us-iran relations

By cutting off Iran's refined oil imports, the U.S. will be causing massive, irreparable damage to the Iranian economy. It is an act of war. Obama’s New Iran Sanctions: An Act of War

'...One of the elements that contributed to the phased approach "was the realisation that if Iran were actually to launch a missile attack on Europe, it wouldn't be just one or two missiles or a handful," Gates told the hearing. Iran says its nuclear programme is aimed solely at peaceful energy...

Obama calls for the Nuclear Option while basically ignoring the one nuclear "option" that he should be focusing on: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/ottolenghi/250346 And we'll probably pay just as steep a price in both cases.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/world/middleeast/27iran.html?ref=world

http://www.newsweek.com/id/171261/page/1 Fortunately, there is a strategy that has proved effective in the past and could serve again today: "offshore balancing." It's less ambitious than President Bush's grand plan to spread democracy throughout the Middle East, but it would be much better at...

I thought I would start a thread with this simple idea. I think it is obvious we need to make friends with Iran. Obama went to Cairo to give a speech filled with a lot of half-truths about Islam. So I am sure he would not have a problem going to Tehran and give a speech filled with a lot of...

2003: 70% US Americans believed Saddam Hussein and 9-11 were connected. 2010: 70% US Americans believe Iran has nuclear weapons.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8318258.stm It appears we're a few days away from what could be a monumental agreement with Iran. If they officially agree, they'll basically be agreeing to allow the nuclear material they have be sent to Russia and France to be enriched and manufactured...

So somebody just exploded some Iranian Revolutionary Guard leaders. HuffPo says that Iran is blaming Jundallah, a Taliban linked sunni insurgent group: "Iranian officials have accused Jundallah of receiving support from al-Qaida and the Taliban in neighboring Pakistan, though some analysts who...

Eight years of threats = nothing Eight hours of diplomacy =

John Pilger tells it like it is regarding Iran! The Lying Game http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23597.htm and also here for those that might not be able to access the above site .. http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=549 For those not familiar with John Pilger ...

Ahmadinejad has said it a couple of times already, in his "letter" to Bush, and also a couple of months ago when Iran launched a satellite (it was supposed to "spread monotheism", whatever that means) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/04/iran-us-foreign-policy-weapons and now again at...

Jimmy Carter's national security advisor gives an interview with the august Daily Beast and endorses "a reverse Liberty". You know, I always figured this guy was somebody Carter picked solely because his foreign accent made him sound serious, but good lord, what an airhead!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/04/iran.ahmadinejad.obama/index.html Something tells me Obama will be in no hurry to return his call anytime soon/ Just shows that the Iranian Government is living in another reality.

Watched the Neda video on Live Leak. Don't know why. I hate watching death videos. US TV is scrubbed clean of them, but it wouldn't surprise me if European channels broadcast it. Hopefully things will change over there. It appears to be a massive rallying cry. It's described as she's shot...

It's been posted elsewhere, but his baffling action to refuse to sign a statement condemming the Iranian Government surely deserves it's own thread. He was the sole vote in the House, again. I believe he made (link?) an excuse saying we had no right to judge what is going on thousands of miles...

Just like that, after years of rhetoric, one new president with a new attitude, and suddenly, Iran wants to talk. Jesus is truly risen!

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.073ba2ee2f1f00668848a4655420fedc.411&show_article=1 "US President Barack Obama's offer to talk to Iran shows that America's policy of "domination" has failed, the government spokesman said on Saturday. "This request means Western ideology has become...

Story ANyone suprised that the Israelis really wanted to do this or that Bush denied their request? I'm a little suprised and concerned about the loose lips on this supposedly "secret" request. Israelis will have have to think twice about what they tell the US president in the future, because...

Obama to pull the nuclear trigger on Iran in 2009? :eye-poppi

I've begun to read some of the available info on the original October Surprise during the fall of 1980. It's been alledged that Regan's people and the CIA orchestrated a deal to sell arms to Iran if they waited to release the hostages until after the election. I tried a search and didn't come...

Iran, in a bold and defiant act of arrogance and saber rattling, tested several missiles today, saying to the world that if they dare to attack it over a nuclear program that has no evidence to be producing nothing but low level enriched uranium, they will retaliate with force. Top...

Gasp! A Real Issue! Obama and McCain have been sparring recently over what to do about Iran. One of my favorite writers, Thomas P.M. Barnett, the author of The Pentagon's New Map and a Democrat, weighs in: Barnett might drive you crazy because he doesn't care if Iran gets the bomb. Scratch...

I'm not saying that that U.S. does or doesn't apply a double standard when it comes to terrorism, but I can certainly see why other countries can easily (and with some validity) make that claim. After all this administration does apply a double standard when it comes to the Bill of Rights...

Just wondering why Ahmadinejad` s speech at Columbia University is reported in none of the sites in the internet. I have browsed Google news for 1 hour, and could not find one site which reported the full speech of Ahmadinejad, with questions and answers. Only few quoted passages, few words...

The Next Iranian Revolution (Reason) Long interesting article not easy to synopsize, but here's a teaser:

That bastion of sanity, freedom and peace, Iran, has announced that the U.S. has inserted 14 squirrels in-country, outfitted with espionage equipment, as spies: NPR: Can Squirrels Spy for People?

Sell your stocks, go long on oil and batten down the nuke shelters - the USA is declaring war on Iran and is presently making the preparations for it: Link Just thought you should all know. Edit - this has been up for a couple of days, so it isn't an April Fool thing, as far I can tell.

In his letter to all Americans published today (or at least the noble ones), Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad' included a special message to US Democrats:

Gary Hart's claim to fame, for any of you youngsters who are asking who Gary Hart is, is that he was once a candidate for President who challenged the media to follow him around to see if he was unfaithful to his wife. So they did. And he was. On his yacht "Monkey Business". And that was...