{"id":6698,"date":"2012-03-04T17:13:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T00:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=6698"},"modified":"2012-03-04T17:16:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T00:16:44","slug":"obama-reduces-critical-foreign-policy-speech-to-rhetorical-jive-talk-of-a-chicago-street-hoodlum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=6698","title":{"rendered":"Obama reduces critical foreign policy speech to rhetorical lingo of a Chicago street hoodlum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>editor: Obama&#8217;s &#8220;hoodlum speak&#8221; causes one pause as the US arms thugs and gangsters in Middle East, Central America and Mexico and leads the world in illegal drug trade.  Phlipn <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Got your back, Bibi<\/strong><br \/>\nBam: We support Israel vs. Iran<br \/>\nBy S.A. MILLER &#8211; 3 March, 2012 &#8211; NY Post<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Obama yesterday upped the ante in the Iran standoff by warning \u201cI don\u2019t bluff\u201d about military strikes to stop its nuke program.<\/p>\n<p>The tough talk preceded a high-stakes meeting Monday between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have been at odds about whether or when to bomb Iran\u2019s alleged nuclear sites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the Israeli government recognizes that, as president of the United States, I don\u2019t bluff,\u201d Obama told The Atlantic magazine in an interview published yesterday.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nHe said he would make sure Netanyahu knows that the US \u201chas Israel\u2019s back.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The comments were aimed as much at Obama\u2019s audience at home as at Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The president wants to placate Jewish voters who are skeptical about his support for Israel and fend off Republican critics who say he is too soft on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Obama will address the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee AIPAC tomorrow before hosting Netanyahu at the White House. Netanyahu also will give a speech at AIPAC.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/news\/national\/got_your_back_bibi_7qpDJRJBVGD7sc8tlaIt8N\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D6698&amp;text=Obama+reduces+critical+foreign+policy+speech+to+rhetorical+lingo+of+a+Chicago+street+hoodlum&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>editor: Obama&#8217;s &#8220;hoodlum speak&#8221; causes one pause as the US arms thugs and gangsters in Middle East, Central America and Mexico and leads the world in illegal drug trade. Phlipn Got your back, Bibi Bam: We support Israel vs. Iran By S.A. MILLER &#8211; 3 March, 2012 &#8211; NY Post WASHINGTON \u2014 President Obama yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=6698#more-'\" class=\"more-link\">more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[2046],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6698"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6703,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6698\/revisions\/6703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}