Obama: All the evidence indicates that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons

Obama: All the evidence indicates that the Iranians are trying to develop nuclear weapons capability

[propaganda alert]



1) US President Obama: All the evidence indicates that the Iranians are trying to develop nuclear weapons capability (1 April 2009)

from the archives:

2) US presidential candidate Obama: We ignored the threat from Iran and invaded Iraq instead (June 2008)

3) UK Prime Minister Blair: Our intelligence assessment has established beyond doubt that Iraq has continued to produce chemical and biological weapons (September 2002)

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“All the evidence indicates that the Iranians are trying to develop the capacity to develop nuclear weapons.”


[US President Barack Obama, interview with CBS’ ‘The Early Show’, 1 April 2010] [1]

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from the archives:



“The danger from Iran is grave, it is real, and my goal will be to eliminate this threat. […] We knew, in 2002, that Iran supported terrorism. We knew Iran had an illicit nuclear program. We knew Iran posed a grave threat to Israel. But instead of pursuing a strategy to address this threat, we ignored it and instead invaded and occupied Iraq.”


[US Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Barack Obama, speech at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Conference, Washington DC, 4 June 2008] [2]

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“What I believe the assessed intelligence has established beyond doubt is that [Iraq’s President] Saddam [Hussein] has continued to produce chemical and biological weapons, that he continues in his efforts to develop nuclear weapons, and that he has been able to extend the range of his ballistic missile programme.”


[UK Prime Minister Tony Blair’s foreword to the “Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Assessment of the British Government” dossier, 24 September 2002]

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notes:


[1] Obama: “Ratchet Up” Pressure on Iran

CBS News website, 2 April 2010

 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/02/earlyshow/main6356438.shtml


[2] Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: AIPAC Policy Conference

BarackObama.com (the official website of Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign), 4 June 2008

 http://www.barackobama.com/2008/06/04/remarks_of_senator_barack_obam_74.php


[3] Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Assessment of the British Government

Official Documents website (the official catalogue of UK official publications), 24 September 2002

 http://www.archive2.official-documents.co.uk/document/reps/iraq/iraqdossier.pdf

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