Subject: OT - Obama backs Bush
Author: topcatDate: 23 Jul
Obama agrees with Bush on this....at least today he does...
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSL23104041320080723?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true
SDEROT, Israel (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack
Obama said on Wednesday a nuclear Iran would pose a "grave threat" and that
the world must stop Tehran from obtaining an atomic weapon.
Obama told reporters during a visit to Israel that if elected, he would take
"no options off the table" in dealing with the Iran issue and said tougher
sanctions could be imposed.
"A nuclear Iran would pose a grave threat and the world must prevent Iran
from obtaining a nuclear weapon," Obama told reporters after visiting the
Israeli town of Sderot, which lies close to the border with the Hamas-run
Gaza Strip.
He said the international community should immediately offer "big sticks and
big carrots" to persuade Iran to halt its nuclear program. The West suspects
Iran wants to build atom bombs but the Islamic Republic says its aims are
peaceful.
"Iranians need to understand that whether it's the Bush administration or
the Obama administration, this is a paramount concern to the United States,"
he said in Sderot, which has been hit by cross-border rockets fired by
Gaza-based militants.
Israel says Iran provides funds and weapons to Hamas.
"I think there are opportunities for us to mobilize a much more serious
regime of sanctions on Iran, but also to offer them the possibility of
improved relations to the international community if they stand down on
these nuclear weapons."
(Writing by Rebecca Harrison; Editing by Adam Entous)
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TC
Seon Ferguson
Locutus
