Obama: U.S. Shouldn’t Be Distraction For Iran In an interview with CBS, President Obama explained his cautious approach to the situation in Iran. “The last thing that I want to do,” said Obama, “is to have the United States be a foil for — those forces inside Iran who would love nothing better than to make this an argument about the United States. That’s what they do. That’s what we’ve already seen. We shouldn’t be playing into that. There should be no distractions from the fact that the — Iranian people are seeking to — let their voices be heard.”
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