“Messing” with Israel

"...  what we will be doing even as we enter into this deal is sending a very clear message to the Iranians and to the entire region that if anybody messes with Israel, America will be there."

What does “messes with Israel” mean? No one has the slightest idea. The President unfortunately uses this kind of diction too often, dumbing down his rhetoric for some reason and leaving listeners confused.

"... what I’m willing to do is to make the kinds of commitments that would give everybody in the neighborhood, including Iran, a clarity that if Israel were to be attacked by any state, that we would stand by them.  "

[Council on Foreign relations]

"will be there"????  Just WHERE will Obama be? 

"attacked by any state" ???? That leaves out Hamas and Hezbolah.  

"stand by them" ???? Doing what, sending MRE's and blankets?   

As I have thought, and expressed, for years now..... Obama, or his handlers or speechwriters, either use words carelessly or are intentionally vague about their intentions.  None of these seemingly positive assertions mean a damned thing.  They are not even promises. They are vacuous "sweet nothings"!

[clipper]