. You err !.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (10.03.13)
I Quote - Obama - how should we respond to his promise that Iran will never be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons? The easy answer is "time will tell, as a peace-seeking individual I choose to believe him. Obama knows it is very easy to start a war, but it is impossible to know if and when it will end Comment - Obama is an Idiot as well as you. If Obama togheter with Israel had stricken Iran Five Years ago, that War would have last a couple of Days. But now, given Iran Five years time for to prepere itself, it will last longer and the price for it grows by the Day. Arn.Sweden.
7. Obama's handling of the Iran affair is goo policy for...
Persian CAT   (10.03.13)
the US and its national interests, for Iran, and even for Israel if you're smart enough to realize that. Obama has shown to the world and the American people that he is not going to play second fiddle to the Zionist lobby. Fair and square. Those who don't like it, are free to put a sock in it.
8. Another IDIOTIC article !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (10.03.13)
9. peace, peace and there is no peace
(10.04.13)
this policy will no more lead to peace than czechoslovakia lead to peace, or oslo lead to peace. so far, four years of obama's policy of "engagement" with iran has not stopped a single centrifuge, or even slowed down iran's illegitimate programme of uranium enrichment one bit. at least neville chamberlain had the foresight to prepare for war - i doubt the same could be said of barack hussein obama.
10. Nr 7. You are a Political Idiot !.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (10.04.13)
Obamas policy will show Him and You, that the US has lost all the trust of the Arabs,Israel and even EU and Japan, and therefore has to leave those regions. So He will be the last one to play any fiddle, and with a sock in it. Arn.Sweden.
11. Of course it is legitimate!
Shachar ,   Eilat   (10.04.13)
The President sets policy, there is nothing more legitimate than that. But whatever the policy, results are far from being assured. The failure to stop Iran's nuclear program is due to Obama's predecessors and a number of Israeli prime ministers who decided to do nothing.
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