Tuesday Iran Talking Points

from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for December 28th, 2010:

The Weekly Standard: The Foundation for Defense of Democracies‘ Reuel Marc Gerecht and Mark Dubowitz write that the Obama administration’s sanctions against Iran have “assiduously avoided punishing any major European, Russian, or Chinese transgressor of U.S.-mandated sanctions,” and that they must now “ratchet up significantly the pain in Tehran while encouraging our allies to continue to do more than they’d originally thought possible.” They advocate that the administration expose the role played by the Iranian Republican Guard Corps in the crude oil exporting supply chain and then sanction foreign companies which participate in this trade. “Current sanctions and the regime’s atrocious economic management have brought hard times. For the United States and its allies to be successful, the times need to be made a good deal harder still,” they conclude.

The Washington Post: Jennifer Rubin, writing on her Right Turn blog, picks up on the Weekly Standard’s report on NATO forces capturing a member of Iran’s Qods Force who was serving as a Taliban commander. “Iranian citizens may be pinched by sanctions, but the regime continues to support terrorism, attack U.S. troops and pursue its nuclear program,” writes Rubin. Her post, published on December 27th, noticeably overlooks a retraction of the claim, issued by NATO, on December 24th, which read, “The International Security Assistance Force has determined a cross-border weapons facilitator detained Dec. 18 is not a member of the Iranian Qods force, as was originally reported.” (emphasis added)

The Washington Examiner: American Enterprise Institute Fellow and former UN Ambassador John Bolton opines that Obama’s Iran policy has hinged on a “naive belief” that Iran will engage in negotiations about its nuclear program and has, “…continued to make progress toward obtaining deliverable nuclear weapons, and suffered only minimal economic sanctions as a result.” Bolton suggests that the administration is pursuing a path of containing a nuclear Iran but, “This is almost certainly wrong, since Iran’s leaders do not see human life the same way that Moscow’s atheists did.” He concludes, “Weakness inspires our adversaries, and dispirits our friends, invariably to our collective disadvantage. And in that sense, Barack Obama is truly one of the most provocative presidents in American history.”

Author: Eli Clifton

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6 thoughts on “Tuesday Iran Talking Points”

  1. MR Bolton is a ZIONIST who is a lobbiest for the ficticious state of so called Israel , even-though he acts as an American. What els should we expect from him but manufactured, twisted, spinned lies just made in support of his real boss in ISRAEL. I applaud him as an artful, skilful and a very capable politician who designe his lies attractively

    1. John Bolton is a chickenhawk neocon scumbag who ought to get the hell over to Israel. It's where his real loyalties lie, after all.

  2. RE: "John Bolton opines that Obama’s Iran policy has hinged on a 'naive belief' that Iran will engage in negotiations about its nuclear program…" – Eli Clifton
    MY SNARK: Why is this son of a fireman always so determined to start new fires, and never interested in trying to put them out? Daddy issues?
    I wonder if his father loathed poorly groomed mustaches. I'm betting he did!

  3. RE: "Her [Jennifer Rubin's] post, published on December 27th, noticeably overlooks a retraction of the claim, issued by NATO, on December 24th" – Eli Clifton
    MY SNARK: Whaddaya expect, it's The Washington Post fer gosh sakes! "Close enough for government work!"

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  5. Why would a site that publishes daily Iran talking points that clearly oppose US policy run a headline article that basically slanders Iran with an article that does the exact opposite? Who is in charge of this site? Is Antiwar hedging its bets by supporting both sides of the issue?
    Why are pro war articles concerning Afghanistan by Time magazine given headline prominence?
    Why was there a pro imperialist article written concerning Nicaragua a few weeks ago?
    Evidently there are individuals at this site including the editor who have ultra right ideas that are inconsistent with the theme of anti war and everything in common with US imperialism.

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