U.S. Steps Up Sanctions, Says Iran Violates International Obligations. Sheldon Adelson & family.
What are “international obligations? Does the United States have to uphold them along with other counties? Does Washington even know they are defined as “obligations owed by states to the international community as a whole, intended to protect and promote the basic values and common interests of all.” Most likely to attack Iran. When it comes to praising President Obama’s foreign policy skill and Toughness (in the neocon sense of that term: i.e., a willingness to risk other people’s lives with the use of military force against foreigners), The Atlantic‘s Jeffrey Goldberg has been one of the most reliable and vocal voices.
Considered by Obama aides “as the ‘official therapist’ of the U.S. -Israel relationship,” Goldberg has been particularly important in vouching for Obama to Israelis and American Jews on the ground that nobody will be Tougher on Iran than Obama (in return for this service, Goldberg — like all helpful journalists are — has been rewarded by the White House with substantial career-boosting access). In his Bloomberg column this morning, Goldberg argues that Israeli officials should pray for Obama’s victory in the November election, and makes this argument in support: Romney, by all accounts, is uninterested in inheriting the mantle of President George W.
Attacking Iran Through Sanctions. Now that the talks with Iran on its nuclear program appear to be on the ropes, are we on the road to war? The Israelis threaten it almost weekly, and the Obama administration has reportedly drawn up an attack plan. Gaming An Iran War: How Washington Plans For Aggression. When we hear that the United States government is announcing a new policy, it is usually the result of a detailed process, a calculated weighing of options and scenarios in which planners seek to calculate the likely impact and reaction to policies they are advocating.
The stepped-up anti-Iranian sanctions strategy now underway was not an off the top of the head impulsive decision, but one reached through a process of careful strategizing — as in, if we do this, what are they likely to do? It’s just one step of an ongoing process with many stages that usually leads to armed conflict even if it is always presented as a way to reduce conflict. Sometimes strategists seek to provoke the very responses they decry.
Bipartisanship and Iran. Several days ago, a letter was sent to President Obama urging a harder-line on Iran, including ever-harsher sanctions and more aggressive threats of war in the event that the current negotiations fail to produce a quick and total resolution.
What makes the letter notable is that it was not sent by AIPAC (at least not nominally), but rather by 44 Senators, exactly half of whom (22) are Democrats. That includes liberal Senate stalwarts such as Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, and Sherrod Brown. We can't crush Iran - Foreign policy. This month’s Vanity Fair has a feature on Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
“An Israeli strike against Tehran’s nuclear facilities gone awry may pose the single greatest peril to his political future, which may be the biggest guarantee — more than American opposition to any move or the effectiveness of sanctions — that it won’t happen,” the article reads. Indeed, gradually and without fanfare, the possibility of a military strike against Iran, which only a few months ago seemed imminent, has lately receded from view. It seems that perhaps the U.S. and Israel came to their senses and realized that an attack on Iran would be disastrous. Obama Ordered Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran. A Persian Gulf of Tonkin in the Making? Iranians Say They Took Secret Data From Drone. The air force commander of Iran’s , Brig.
Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, suggested in remarks to the country’s semiofficial news agency that Iran had or would soon reverse-engineer the aircraft, known as the RQ-170 Sentinel, though American intelligence officials and experts have discounted the country’s ability to do so. Iran's Supreme Leader: Nuclear Weapons 'A Sin' Leave Us Out of Another Middle East War. By JAMES G.
ABOUREZK One of the most vivid memories I have of my service in the U.S. Senate was of an early Democratic caucus. It was in January of 1973, not long after President Richard Nixon and his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, had ordered the carpet bombing of Hanoi in an effort to strong arm the Vietnamese into surrendering. It was a horrendous and savage attack on a nation of peasants who chose to try to expel an army of foreigners from their land. Ex-Hostages Keep Pressing for Right to Seek Damages From Iran. Rich Addicks for The New York Times Charles W.
Scott, a former hostage who said that the lack of action against Iran could embolden America’s enemies. More Photos » Now 72 and a retired Air Force colonel, Mr. Does The U.S. Have A Team In Iran? The Real Nuclear Outlaws. While United States and Israeli leaders, duly assisted by a warmongering media, ramp up war talk against Iran, two troublesome pieces of information are ritually ignored.
First, even American intelligence reports conclude that Iran is not close to building a nuclear-weapons program. Second, it is the U.S. and Israel – not Iran – that stand in flagrant violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The real nuclear outlaws are located in Washington and Tel Aviv rather than in Tehran. The consensus of 17 U.S. agencies, as reported by National Intelligence Estimates of 2007 and 2011, finds that Iran has not enriched uranium above 20 percent purity, far short of the nearly 90 percent essential to weapons development.
Further, no viable nuclear delivery system or command structure has been uncovered. Obama Clears Way for Measures Against Iran. Www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL32048.pdf. Iran sanctions bring unintended, unwanted results. Special Report: Intel shows Iran nuclear threat not imminent. Iran and the IAEA. 5 Politicians Pushing the US Closer to a Disastrous War With Iran. Republican candidates for president have made Iran a top issue in their attacks on President Barack Obama. Iran-Contra and Arms-for-Hostages Scandals. Is The Past The Future? The News Dissector Reports From And On Iran. The TV series House of Lies is about business but it could as easily be about government and foreign policy.
In a recent episode, one of the management consultants pitches a company about the need to launch a new product. She recounts the story of the Polaroid Company known as the Apple of its day, widely admired for the cool design of its instant cameras. When I lived in Cambridge, Mass., Polaroid was one of the town’s biggest employers, an economic powerhouse. But soon it was gone. It failed to see new competitive products on the horizon. It went bankrupt. That seems to be the case of our own bankrupt foreign policy that operates with a limited playbook, of negative “options” build around threats, warnings, covert actions and military adventures. The gap between what we say and what we do has become a chasm, a paper tiger in words first coined by Chairman Mao.
Here’s President Obama, counseling Israel, a nuclear power not to attack Iran which fears could become one. Derkha Derkha Muhammed Jihad. Chomsky: Are We About to Get Embroiled in a Nightmare War With Iran? March 13, 2012 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Attacking Iran. Israel will not attack Iran. And Why They're Dead Wrong. Photo Credit: ShutterStock.com March 8, 2012 | Trita Parsi Extended Interview - Pt. 2 - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 03/08. Trita Parsi - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 03/08.
Activists OccupyAIPAC with Message to Congress: No War On Iran (Video) ABC and the (Still) Growing Iran Threat. ABC World News was responsible for a flagrantly propagandistic report about Iran on January 31. They're still at it. At the top of the March 5 report, anchor Diane Sawyer announced that Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were talking about "the growing nuclear threat from Iran. " Time's Iran Nuke Assumptions.
Satellite Intelligence: Iran 2012, Iraq 2003. The big news today looks and sounds familiar. Obama to Romney: Make Your Case For War With Iran Or Quit Talking About It. Pro-Israel Lobbyists Have Washington’s Ear on Iran. Rumsfeld denies making claims Iraq had WMDs. WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld tried to rewrite history last week when he denied making prewar claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Iran, threats and the UN Charter. (updated below) The incomplete media debate on Iran. (updated below – Update II [Sat.]) 37 Reps Say No to War, Yes to Diplomacy. Rep. Keith Ellison (MN), Rep. Brazil Takes the Lead in Trying to Stop Another Senseless War. Brazil’s foreign minister, Antonio Patriota, made a courageous and very important statement last week about the rising threat of a military attack on Iran. Two Former Senators Wonder if Saudi Government Involved in 9/11. Upping the Ante in Iran Propaganda.
Obama: No Option Off The Table Except Snatching Iran's Leaders With Hook Lowered From Plane And Flying Them To Washington. The Slide to War. Robert Naiman: Keith Ellison and Walter Jones Stand Up for Diplomatic Engagement With Iran. Www.mnftiu.cc » war81. Hot Air from Iran Hides Its Weakness. Gen. McCaffrey privately briefs NBC execs on war with Iran.