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Once again emphasizing there is no fundamental difference between Obama and Romney when it comes to attacking Iran, the American Jewish Committee has published the answers to a questionnaire sent to the candidates.
Romney and Obama in AJC questionnaire pledge to isolate Iran, support Israel | JTA - Jewish & Israel News
I am prepared to use all elements of American power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, Obama said in the questionnaires released Oct. 18 by the AJC, including a political effort to further isolate Iran, a diplomatic effort to sustain our coalition, an economic effort that has imposed crippling sanctions, and a military effort to be prepared for any contingency.
Romneys response was nearly identical:
I will press for ever tightening sanctions on the regime, acting multilaterally where we can and unilaterally where we must, and leave no doubt in the mind of the regimes leaders that the military option remains on the table.
Romney tried to make political points by sucking up to Israel and the Israeli lobby in the United States: Unlike President Obama, I understand that distancing the U.S. from Israel doesnt earn us credibility in the Arab world or bring peace closer, he said. Instead, it encourages Palestinians to hold out and wait for Washington to deliver more Israeli concessions.
Romney said he plans to create regional directors who will possess unified budgetary and policy authority.
The JTAs response to this development: With such powers concentrated in an individual, pro-Israel groups would likely closely watch and want to influence whomever a Romney administration would name to the Middle East post.
In fact, pro-Israel neocons already dictate Romneys Middle East foreign policy. Fifteen of the 22 members of Romneys foreign policy team were policy advisers under Bush, and six of them are former members of PNAC, Joseph Sarkisian points out.
Warning: Mitt Romney's Advisers Are George Bush Neocons Calling for War With Iran
Neocons from the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institute, and the Hudson Institute dominate Romneys advisors. The American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) thinks highly of these policy advisers, who are all ardent supporters of the Israeli desire to end Irans nuclear program with force if necessary, writes Sarkisian.
Just like in Iraq, there is no verifiable proof of WMD in Iran, yet once again the same group of people want to use the same methods to start a similar war for the interests of the few, with no regard for the consequences, he concludes.
Poll results are, of course, highly misleading, but if we are to believe the latest results Romney and Obama are locked in a dead heat sixteen days out from the election.
Another poll, another Obama-Romney dead heat
Establishment fount Forbes predicts that if Obama gets re-elected, Israel will attack Iran in January, a move that will undoubtedly be supported by the United States.
If Obama Gets Second Term, Israel's January Attack on Iran Looms Large - Forbes
Despite Romneys coterie of neocons, Democrat Chuck Schumer believes Obama is more likely to attack Iran than his opponent. Ill tell you this on Iran, and Ive said this to a couple of Romney supporters who agree, that if the sanctions fail, and military action is warranted, a re-elected President Obama is far more likely to launch that kind of military action, probably in concert with Israel, than would Mitt Romney, Schumer told CNN in September.
Schumer: Obama more likely to attack Iran than Romney | The Daily Caller
Following Obamas lackadaisical performance during the first debate, his administration leaked a plan for striking Irans nuclear facilities. CFR member and visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, David Rothkopf, wrote in Foreign Policy earlier this month that the White House and Israeli officials assert that the two sides behind the scenes have come closer together in their views [regarding Iran] in recent days.
» U.S. and Israel Planning Joint Attack On Iran Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Rothkopf quoted a source close to the discussions as saying that a surgical strike aimed at Irans enrichment facilities might take only a couple of hours at best and would be conducted by air using bombers and drones.
Despite the outcome of the election, a strike on Iran limited, surgical or otherwise will occur within the next few months, if not weeks.
Romney and Obama in AJC questionnaire pledge to isolate Iran, support Israel | JTA - Jewish & Israel News
I am prepared to use all elements of American power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, Obama said in the questionnaires released Oct. 18 by the AJC, including a political effort to further isolate Iran, a diplomatic effort to sustain our coalition, an economic effort that has imposed crippling sanctions, and a military effort to be prepared for any contingency.
Romneys response was nearly identical:
I will press for ever tightening sanctions on the regime, acting multilaterally where we can and unilaterally where we must, and leave no doubt in the mind of the regimes leaders that the military option remains on the table.
Romney tried to make political points by sucking up to Israel and the Israeli lobby in the United States: Unlike President Obama, I understand that distancing the U.S. from Israel doesnt earn us credibility in the Arab world or bring peace closer, he said. Instead, it encourages Palestinians to hold out and wait for Washington to deliver more Israeli concessions.
Romney said he plans to create regional directors who will possess unified budgetary and policy authority.
The JTAs response to this development: With such powers concentrated in an individual, pro-Israel groups would likely closely watch and want to influence whomever a Romney administration would name to the Middle East post.
In fact, pro-Israel neocons already dictate Romneys Middle East foreign policy. Fifteen of the 22 members of Romneys foreign policy team were policy advisers under Bush, and six of them are former members of PNAC, Joseph Sarkisian points out.
Warning: Mitt Romney's Advisers Are George Bush Neocons Calling for War With Iran
Neocons from the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institute, and the Hudson Institute dominate Romneys advisors. The American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) thinks highly of these policy advisers, who are all ardent supporters of the Israeli desire to end Irans nuclear program with force if necessary, writes Sarkisian.
Just like in Iraq, there is no verifiable proof of WMD in Iran, yet once again the same group of people want to use the same methods to start a similar war for the interests of the few, with no regard for the consequences, he concludes.
Poll results are, of course, highly misleading, but if we are to believe the latest results Romney and Obama are locked in a dead heat sixteen days out from the election.
Another poll, another Obama-Romney dead heat
Establishment fount Forbes predicts that if Obama gets re-elected, Israel will attack Iran in January, a move that will undoubtedly be supported by the United States.
If Obama Gets Second Term, Israel's January Attack on Iran Looms Large - Forbes
Despite Romneys coterie of neocons, Democrat Chuck Schumer believes Obama is more likely to attack Iran than his opponent. Ill tell you this on Iran, and Ive said this to a couple of Romney supporters who agree, that if the sanctions fail, and military action is warranted, a re-elected President Obama is far more likely to launch that kind of military action, probably in concert with Israel, than would Mitt Romney, Schumer told CNN in September.
Schumer: Obama more likely to attack Iran than Romney | The Daily Caller
Following Obamas lackadaisical performance during the first debate, his administration leaked a plan for striking Irans nuclear facilities. CFR member and visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, David Rothkopf, wrote in Foreign Policy earlier this month that the White House and Israeli officials assert that the two sides behind the scenes have come closer together in their views [regarding Iran] in recent days.
» U.S. and Israel Planning Joint Attack On Iran Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Rothkopf quoted a source close to the discussions as saying that a surgical strike aimed at Irans enrichment facilities might take only a couple of hours at best and would be conducted by air using bombers and drones.
Despite the outcome of the election, a strike on Iran limited, surgical or otherwise will occur within the next few months, if not weeks.
