from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for February 7th, 2011:
The Weekly Standard: The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Benjamin Weinthal blogs that U.S. senators “have reached a breaking point†with Germany’s “recalcitrant position about shutting down Iran’s main financial conduit in Europe—the Hambug-based European-Iranian Trade Bank (EIH).†Weinthal cites a letter signed by eleven senators which calls on the government of Germany to shut down the bank. Weinthal interprets the letter: “In short, the senators are charging the German government with being an accomplice to busting Iranian sanctions, and in connection with not stopping Iran’s drive to obtain nuclear weapons.â€
The Weekly Standard: Weekly Standard senior editor and Hudson Institute visiting fellow Lee Smith opines on the Obama administration’s continued habit of “project[ing] weakness†in the Middle East. “It was the June 2009 uprising following the Iranian elections that first showed Obama’s mettle. While millions of Iranians took to the streets to demonstrate, the administration dithered for two weeks before taking a stand,†says Smith, offering an example of the administration’s “weakness and passivity.†Smith goes on to suggest that “every regional ally—from Jerusalem to Riyadh†told Obama that engaging Iran was a “fool’s errand†and denies the widely accepted concept of linkage. “[Obama] was a president who kept insisting on the centrality of an Arab-Israeli peace process that everyone else in the region understood was a nonstarter.â€
The New York Times: Senior Foundation for Defense of Democracies fellow Reuel Marc Gerecht writes on “How Democracy Became Halal†and observes, “We have a chance in Egypt to be lucky. Democratization there, like democratization of Iran, could thwart the ideologies and fear that move poor countries to spend fortunes on nuclear weapons.â€
Hmm lets see…Reuel's ideas vs leave them alone. Reuel's ideas will cost money. Lots and lots of money. Leave them alone doesn't cost anything. How can you attach the conservative moniker to your ideology when it, at its core, advocates large amounts of government spending? Damn Liberals.
Hi my dear fellow human
with the fast and transient look in history of humankind we find out that there are 2 groups of people
which are always against and in war with each other
Group 1 _ people who stand for – justice – freedom -clarity – principle – ethics – and this group ALWAYS FIGHTING against
slavery (new & old ) – fascism –
communism anarchism – apartheid – imperialism – Zionism – dictatorship…and so on………….
Group 2 _ blood thirsty – cruel – occupier – authoritarian -SALACIOUS – SELFISH and so on…………………………..
we are naming some people in groups 1 & 2 . please help me by adding some famous name in history of your
country and pass this letter to others .
Group 1 – all prophets like – ADAM – Noah – Abraham – Ishmael – solo man – job – Isaac – Jacob – Lot – Joseph –
Aaron -Moses – David – Mary – Jesus – Muhammad
and people like – Spartacus – Barabbas – William Wallace – Robin hood – chief Joseph
– Mohandas Gandhi – Abraham Lincoln – John.f.Kennedy – Salvador Allende – Martin Luther King – Malkom X –
Ho Chi Minh – Che Guevara – Fidel castro –
Florence Nightingale – Khomaini – Emiliano Zapata – Pancho Villa – french & UK national resistance movement –
palestin resistance movement –
Gamal Abdel Nasser – Rachel Corrie – Bobby Sands ( Irish Republican Army ) and ……………….
millions of millions people who got killed for this cause. (independence or revolution or freedom or justice ).
Group 2 – most of king & emperor in history like – nemrut – nero – claudius caesar – Julius Caesar – king Herod –
king Edwards- Emperor Tiberius – Alexander -genghis khan –
Winston Churchill – Adolf Hitler – mussolini -pinoshe -sadam -bosh- and……
Group 2 create a lot of wars not RELIGION .
please note war is for MONEY or land or SELFISH or DOPEY or INSANITY or………………………………
england 400 yers war – english german war – english scotish war – native americans ( indians ) war -World War I & 2 –
mexican war – korean – japanes (hiroshima atomic ) –
vietnam – falk land island – philipine – El salvador – Cuban War -venezuela –
colombia – chile – Argentina – Sudan – Grenada – Somalia –
Nicaragua – Iraq -Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland – Palestinian -…..and……………………………………
please help group 1 in your life time and pass this letter to your family and FRIEND and please tell me
How can I help group 1 via internet ?
if you arenot helping group 1 you are in group 2 . and please SPREAD this WORDs with my best regards to you
wars made by USA in passed years
1. WW1 (1917-1918)
2. WW2 (1941-1945)
3. Korea War (1950-1953)
4. Vietnam War (1961-1975)
5. Operation Urgent Fury-Grenada (1983)
6. Operation Just Cause-Panama (1989)
7. Operation Desert Storm-Iraq (January/February 1991)
8. Operation Restore Hope-Somalia (1993)
9. Operations in Europe-Kosovo/Bosnia (1995)
10. Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan (2001-present)
11. Operation Iraqi Freedom-Iraq (2003-present)
We ran out of money in Vietnam. Result? 16 years of peace followed by the greatest economic leap forward ever in the nineties (Gulf War I was financed by the other powers) as we returned to surplus for the first time since Eisenhower (another peace maker).
When will they ever learn?
Israeli-Arab peace a nonstarter? The wikileaks cabel said the Arab leaders felt an Israeli-Arab peace was a way to counter Iran. Apparently that part of the cable the media failed to mention.
Because the media want war not peace.
What do we do if we run out of wars? We will always have Iran.