Don’t fault Biden, he was just sticking to the same script politicians have used for decades with regard to friendly allied countries who are threatened by hostile authoritarian regimes. But Obama has now entered the fray to correct the record — the United States will no longer sit idly by as a military dictatorship with nuclear ambitions is subjected to the threat of limited strikes for the sake of self-defense:
The United States is “absolutely not” giving Israel a green light to attack Iran, U.S. President Barack Obama told CNN Tuesday. “We have said directly to the Israelis that it is important to try and resolve this in an international setting in a way that does not create major conflict in the Middle East,” Obama said, referring to Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
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