7/7/09

Obama: 'Absolutely' no green light for Israel to attack Iran

Peacenik wonders what goes through Joe Biden's skull some days. Peacenik read Biden's interview on the weekend when Biden appeared to give Israel the green light to attack Iran. Now Obama says no way. Peacenik doesn't know who to believe. Correction. Peacenik doesn't believe either of them. Debating something that should be sacrosanct creates the possibility that it might happen. There should be no debate about the wisdom of starting World War Three. But idiots govern the world.

JPost.com

US President Barack Obama strongly denied that the United States had given Israel an approval to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, in an interview given to CNN television on Tuesday.
US President Barack Obama...

Asked by the network whether Washington had given Israel a green light to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, Obama answered: "Absolutely not."

In the interview, which was broadcast from Russia, where Obama is on an official visit, he added: "We can't dictate to other countries what their security interests are.

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