Obama blasts GOP for ‘casual’ talk on Iran

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President Barack Obama
Tuesday used his first press conference in four months to explicitly
attack his Republican opponents for the “casualness” of their rhetoric
regarding war with Iran.

“What’s said on the campaign trail, those folks don’t have a lot of responsibilities. They’re not commander-in-chief,” he said.

Obama’s press conference came on the afternoon of Super
Tuesday, as 10 states hold Republican presidential primaries, and he
used the opportunity to remind voters that he’s a president serious
about global threats from Iran and continuing to improve the economy.

“There’s no doubt that those who are suggesting or proposing or
beating the drums of war should explain clearly to the American people
what the costs and benefits of war would be,” Obama said. “Typically
it’s not people who are popping off who pay the price.”