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Obama on Iran: A Dove in Hawk’s Clothing

By Troy Senik
Thursday, March 08 2012

Based on the media’s reaction, you would think that Barack Obama has discovered his inner Theodore Roosevelt in the last week. A recent Wall Street Journal editorial proclaimed, “As White House U-turns go, President Obama's hawkish rhetorical shift on Iran in the last week has been remarkable.” Fox News, similarly breathless, reported in an online piece, “Obama is delivering saber-rattling speeches at AIPAC and using cowboy talk about Iran that would have made George W. Bush blush.” The predicate for this sudden reappraisal of the calcium content of the president’s…

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