And my point was: virtually ALL (if not all) politicians frequently use the "false dichotomy" set of only 2 supposed starkly opposite choices in order to advance an argument. It works well rhetorically, and people usually accept it at face value and believe it.

If Obama has done so, well, that's nothing very unusual, is it? I bet every president has done so, and done so numerous times...just like they've all said things like:

"We are at the crossroads..." (What? Again???? Not that fuckin' crossroads again!)