President Obama is fighting fire that was caused by Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks yesterday. He has clarified the Vice President’s statements, saying that he does not agree that Israel should attack Iran, but US may not be able stop Israel from doing so.

This is a position of common sense. If the Israelis want to do it, who is there to stop them? That does not mean that America would agree with Israel’s actions. The clarity of this statement that came out of the Presidents mouth was great and nobody could argue with that.

There are also unconfirmed reports coming from blogs (not news agencies) that Israeli leaders would not seek American approval should they want to bomb Iran. The Israeli leaders are not confident that they would get the response they want from President Obama and his administration.

That may spell some trouble at home. We can guarantee that this would become an issue that the Republicans would take up with. They would claim that the President have pushed friends away to get his enemies closer to him. I think that Israel would not by any means want to be on the wrong side of Washington, especially since we give them a lot of aid every year.

President Obama also clearly stated that the policy with Iran is, and has always been during his administration, one of engagement. That should soothe some nerves in the Middle Eash where America may not be that loved, but President Obama is.

I do think that the President is opening himself up to some controversy here. There would definitely be some people that would entertain the thought of President Obama not letting Israel defend herself. This may not be true, but there sure would be some allegations of such from whack-jobs such as Representative Michelle Bachman of This is seriously why America needs more common sense and Vice President Biden must learn to control his mouth. As I said yesterday, VP Biden is right more often than he is wrong. But at times what he say can be taken wrongly and can cause a commotion.

Other non-important news relating to this is that Israel has released former Congresswoman and Independent Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney. Representative McKinney was on a ship that trespassed Israeli waters with aid to Gaza.

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