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Obama's fatal attraction to Iran
Shoula Romano Horing
Published: 02.05.15, 08:27
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1. Add old ex-Mossad bosses trusting Obama & licking his boots
ab   (05.02.15)
Now they're getting scared and "warning Iran against attacking Israel".
2. Kind To Obama
EZEKIAL HAIM ,   LONDON UK   (05.02.15)
You are being too kind to Obama saying that he believes that Iran's Ayatollahs will change their stance once treated as a normal country by the west and become a peaceful country, .What if it is the other way round,more in tune in what Obama's preacher Jeremiah Wright believes which is that the USA is evil and it is a terrorist state and perhaps evil should be counterbalanced with another evil ,that is an aggressive Iran with a nuclear bomb in order to make the word a more balanced place and the hell with the consequences of that.Obama probably also believes that Israel and Netanyahu are part of the USA complex of evil and deserves to be curtailed and punished because of its policy towards the Palestinians.In other words Obama is ensuring that with his Iran deal and with time Iran will definitely become a nuclear power to balance the USA especially as Russia in now not powerful enough to balance the power of the USA.Surely a clever academic like Obama cannot be so naive as to believe that Iran will become peaceful.I think that he believes that the world needs an Islamic superpower to balance the evil superpowers of the west.He believes in the balance of evils.
3. Obama is arming the Muslim world
CJK   (05.02.15)
obama is gifting nuclear weapons to iran and stealth weapons to the gulf states to fight nuclear iran. obama is not any more naive than rioting arsonist. obama loves revolutionary iran and its unceasing chants of death to america, death to israel. obama sees in iran a successful liberator of the masses, an anti-colonialist, anti-western state which has survived despite its thirty year terror rampage and the seizure of the american embassy. it would be a mistake to think that obama views american naional security through the same prism as would the average american. obama's fascinations stem from his narcissistic personality and from his personal journey. obama loves the oppressed but he loves their oppressors even more. his sympathies lie with the oppressors since it is with the oppressors that he identifies. obama sheds crocodile tears over the murderous jihadists in guantanomo, but allowed the shia terror regime to slaughter young revolutionaries. obama is against torture, except in syria where young children are taken to the dungeons and raped and tortures. in the future, much will be written about obama's dark, cold, merciless acts of terror.
4. O-BA-MA - means in the persian Language .
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (05.02.15)
" HE IS WITH US " !. Arn.Sweden.
5. So what ?
Arv   (05.02.15)
it's fine to criticize Obama's politics but what are the alternatives proposed? More sanctions ad vitam aerternam, a tomahawk rain? You are talking about the Iranian people but what have you done for them? In 2009 it would have been clever to support covertly the people and help them topple the mullahcratie. Military action is not really an option now and you know it ,so the only way to help for the transition from this despicable regime seems to be an appeasement. It would perhaps create sufficient relief for the people on the street to demand more freedom and to act against the regime but in any case they would need support from the outside world. Not just plain words about their being on the right side of history but logistics, equipment so on. I am amazed that insane jihadists have been supplied, the people in Libya have been supplied but the Iranian people are blatantly ignored to their fate of either becoming bankrupt under sanctions or killed and raped by the thugs of the Iranian regime. If an appeasement proves to be successful, one can only hope that this opening would give confidence to the only truly pro-west people in the ME outside of Israel to put an end to the Islamic dictatorship, whether in a swift counter revolution move or in a slower less radical transition.
6. Obama's Fatal Attraction...
(05.02.15)
Although the article is an opinion it is irresponsible journalism it's extreme language, accusations & ridiculous comparison are without consideration of a wanting peace & security rather an innuendo that sanctions succeed which in reality could turn on us all & bring about disaster!
7. A Good article - I Quote -
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (05.02.15)
" the concerns of many rational experts (is) that Obama is detached from reality, obsessive, compulsive, delusional and irrational about present day Iran and its true intentions. and - President Obama seems to naively believe that if he befriends and develops a relationship with "bad boy" Iran, he can "save" them and the world in the process. Comment - You err - It is Obama who is the Bad(est) Boy, He is False/Falsehood. And - Congress must stop Obama from destroying the future of the free world Comment - Yes - if they can !. Arn.Sweden.
8. Sheula: how do you KNOW all this? do you have facts or ...
Rafi ,   US   (05.02.15)
just your unsubstantiated opinions? Supposedly you are an attorney - you should know the difference between the two...
9. Obama
Fred Willis ,   Chicago USA   (05.02.15)
Obama is a rational man and knows full well that the Iranian nuclear industry cannot be seriously degraded without a land invasion. The facility at Fordow is too deep even for nuclear weapons to take out. Israel is so casualty averse that it has done nothing about the tunnels in Gaza or Lebanon from which virtually all the rockets are launched against Israel. When Israel has the koach to go in and rip out the tunnels in Lebanon and Gaza, then, and only then does Israel have a right to talk about Obama. Obama knows that in spite of the Republican rhetoric, there is no way the US is going to invade Iran to get rid of their nuclear industry. They are so close to a weapon in spite of the sanctions, that all the talk about sanctions is just malarkey. Foolishness. Shtuyot. What about Israel invading Iran? Will never happen.
10. Nr.5 and 6.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (05.02.15)
You err !. Your Chamberlaining opinnions are Usefull Idiocy only. Evil has had its way to long time in Iran now so, only a showdown with Force is possible. This is the case because of the Usefull Chamberlaining Idiocy exhibited in this case to this wery day. Arn.Sweden.
11. Obama and Iran
Walid ,   Spain   (05.03.15)
Though a very intelligent an eloquent man, Obama, who was the hope for many both in the US and abroad, has proven to be the vilest president in the history of the United States. He failed in domestic politics, and on the international political scene he has proven to be a disaster. He mishandled every international hot spot miserably. Whether in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya and the list goes on and on, his yoyo policies brought instability, destruction, death and economic mayhem. He is neither a friend to Israel nor to the Arabs. His policies and actions or inactions in the Middle East have brought confusion and instability. He alienated his friends in the region by not following up on his promises. I think now is the time for Arabs and Jews to take the initiative in their own hands by resolving their differences and making peace and joining hands against the evil enemies in the region which are threatening their existence. These evil enemies are Iran and its cronies as well as ISIS. Just like Israel, who is accustomed of conducting preventive wars since decades, Saudi Arabia and its coalition of Arab Gulf States have finally took the same initiative in Yemen in order to safeguard their own countries. The clock is ticking and there is no time to lose. In order to achieve permanent peace in the Middle East, the only effective option is an Arab-Israeli coalition against their common adversaries. After all, Jews and Arabs are cousins…
12. President Obama is delusional
Joe johns ,   u s a   (05.03.15)
i read this opinion and wondered " what is the audience ". President is attempting to stop war, which seems a national obsession in Israel . Please be logical .
13. Obama is not naive. He is on Iran's side
Chaim ,   Israel   (05.04.15)
When you understand that Obama is really on Iran's side; it all makes sense.
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