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Obama ducks Helen Thomas on Israel’s nukes, but brags on ‘different’ approach to Muslim world

A brilliant performance by the new president, I'd have to say. But troubling on the same old issues. "I just laughed when Obama said that a nuclear Iran 'might set off a nuclear arms race in the region,'" F.E. Felson says. "I wonder what effect he thinks Israel's 300 nukes have on the region, and on Iranian ambitions." Well Helen Thomas asked him that very question. Do you know of any country in the Middle East that has nuclear weapons? Obama said he didn't care to "speculate." The imperative is to stop a nuclear arms race. When will American politicans stop lying to the American people and themselves on this essential question?

Though Obama was pretty good on George Mitchell. He said that the appointment of Mitchell and his choice to be interviewed by Al-Arabiya sent the signal to the Muslim world that things were going to be "different" under this administration. Prove it. 

(Phil Weiss)

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