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No, I never said that, i just think Obama operates smart in relation to conflicts, not with brawn, when he can, that is.. and imo the exception would be if US ships, etc were attacked.. My take on his war/conflict tactics is he tries to go about it with the least loss of life (for Americans).. how many dead Americans from Bush's wars? Obama seems to want to avoid that if he can.. but I have no doubt he would send in the great US war machine if he needed to tho.. Moving in a few carriers at this point is (imo) to show he wouldnt hesitate to do what he felt he needed to do.. its basically just a warning right now.. jmo, of course..

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If strikes and counterstrikes happen
Obama would probably win by default
because no one will be able to find
Mitt. He and Ryan will be racing across
the Plains in the weinermobile with
the family dogs strapped on top trying
to get to the Romney family bunker
so they can sit out the Rapture in
relative comfort.

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If Netanyahu strikes Iran he has played his ace and his ability to influence either the election or Obama is reduced considerably. Far better for him to extract a series of concessions from Obama that will tie Obama’s hands for the duration of his second term and (from Netanyahu’s POV) ensure Israel/AIPAC's ongoing stranglehold over US policy in the ME. Another four years and the colonisation of the West Bank will be irreversible, the already-comatose Two State solution dead and buried - two of Netanyahu's primary goals will be "facts on the ground".

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

Its his ad campaign... approved by him.

If he didnt mean it, why did he say it?

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If Netanyahu strikes Iran he has played his ace and his ability to influence either the election or Obama is reduced considerably. Far better for him to extract a series of concessions from Obama that will tie Obama’s hands for the duration of his second term and (from Netanyahu’s POV) ensure Israel/AIPAC's ongoing stranglehold over US policy in the ME. Another four years and the colonisation of the West Bank will be irreversible, the already-comatose Two State solution dead and buried - two of Netanyahu's primary goals will be "facts on the ground".

Excellent post. What sort of concessions do you suppose Netanyahu wants or needs?

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ORIGINAL: vincentML

Drat! is that in the TOS?

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There will be the usual proclamations of eternal solidarity. Expect further expansion of economic and military co-operation. Access to the specialised technology and hardware needed for operations such as those Netanyahu envisages for Iran will be high on the list, along with any other advanced military technology that tickles Netanyahu's (or the IDF's) fancy.

Politically, Israel will be looking for the US to take the diplomatic flak if it does go alone on Iran next year and agreement that Iran is the major threat to ME stability (which keeps Occupied Palestine off the international agenda for the time being). Netanyahu will want increased US diplomatic pressure on Egypt to shore up its southern flank and freedom to intervene in Syria (ostensibly to recover Syria's WMDs) if the situation demands it.

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The United States sold 85 new F-15 Fighter Planes to the Saudi last year and upgraded 70 already in their fleet, ostensibly due to fears of Iran. If the fears are legit in S.A. they might well be for Netanyahu even though the Israeli people are divided. Those in my circle have accepted Bibi's premise.
US arms sales

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If your insightful position bears up we can assume Bibi already has extracted those conditions from Romney, don't you think? It will be interesting to see if Romney goes beyond platitudes on the subject in his acceptance speech this week.

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ORIGINAL: Politesub53

Romneys remarks about birth certificatse show he doesnt have many real talking points to address the electorate with.

Actually, it shows he's an idiot. It's been said for months that Obama wins if the focus is not on the economy. Romney's not a strong enough man to keep his own party in check and he keeps devolving back to the birther thing and social issues, which will let him hold his base but nothing else.

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ORIGINAL: DaNewAgeViking

As for Iran - a series of surgical air strikes by carriers and stealth bombers can effectively neutralize the threat without the folly of a ramps-down invasion and ten years of counter insurgency warfare. Unlike the Radicals, who don't care for the human or financial cost, Obama learned from Douche's mistakes.

As for Israel - if they unilaterally start something, and Iran retaliates by closing the oil routes, that will go a long way to destroying any support the Israeli's have in the USA. If we suffer major military losses on top of an oil crisis - say a carrier gets sunk - Tel Aviv can probably kiss American support good-bye.

As for the election - when push comes to shove, the voters will take a hard look, and vote Obama simply because there is no real alternative. True, he is a weakling, but at least he is legally sane.
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As for Iran - a couple of properly geographically placed nukes will reduce Iran to glass.

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Romney called for the US embassy to be moved to Jerusalem during his ill-fated foreign tour recently. His public pronouncements on Iran have been far more hawkish than Obama's. So it seems he has signed up for the Zionist agenda already. No cause for optimism here, more wars seem far more likely with Mittens than Obama.

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As for the election - if the media actually acts like the professional journalist they're supposed to be, the voters will become aware of Obama's true Communist/Marxist/Socialist colors and vote for Romney simply because the alternative is tyranny. Obama is indeed legally sane, but anyone who votes for him is not.

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ORIGINAL: RacerJim

Actually, it shows the left can't take a joke.