re: Did Obama call for a cease fire when Hamas was shelling Israel?

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Didnt he also say Israel have the right to defend themselves ?

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Yes, but he meant in the context of shooting down rockets via the Iron Dome. Not going into Gaza and physically destroying and removing those rockets.

Furthermore, I don't pretend to understand exactly what Obama means all the time. One of his hallmark traits is to use hedging language. He does it all the time. His positions are soft and pliable.

The Benghazi speech in the Rose Garden was a perfect example of Obama's hedging language:

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In tonight’s presidential debate President Obama maintains that he called the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi a “act of terror”, which turns out to be accurate. However, the President is using a play on words. The full transcript below supports that assertion, which the moderator, Candy Crowley vehemently confirmed the President did do. However, the legal term of “act of terrorism” is never used. Furthermore, the President clearly implies that attack was a result of the reaction to an anti-Muslim film released on YouTube in the transcript the White House released with the video below.

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