Obama: If Iran Attacked Israel

Democratic presidential candidates, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, are doing some last-minute campaigning before tomorrow's critical primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.

On CNN's American Morning, Senator Obama was asked about his being overly critical on Senator Clinton's statement that if Iran attacked Israel, the US would "obliterate" them.

Obama also to responded to criticism that he was ambiguous on the issue.

I wasn't ambiguous at all. I said that if Israel was attacked we would respond forcefully. An attack on Israel, one of our most important allies in the world, would be considered as an attack on the United States. Using the word obliterate, however, is the kind of language that we've seen George Bush use over the last seven years.

Senator Obama said that more importantly, the US needs to keep nuclear arsenal out of the hands of Iran. He said he has called for a mix of sanctions as well as talks with Iran in order to prevent that from happening.