“I would never take a military option off the table.”
Barack Obama on Iran, throughout 2008 presidential campaign.
"We are not taking any option off the table at all.”
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, January 2009 Senate confirmation hearing, responding to question concerning the Iran military option.
"Obviously, we don't want Iran to become a nuclear weapons power, but we are not planning anything other than going for sanctions."
Hillary Clinton, Al-Arabiya television, Wednesday, February 17, 2010.
Observe that Clinton says that the Obama administration is now "planning" upon "going for" sanctions; she does not say that Obama is ready to impose them immediately. What should Iranians, both the Green Movement and the Revolutionary Guard, understand from this dalliance and avoidance of any hint at confrontation?
Here, in this timeline, we finally see it, "Change You Can Believe In!", all in keeping with the Obama Doctrine of appeasing your enemies, while undermining your friends. Thanks, Barack, for inspiring such confidence and trust . . .
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