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MrMind

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Obama has been unwilling to attack Iran's nuclear

Not directly, true, but it's highly probable that it was his administration which greenlighted Stuxnet and its successors. It's still a subject of debate how much that worm was able to slow down Iran's program, but it was nonetheless an act of aggression (and the first salvo in the incoming cyber-war).

it's highly probable that it was his administration which greenlighted Stuxnet and its successors.

Stuxnet was developed and launched under Bush. Obama just continued with the program (that is, if the three-letter agencies even bothered to tell him).