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April 29, 2010
Obama to Water Down Iran Sanctions: What a Surprise
A month ago I told you this was going to happen and got nothing but grief for it in the comments:
White House seeks to soften Iran sanctions: Wants exemption for firms based in China and Russia The Washington Times by Eli Lake April 29, 2010The Obama administration is pressing Congress to provide an exemption from Iran sanctions to companies based in "cooperating countries," a move that likely would exempt Chinese and Russian concerns from penalties meant to discourage investment in Iran.
The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act is in a House-Senate conference committee and is expected to reach President Obama's desk by Memorial Day.
"It's incredible the administration is asking for exemptions, under the table and winking and nodding, before the legislation is signed into law," Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican and a conference committee member, said in an interview. A White House official confirmed Wednesday that the administration was pushing the conference committee to adopt the exemption of "cooperating countries" in the legislation.
The mullahs' are licking their chops! If you haven't been to Israel, go quickly before it's too late.
Via NRO, a new group called "Keep Israel Safe" summarizes the danger to Israel:
But it's not just Israel that's in danger. Liz Cheney's and Bill Kristol's Keep America Safe:
A new estimate sent from the Defense Department to Capitol Hill puts the date at which Iran could threaten the U.S. homeland with a ballistic missile at 2015. That replaces the May 2009 National Intelligence Estimate (which Obama officials cited as the reason for cancelling the Eastern European sites) timeframe of 2015-2020. Actually, "replace" is the wrong word. "Revert" is better, since an earlier estimate placed the range at 2012-2015. (The Weekly Standard)
This whole thing is headed nowhere good.
Yes yes, Bush didn't solve the problem either, yada yada yada. One, all conservatives and I criticized him for it ( I wrote time and again that our best course of action would be to use one means or another to overthrow the Iranian regime), and two, I thought Obama would usher in a new era of world cooperation and all that. If so he'd better get a move on.
What's Obama's plan for Iran? There isn't one
(yeah the video is a few months old but nothing's changed). We're coming down to either an Iranian nuke or military action by the U.S. or Israel. Either way, it's going to be ugly.
Posted by Tom at April 29, 2010 9:30 PM
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Let's face it, Obama doesn't really care if Iran gets the bomb. He doesn't understand how such an event will fundamentally weaken world, let alone U.S. national security.
Besides, in his world it's unfair that the U.S. is a superpower with nuclear weapons and Iran is not.
He's just TOO STUPID to realize how his policies will lead to a weakening or even destruction of the peace he claims to value.
Posted by: Mike's America at May 3, 2010 12:57 PM
