Comments on: Deciphering White House Policy On Iran

State Department Reporter Charles Wolfson Analyses The High-Stakes, Amorphous Diplomacy

[chrisl45]

Obama is the teacher saying to the world all my students did not fly into the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon! This is Obama''''s plan, legacy, and shows his charisma as well. First, all he is is a black teacher at law school. That''''s what he is using. Traditionally, when I think of a black professor, I think of someone who knows the laws dealing with "minorities" over everything else. I mean that''''s what they are best at, what they like dealing with, and what is expected of them by their students. So, here comes along Obama with that label. Minorities such as radical extreme Islamist groups can use this fatherly protection against the United States to come in and learn how to fly planes for example. Obama is keeping his fingers crossed when he talks to the heads of countries such as Palestine, Iraq, and Jordan. It might work in the short term for the terrorists. Maybe they want to see what they can get. Thus, unintentionally or intentionally Obama is telling countries such as these that maybe he wants to send American troops to Afghanistan to kill them like over 10,000 Russians were killed there. That''''s Barack Obama''''s plan, legacy, and secret. That''''s why I''''m begging you to vote for John McCain. John has the experience to get things done. God Bless Senator John McCain, our troops, and the USA

[jsl45]

There''s nothing hard to understand here....it''s just more of Shrub the Dumbnificent''s idiotic foreign policy. If Shrub is stupid enough to invade Iraq and destablize the region and allow Iran to end up in the driver''s set then it''s not to hard to understand poor Shrub just doesn''t know what he''s doing!!

[harpoot]

"White House Policy"

Using White House and Policy together is a real joke.

[trishab4]

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Those were some good news from bloomberg.com to the fact America will not attack Iran.

[navyretired2]

"What I wonder is why, oh why, does the US media have to go along with the power elite''''s silly games?

Posted by closethippy1 at 07:24 AM : Jul 23, 2008"

Who do you think owns the media? Yep...the power elite. You expect them to screw themselves over? Sure stinks...but that''s what we have.

[clestes-2009]

Get with the program, dude! Iran OFFERED to give up its nuclear enrichment program, plus combat terrorism in 2003. Get that?? Iran VOLUNTARILY offered exactly what shrub is now demanding.

Rice, ever the hopeless and inept NSA told Iran to shove it!

Rice IS NOT interested in stopping Iran''s nuclear program. All she is trying to do is provide shrub with an excuse to attack Iran that will hold water with the American people. Because when/if that happens the economic costs will be very high. Oil over $200 a barrel and gas at $7. And that is for starters.

The American people are war weary and worried about the economy plus Adm Mullen, Robert Gates and the Pentagon are steadfast against that idea. What did Mullen say this weekend? 2 Middle East wars are enough, I can''t handle 3. shrub would have attacked before if not for that.

Regime change and access to Iran''s oil is the goal of shrub, not stopping nuclear enrichment.

[closethippy1]

What I find most interesting about this issue is how the US goes about creating an enemy for the purpose of keeping Americans worried about it as a way to keep them distracted from what the power elite is doing with the US.
We have a mortgage crisis and gas is at $4/gallon and nobody knows what hit them. How did we get to this point all of a sudden?
Wasn''t anyone paying attention? Obviously not. It seems most of our attention is directed by the media towards these "enemies" of the US.
To create these "enemies", these distractions, the US government and the media choose a leader or an organization to pound on. So the argument goes, "We in the US have nothing against the Iranians (or the Palestinians, or the Lebanese Shiites, etc) but we do have a problem with such and such leader, or such and such organization".
So by making these leaders and/or organizations the issue the US can then insinuate that the people who follow these leaders or organizations are fair game for a military or propaganda attack.
It''s much easier to hate an individual or organization than an entire nation.
What I wonder is why, oh why, does the US media have to go along with the power elite''s silly games?

[trishab4]

CBS: ...isolate Tehran as much as possible and use the pressure of sanctions to get it to change course and give up what Washington sees as its pursuit of nuclear weapons. The problem is the strategy hasn%u2019t worked.

-The problem is the Repukons'' strategy hasn%u2019t worked. The problem is the Repukons'' strategy hasn%u2019t worked. The problem is the Repukons'' strategy hasn%u2019t worked. The problem is the Repukons'' strategy hasn%u2019t worked. The problem is the Repukons'' strategy hasn%u2019t worked. The problem is the Repukons'' strategy hasn%u2019t worked. The problem is the Repukons'' strategy hasn%u2019t worked. The problem is the Repukons'' strategy hasn%u2019t worked.

-Iran is not North Korea! Iran is an unavoidable power broker in the Mid-East and needs to be taken into account. A shift from a full and blind support to Israel toward a balanced relationship with Iran must be operated as soon as possible before Iran gains more influence excluding us from this influence gain as major power broker to the account of Russia, India and China the three other power brokers in the Mother Continent; Asia...

[samsel3]

Russia has multiple nuclear power plant contracts with Iran. These plants are currently under construction.

Reuters uk January 18, 2008 : " Iran has some awesome colleagues. Russia and China have become guardians of the Iranian economy. They don%u2019t put religion between business and political advantages. The US is sorely lacking in intelligent Foreign Policy. Hitler%u2019s Foreign Policy has been resurrected to serve the needs of an oil agenda and turn the US into the most disrespected and despised world power ".
POSTED: Friday, January 18, 2008

Moscow -- Armed forces will be used if necessary, including preventively and with the use of nuclear weapons, for protection of Russia and its allies, the Russian Armed Forces'' Chief of the General Staff Yuri Baluyevsky said on Saturday.

"We do not intend to attack anybody. But all our partners must realize that for protection of Russia and its allies if necessary armed forces will be used, including preventively, including with the use of nuclear weapons," Baluyevsky was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying.

Baluyevsky reportedly made the statement at a scientific conference of the Academy of Military Sciences January 19, 2008.

[samsel3]

Nothing has changed on Iran. The administrations interest in Iran & nukes is a smoke screen for their real agenda. Their true interests are Cheney''s energy policy. Part of that policy is the The Caspian Sea pipeline which will go through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan,Pakistan, to the gulf of Oman and on to India & Nepal.It will be cheaper to construct if they can go through Iran, but regime change is necessary first.

The Caspian sea area holds one third of the world''s oil and south asian oil markets are their target market. This pipeline was also the reason for the Afghanistan invasion. Cheney''s energy policy is the root of all these middle east wars, a federal court judge sealed all documents associated with it for the administration. More troops are needed in Afghanistan to protect the contractors building the pipeline.

Iran stands in the way of total control of global oil now with sales of oil to China''s Sinopec Oil,deal signed Dec.10,2007. Months ago China said there would be dire consequences if the US interfered with there direct oil contracts with Iran. Both parties in the Congress should be very concerned with China''s growing war machine and need for oil. They are the real threat & the administration doesn''t care they are in control ! All that matters to them is BIG OIL and their corporate stock portfolios .

[terrorislamq]

hmmmmmm what does ham-asss, lez-balless(hezbollah), nation of terrorislam and ism(international solidarity movement) know that you do not know???

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hamas+endorses obama&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hezbollah endorse obama
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=nation of islam endorses obama &btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=International Solidarity Movement obama &btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=obama islamic marxist group ISM &btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=obama Audacity of Hope I will stand with the Muslims&btnG=Search

Once upon a time there was a serpent who was badly injured in a fight with another animal. It managed to slither away to safety but would have surely died if a benevolent man had not seen it suffering by the side of the road. The goodly man carefully wrapped the snake up and took it to his house, where he bestowed the kindest and gentlest care on the snake until it was healed and could return to the wild. Just as the man was releasing the serpent back into the grass, the ungrateful snake turned and bit him on the hand.

"What did you do that for?" cried the man, who knew that the bite of this particular snake was usually fatal. "Didn''t I take care of you when no one else would?"

The snake shrugged (no small feat for a snake!) and replied to the benevolent--and now doomed-- man, "What did you expect? You knew I was a snake when you picked me up."

[terrorislamq]

NOT TO GO AFTER FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMIST BECAUSE THEY MIGHT TRY TO HARM YOU IS REALLY NOT THE POLICY OF THE USA,,,

Ellis Leach: I met with Prince Thamer at Saudi Embassy fifteen minutes after hearing this morning''s news. And after speaking with Thamer, I advised withholding additional U.S. personnel, because a large part of the religious justification for these bombs is the presence of current U.S. personnel. More boots on Saudi soil is only gonna make an already combustible situation that much more so.
Maricella Canavesio: My two cents. The Saudis have not asked for FBI help. They''ve done the opposite. This is just going to further complicate an already deteriorating situation with one of our few remaining allies in the Middle East.
Attorney General Gideon Young: Rock solid logic.
FBI Director James Grace: Well, we would like to be on the record as saying the FBI would like an Evidence Response Team on the ground in Riyadh now.
Ellis Leach: Doesn''t your team in that country represent exactly the kind of... of target that these masters would die for? They''d trade ten of their own for one of you.
FBI Director James Grace: Not to go after criminals because they might try to harm you is really not a policy of the FBI. See, we try not to say uncle. We try.

The Kingdom (2007)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431197/quotes

[bluestardad]

CURRENT POLICY IS RUN BY OIL AND AIPAC MEMBERS IN GOVERNMENT!

BOTH NEED PURGED

[babooph]

I clearly recall Bush anouncing he can use the military to fight more than the wars he is already in.[He did not mention he is losing those wars].Japan & Germany already showed the world how all national problems can be taken care of by war-Bush must have had the dunce cap on the day his history class covered that.

[harp1963]

White House policy on Iran goes something like this in my mind....Well guys and Condi, we need some scary threat to the American voter that will help our buddy John get in office. Now we hope the regular voter doesn''t find out that EXPORTS TO IRAN ARE UP TENFOLD DURING THE BUSH YEARS.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/topstories/2008-07-08-350908565_x.htm

We don''t want the regular voter to realize Iran is really in our pocket and puts on shows of military might at our request, behind the scenes of course.

We want the regular voter to believe Iran is going to invade us with a fleet of rubber jon boats so they will vote for John McCain who will protect them from our buddies....I mean threat. If Obama gets in we could all be forced to speak Iranian next year. Scary