http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/printedition/chi-0409250111sep25,1,4555304.story September 25, 2004
U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama suggested Friday that the United States one day might have to launch surgical missile strikes into Iran and Pakistan to keep extremists from getting control of nuclear bombs.
...the United States should not rule out military strikes to destroy nuclear production sites in Iran, Obama said.
"The big question is going to be, if Iran is resistant to these pressures, including economic sanctions, which I hope will be imposed if they do not cooperate, at what point are we going to, if any, are we going to take military action?" Obama asked.
Given the continuing war in Iraq, the United States is not in a position to invade Iran, but missile strikes might be a viable option, he said. Obama conceded that such strikes might further strain relations between the U.S. and the Arab world.
"In light of the fact that we're now in Iraq, with all the problems in terms of perceptions about America that have been created, us launching some missile strikes into Iran is not the optimal position for us to be in," he said.
"On the other hand, having a radical Muslim theocracy in possession of nuclear weapons is worse. So I guess my instinct would be to err on not having those weapons in the possession of the ruling clerics of Iran. ... And I hope it doesn't get to that point. But realistically, as I watch how this thing has evolved, I'd be surprised if Iran blinked at this point." ...
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>Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:29:49 -0500
>From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
>Subject: Re: foxy! Re: [lbo-talk] noonan on obama
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
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>snitsnat wrote:
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>> dayam! it's important that obama run. what a fuckin' fox -- an
>> intellectual, smart, foxy man.*sigh* if i must endure
another election
>> season, please let it be with a fox running for office.
please please
>> please. i just love that geeky awkwardness and good looks
and charm. man.
>> i'm going to go melt and quiver now.
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>Pure wishful thinking, on your part and on Justin's. In
addition to the
>ponts Carl E. makes, Obama has beaten the drums for an attack
on Iran.
>He sure is foxy, and he's been given the run of the chicken
coop it
>seems from the gushing on this list.
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>Carrol