U.N. approves new Iran sanctions.
By on Mar 24th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
U.N. approves new Iran sanctions.
“The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved on Saturday new arms and financial sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment. The package of sanctions, aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear program, targets the country’s arms exports, its state-owned Bank Sepah and the elite Revolutionary Guards. The 15-member body would suspend the sanctions if Iran halted enrichment.”
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once again very mild santions with no threat to the Iranian people.
Shame about America not issuing Visa for The Pilots to bring The Iranian president to stand up to the UN securtiy council though – pretty nasty thing to do
March 24th, 2007 at 4:34 pmVery sneaky of Bush to not Issue Visas to the pilots , and yet issue a visa for Ahmadinejad – Pretty stoopid do you seriously think the guys going to travel Pam AM to New York ,
March 24th, 2007 at 4:37 pmI think that Britain should be grateful that their men will be treated far better than Iranians would be if they were in US hands.
If these men were Iranians in American hands, they would be kept in solitary confinement, deprived of sleep, and force into excruciating stress positions. The is also a possibility that they would be stripped naked, waterboarded, threatened with dogs, beaten, or tried under military law.
March 24th, 2007 at 4:38 pmSecretary-General Ban WAS SEEN TO CAUTIOUSLY LOOK FOR ANY UNFORSEEN BOMBS BURSTING IN HIS PARADE BEFORE ISSUING ANY SANCTIONS AGAINST Iran!!!!!
March 24th, 2007 at 4:40 pmThe Iranian government has so far refused to speak on the issue, and news agencies throughout the world have their reports based solely on the British minister of defense’s side of the story.
which will be a pack of lies
March 24th, 2007 at 4:41 pmSailing in or near Iranian waters is a dangerous business… see below the story of a German tourist who was jailed for 18 months by the Iranians because he accidentally drifted off into Iranian waters…
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,471392,00.html
One has to admire this no nonsense judicial system they have over there, see the case of this German business man sentenced to death for having a (consensual) sexual relationship with a muslim girl
http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles/hofer3.html
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE130022000?open&of=ENG-2MD
The girl on the other hand got away with 100 lashes for her crime, so who says Islam discriminates against women…
March 24th, 2007 at 4:43 pmTobey,
March 24th, 2007 at 4:52 pmI agree with most you say but the Iranian Prez was granted a travel visa. He decided not to come.
Tobey. I did some more checking and they did refuse the pilots visas. Next time link your comments….so I don’t have to fact check. jj. I do enough of that with the trolls. ;)
March 24th, 2007 at 4:56 pmYes i agree he was issued a Visa and so were40 of his staff . BUT refused the pilots Visas ……?
March 24th, 2007 at 4:59 pmTobey. I did some more checking and they did refuse the pilots visas. Next time link your comments….so I don’t have to fact check. jj. I do enough of that with the trolls. ;)
Thank you
March 24th, 2007 at 5:03 pmWhat Americans must never know is that Iran was already under sanctions before these last two sanctions were voted in by the US led UN. Iran could not care less any more.
What Americans need to know is that nothing good for anybody is going to come out of trying to force a strong country to comply with our ridiculous set of blatant double standards. I know that has always worked but we are AmeriKa now and what worked before is not going to work any more.
Of course we have “world support”. Russia and China will play our game for a while and give us just enough rope to ensure that hang ourselves in Iran.
Isn’t it about time we had some non-retards batting for our side? Someone who can not only have an idea but can also think it through?
March 24th, 2007 at 5:04 pmYes i agree he was issued a Visa and so were40 of his staff . BUT refused the pilots Visas ……?
Comment by Gena1000
It was a dirty trick by bush who only wants war. But if they let him speak later then that is ok… It would have been more fair if he was given his chance before the UN vote… but then again his country has been caught lieing about their nuclear activities so they dont deserve absolutely fair treatment… he should be allowed to speak soon though.
March 24th, 2007 at 5:05 pmAfghanistan is a member of the ICC –
US Marines Ordered Out Over Afghan Massacre
That sends a message to the troops kill civillians and we will get you out the country
March 24th, 2007 at 5:20 pmAs Progressives we must stand with Iran! They were defending themselves against eveilImperialist agression. I’m thinking of going to Iran and enlisting in their army.
I want to stand with freedom fighters.
Gena1000,
March 24th, 2007 at 5:36 pmI agree Iran has a great justice systme that puts ours to shame. They are a model onto the world.
i’m guessing norah o’donnell wont waste her “beautiful mind” on this…
March 24th, 2007 at 5:38 pmoops wrong thread, terribly sorry
March 24th, 2007 at 5:38 pmUN extends mission in Afghanistan for one year
The UN Security Council extended on Friday the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for one year until March 23, 2008.
March 24th, 2007 at 5:50 pmWhat is said concerning Iraqi solidarity goes for Iran as well.
Open letter to the anti-war movement
March 24th, 2007 at 5:56 pmIf it was merely a VISA issue for the pilots, Couldn’t the entire entourage have flown to Russia, Venezuela, Canada or Cuba and be flown in by pilots from one of those countries with an American air VISA? Putin missed a real opportunity by not flying the entire entourage as guests on Russia’s “Air Force Oneâ€. These guys are rally slow on the uptake. Why let BushCo subvert the purpose of the UN by dubious means? One more reason to impeach.
March 24th, 2007 at 5:56 pmIn my #19, ‘rally’ s/b really’.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:01 pmWalt,
Because it was not a visa issue for the pilots or Ahmadinejad. All the necesary parties, including the pilots, received visas. First, Ahmadinejad tried to claim he didn’t receive his visa. When he saw that excuse would not fly, he concocted this pilots canard.
The fact is Ahmadinejad knew the vote in the Security Council was going to go against Iran and so in order to avoid the embarassment of being present when the vote came down, Ahmadinejad fabricated this story.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:03 pmstonehinge,
March 24th, 2007 at 6:12 pmI agree we must support Al-Qaeda and other revolutionary groups against Americasn Imperialism.
In fact we must help Al-Qaeda and Hezzbollah sleeper cells in America achieve their goals. We must join the Jihad resistance and form an alliance with such groups!
Oh yeah, exley, i really like the way u just reach back and pull all of that right out of your diaper. Fast too.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:12 pmExley, its just that the current administration can be trusted for as long as a pica-second is long.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:12 pmGee, Gerald, wet your pants much? What exactly does Al Qaeda have to do with Iraqi civilization? Me thinks you got a bigger pantload than Exley.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:15 pmActually, Stonehinge, it comes from reading the news. You might want to try it sometime.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:17 pmWalt,
And Ahmadinejad (”The Holocaust never happened”) can be trusted? Come on.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:18 pmAnd Exley reaches back for another shot from the hip. Wow, that is so impressive.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:19 pmFaux News.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:20 pmI am going to say that postings 14 and 22 are name-jackings.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:21 pmExley, I would trust Ahmadinejad long before ‘Mission Accomplished’ W or ‘Last Throes’ Deadeye Dick.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:24 pm#30 – Now we know that Gerald Gibson Jr is Exley’s alter-ego.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:27 pmAnd Ahmadinejad (â€The Holocaust never happenedâ€)
Comment by Exley
And another one!! A brand new definition for the “reach-around.”
March 24th, 2007 at 6:27 pm#31, Well, Walt, that is your right….It’s inane, but it is your right.
As for your posting #32, I have no idea what you are trying to say there.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:33 pmBush and Ahmadinejad… both down in the polls and both making their countries look bad.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:43 pmExley
March 24th, 2007 at 6:44 pmAhmadinejad is a brave man. He’s standing up to Imperialist agression! For that we on the Left salute him. He’s our friend and a great man!
Comment by Exley on March 24, 2007 @ 6:33 pm
Okay, we’ll take this one step at a time:
Both posts that you refer to are by Gerald Gibson Jr..
You claim that both posts are name-jackings.
If you were Gerald Gibson Jr. you would know that.
If you were not Gerald Gibson Jr. you would not know that.
Ergo – your alter-ego is Gerald Gibson Jr..
March 24th, 2007 at 6:44 pmWaltTheMan,
March 24th, 2007 at 6:47 pmMy nbame hadn’t been jacked. It’s me. It’s just unlike others on the Left I admitt my support for the Jihad against the Imperialists powers. I advocate we should help the Al-Qaeda and Hezzbollah cells as we are on the same side.
Walt,
Your analysis is deeply flawed. I have read Gerald Gibson’s posts on this site for a long time. While the real Gerald Gibson is clearly a liberal and anti-Bush, he has never shown any tendency to be so insane and despicable as to praise terrorists like Al Qaeda and Ahmadinejad. Someone is clearly falsely posting under his name.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:49 pmExley ,
March 24th, 2007 at 7:06 pmIt’s me. 1st off Al-Qaeda isn’t a terror group. They are freedom fighters. The Israeli Mossad did 9/11. Not Al-Qaeda.
Gerald, now I understand where you are coming from. That is a brave step you are taking, but it is basically correct. Unfortunately, most progressives will never get that far before they become hopelessly trapped in the Zionist Fraud.
There are some recent breakthroughs though.
Israel’s Last Chance
This article by Soros is simply stunning:
March 24th, 2007 at 7:07 pmOn Israel, America and AIPAC
stonehinge,
March 24th, 2007 at 7:13 pmExactly! The Jihadis are our brothers in the struggle! I’m honest and admit I hate the Jewish Zionist pigs. I hope Iran or Al-Qaeda gets Nukes and exterminates Israel! Then there will be world peace!
If only Hitler had a few more months. The whole lot of them would’ve been wipped out.
Soros is one Jew I respect. He’s against Israel and supports the Jihad!
Bless him!
Gerald, now I understand where you are coming from. That is a brave step you are taking, but it is basically correct. Unfortunately, most progressives will never get that far before they become hopelessly mired in the Zionist Fraud. If this gets past the censors, I’ll try for the links that went with it.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:18 pm#39 Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda WERE Freedom fighters when they fought the Soviets in Afghanistan and we gave them stinger missiles. NOW they are terrorists.;|
March 24th, 2007 at 7:19 pmBadger,
March 24th, 2007 at 7:24 pmThey aren’t terrorists. They are defending Islamic lands against American Imperialism and the Zionist pigs! We must support them as we do Hezzbollah. It’s time we speak out tell the people the truth.
They aren’t terrorists. They are Holy Warriors!
And we will be greeted with flowers as liberators. I would not be surprised if there is a boulevard in Tehran named after George Bush within six months. The world will be a safer place because we will enable democracy in Iran and we all know that democratic countries don’t attack anybody. We will be freeing 70 million people and denying a safe haven to Al Qaeda types.
The war will last a couple of weeks, maybe months. I doubt six months and the Iranian oil will pay for the cost. Cost to tax payer, if any, will not exceed a billion dollars but we will be safer.
Let’s Roll.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:28 pmPretty stoopid do you seriously think the guys going to travel Pam AM to New York ,
Comment by Tobey Tall
LOL. Especially considering that the current reincarnation of PanAm only operates flights within the East Coast of the US.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:30 pmI figure these sanctions will have no effect other than to encourage them to just accelerate their nuclear program.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:32 pmAbby,
March 24th, 2007 at 7:32 pmItran is one of the most Prgressive regimes on this planet. Their Human records put ours to shame. We must prevent and defend Iran from attack.
We must support Ahmadinejad!
#45: Isn’t that what I just said? Go back and read #42 again.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:37 pmI am going to say that postings 14 and 22 are name-jackings.
Comment by Exley — March 24, 2007 @ 6:21 pm
Heavy namejacking of Gerald Gibson on this thread and the one above. Nothing here except the first post looks like Gerald Gibson. Rodan is suspected. Gerald is a reasonable person with decent grammar and spelling.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:39 pmMy nbame hadn’t been jacked. It’s me. It’s just unlike others on the Left I admitt my support for the Jihad against the Imperialists powers. I advocate we should help the Al-Qaeda and Hezzbollah cells as we are on the same side.
Comment by Gerald Gibson Jr
Hopefully the NSA is tracing you IP right this very minute. I can just hear your excuses right now…
“But, but, but, I was only joking about being a Jihadist sympathizer. I did it to make the Lefties look bad. I don’t really support the Jihadists. I”M WITH YOU, NOT AGAINST YOU!”
I should remind you that the Patriot Act allows for US citizens to be held indefinitely, without Attorney representation, if they are considered to be an enemy sympathizer.
LOL… GOOD LUCK!
March 24th, 2007 at 7:39 pmI agree this pro Ahmadinejad / pro Al-Qaeda rhetoric looks suspicious. If it ends up being quoted on Rush Limbaugh I’ll know I’m right.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:44 pmThe trolls are grasping at straws. The well of talking points has run dry. Reality has reasserted itself. They have nowhere left to go, nothing left to say. So they smear other people by namejacking. They can’t make themselves look better, so they try to make others look worse. They try to make others look as bad as they are themselves, full of mindless hate and bigotry. They have painted themselves into a tiny little corner, and there is nowhere left for them to stand.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:45 pmHmmmm….I tried posting this before, but for some reason, it was deleted. I’ll try again:
Walt,
Your analysis is deeply flawed. I have read Gerald Gibson’s posts on this site for a long time. While the real Gerald Gibson is clearly a liberal and anti-Bush, he has never shown any tendency to be so insane and despicable as to praise terrorists like Al Qaeda and Ahmadinejad. Someone is clearly falsely posting under his name.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:48 pmI agree this pro Ahmadinejad / pro Al-Qaeda rhetoric looks suspicious. If it ends up being quoted on Rush Limbaugh I’ll know I’m right.
Comment by Badger
Yeah, I can tell you exactly where 90% of all this BS comes from too…
http://www.giyus.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaphone_desktop_tool
March 24th, 2007 at 7:50 pm“Itran[sic] is one of the most Prgressive[sic] regimes on this planet.”
Comment by Gerald Gibson Jr — March 24, 2007 @ 7:32 pm
No, Iran’s government is ultraconservative.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:51 pm#12 is the only post I actually made… I didnt know Rodan was on here posting with my name… He is pissed because last night he realized his family had turned against their own country and killed their own countrymen and so he blames me because I pointed it out…
Sorry he is using my name to try to make his Rush talking points …. seem to have a point…
March 24th, 2007 at 7:52 pmNo, Iran’s government is ultraconservative.
Comment by Nat
Yep, just like our’s is.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:53 pmI am going to say that postings 14 and 22 are name-jackings.
Comment by Exley
Well you and I dont see eye to eye on most things.. but I am glad you pointed out that someone was using my name for a bunch of BS…
March 24th, 2007 at 7:55 pmNo matter what the Iranian people vote for, it can be overturned by the Mullahs on the grounds that it violates their Religion. Sounds like a Jerry Fallwell wet dream.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:57 pmNo matter what the Iranian people vote for, it can be overturned by the Mullahs on the grounds that it violates their Religion. Sounds like a Jerry Fallwell wet dream.
Comment by Badger
The documentary “The Power of Nightmares” goes to great lengths to show that Islamic Fundamentalism and Neoconservatism are much more related to each other, ideologically, than most people realize.
March 24th, 2007 at 8:03 pmLOL! I see that the person that jacked Gerald Gibson Jr’s name has STFU.
March 24th, 2007 at 8:12 pm#56,
No problem, Gerald. Like you said, you and I don’t agree on most things, but name-jacking in an effort to discredit somebody is never acceptable. It is just juvenile and dishonest.
March 24th, 2007 at 8:22 pm“If these men were Iranians in American hands, they would be kept in solitary confinement, deprived of sleep, and force into excruciating stress positions. The is also a possibility that they would be stripped naked, waterboarded, threatened with dogs, beaten, or tried under military law.
Comment by Tobey Tall — March 24, 2007 @ 4:38 pm”
Let’s get out that always dependable liberal anti American rhetoric!
March 24th, 2007 at 8:49 pm“which will be a pack of lies
Comment by Lemon Chi — March 24, 2007 @ 4:41 pm”
And you know this how?
March 24th, 2007 at 8:50 pm“I do enough of that with the trolls. ;)
Comment by dlet — March 24, 2007 @ 4:56 pm”
And what have you found out?
March 24th, 2007 at 8:52 pm“Islamic Fundamentalism and Neoconservatism are much more related to each other, ideologically, than most people realize.
Comment by JPV — March 24, 2007 @ 8:03 pm”
Really? Care to explain that?
March 24th, 2007 at 8:56 pmMichael…it’s not dependable anti American rhetoric. It’s the way most of the World sees us these days, after Abu Gharib and Guantonimo. Thanks to Bush and Cheney, America has lost the moral high ground.
March 24th, 2007 at 8:57 pm#59: Well that do say, “The truth has a very dependable liberal bias.”
What ya gonna do? Bury the truth with Hannity’s lofty rhetoric? Has not worked so far, has it?
That’s the problem with the truth. You bury it and it grows even bigger, jumps out and bites you in the ….
Just look at that debacle in Iraq.
March 24th, 2007 at 9:05 pmWe seem to be here
March 24th, 2007 at 9:29 pmhttp://canada.theoildrum.com/node/2402
We seem to be here…
March 24th, 2007 at 9:32 pmhTTp://canada.theoildrum.com/node/2402
Sorry about the double post. It seemed like the first one didn’t work.
March 24th, 2007 at 9:33 pmIf you were not Gerald Gibson Jr. you would not know that.
Ergo – your alter-ego is Gerald Gibson Jr..
Comment by WaltTheMan — March 24, 2007 @ 6:44 pm
sorry walt… but i wondered when i read the first, and knew it was not gerald g. when i read the second comment…
March 24th, 2007 at 9:35 pm…
Let’s get out that always dependable liberal anti American rhetoric! Comment by michael — March 24, 2007 @ 8:49 pm
Really? Care to explain that right wingnut claim? Or are you just going to post slander again, and not back it up, little boy?
March 24th, 2007 at 9:45 pm“Let’s get out that always dependable liberal anti American rhetoric!”
Comment by michael — March 24, 2007 @ 8:49 pm
It’s not anti-American rhetoric; we just know how the Bush administration operates.
March 24th, 2007 at 9:50 pm[...] some of the latest Ant-American garbage from “ThinkProgress“This stuff is moving beyond ignorant rants and diatribe and into the [...]
March 24th, 2007 at 11:59 pmHas TP taken the rest of the weekend off?
The name-jacking is out of control.
WTF?
March 25th, 2007 at 12:19 am#27 And Ahmadinejad (â€The Holocaust never happenedâ€) can be trusted? Come on.
Why do you righties insist on giving Ahmadinejad any credibility, whatsoever? He is a nothing…a figurehead.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:42 amA troll, presumed to be Rodan, has been using namejacking as a slash and burn strategy to destroy the threads.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:46 am#73 Seems our Rodan has wood for Gerald. Pathetic, really.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:47 amThat shit pisses me off. I’m assuming someone informed TP, and has been ignored.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:52 amNot much in the way threads today.
No fair! I couldn’t even watch the candidate thing they had.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:54 am#75 I doubt it. I am guessing they took the weekend off. Everybody needs a vacation.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:54 amJPark,
They can vacation all they want. They have interns who can work weekends. Interns who have trouble spelling, but nothing’s perfect. They can use a “delete” key.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:01 amComment by Tobey Tall — March 24, 2007 @ 4:38 pmâ€
Let’s get out that always dependable liberal anti American rhetoric!
Comment by michael — March 24, 2007 @ 8:49 pm
Michael proves again he is a tiny-todgered prat with this. Tobey isn’t American so being simply anti-American, he’s simply aligning with world opinion…. and as for liberal, it turns out if your government is a neo-fascist corporate dictatorship, anyone who doesn’t wear the brown shirt, looks like a ‘liberal’… f***wit
March 25th, 2007 at 1:02 am#78 I can’t believe they would allow that crap if they were aware of it. And I don’t know why they would be unaware as obvious as it is.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:02 amThere were 14 UN Resolutions against Iraq, and in the end, the US had to go in and depose / execute Saddam Hussein.
The question now is, given the UN’s recent failure to deal effectively with Iraq, will it deal effectively with Iran, so that the US / Israel doesn’t have to act on its own?
March 25th, 2007 at 1:09 amMichael proves again he is a tiny-todgered prat with this. Tobey isn’t American so being simply anti-American, he’s simply aligning with world opinion…. and as for liberal, it turns out if your government is a neo-fascist corporate dictatorship, anyone who doesn’t wear the brown shirt, looks like a ‘liberal’… f***wit
Comment by TerrytheTurtle
Michael would want to debate you, and then run away from debating. But be assured that he would use plenty of question marks in the process of running off. :)
March 25th, 2007 at 1:09 amAre these sanctions similar to the sactions that Saddam ignored for so many years (during Clinton’s years, by the way)? And similar to the ones that Saddam ingored during the oil for food scandel that made very rich some folks at the UN? The UN is an Anti American, Anti capitalist org that needs to be moved to France. I hold no faith in the UN and rightfully so.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:11 am#81 How many UN resolutions have been levied against Israel? Yet…we haven’t invaded them yet. Thanks for the pointless post though. You have a perfect record.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:12 am#83 You do know that the majority of the money made from the UN oil for food scandal were American companies, right? You ok with that?
March 25th, 2007 at 1:15 am#83 – Stubain deals the Clinton card. **yawn**
March 25th, 2007 at 1:16 am#87 Stubby deals the strawman card. It is typical.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:18 amI’m bugging out, busy day today.
Goodnight, JPark & TtT.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:25 amThere were 14 UN Resolutions against Iraq, and in the end, the US had to go in and depose / execute Saddam Hussein.
The question now is, given the UN’s recent failure to deal effectively with Iraq, will it deal effectively with Iran, so that the US / Israel doesn’t have to act on its own?
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — March 25, 2007 @ 1:09 am
http://www.mediamonitors.net/michaelsladah&suleimaniajlouni1.html
Jason Fact Mangler, count the resolutions the Israelis have ignored, the neighboring countries they hvae invaded, the apartheid regime the carry on in ‘Greater Israel’ and oh, their PM has already admitted to nuclear weapons…. can we count on you to be in the first wave into Tel Aviv? Prat.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:27 amin the end, the US had to go in and depose / execute Saddam Hussein.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — March 25, 2007 @ 1:09 am
Ah, yes, the white man’s burden.
It used to be that the white man “had” to sail away, Christianize and “civilize”. Now they have to fly, “liberate” and “democratize” foreign nations.
Different centuries, same imperial mentality.
The question now is, given the UN’s recent failure to deal effectively with Iraq
The UN just slapped Iran with tougher sanctions, but Mr. Hendler calls it a “failure to deal”.
If you want to know what failure really looks like, look no further than your Dear (mis)Leader’s pet war: Iraq.
It’s also funny Reich-wingers insist on talking about the UN as if the US had nothing to do with it. You know, as if the US were not part of the Security Council.
Mr. Hendler proves, once again, the Iraq debacle has taught him nothing at all -yet another trait he shares with his Dear (mis)Leader.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:27 amNight Zoo – sleep well.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:28 amMr. Hendler, the ultimate and indefatigable water-carrier, will never tire of being on the wrong side of the issues, whether on Iraq, Iran, Climate Change, or anything else you may think of.
As long it’s a policy spoused by the Bush (mis)administration, Mr. Hendler will be there, dreaming up reasons why the Dear (mis)Leader is right, and everyone else is wrong.
This is what not having a sense of shame looks like nowadays: total devotion to the Leader. Total denial of reality.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:35 amJason.. this is like your predictions on the 06 elections, right? You were so right about those.. not!
March 25th, 2007 at 2:09 amThere were 14 UN Resolutions against Iraq, and in the end, the US had to go in and depose / execute Saddam Hussein. Comment by Jason M. Hendler — March 25, 2007 @ 1:09 am
By saying *Had*, do you imply we had no *choice*? Because history says you’re either really funny, or really st*pid, to make that claim!
The question now is, given the UN’s recent failure to deal effectively with Iraq, will it deal effectively with Iran, so that the US / Israel doesn’t have to act on its own? Comment by Jason M. Hendler — March 25, 2007 @ 1:09 am
Actually the findings of the post-invasion inspections show that the UN *had* dealt effectively with Iraq. That only the US response was *ineffective*. So I’ll reshape your question *Hendler*, will the US/Israel deal with Iran effectively, or will they repeat the Lebanon/Iraq blunders?
Dum bass!
March 25th, 2007 at 2:21 amAre these sanctions similar to the sactions that Saddam ignored for so many years (during Clinton’s years, by the way)? And similar to the ones that Saddam ingored during the oil for food scandel that made very rich some folks at the UN? The UN is an Anti American, Anti capitalist org that needs to be moved to France. I hold no faith in the UN and rightfully so. Comment by Stubain — March 25, 2007 @ 1:11 am
If he had *ignored* them, he wouldn’t have had to subvert the program. As for your attack on the *French*, BAHAHA, you’re such a st*pid dum bass! Pull your head out of your *ss dum bass, and stop blaming the French for *YOUR* fc*kups! Remember St*pidbain, the French were the only ones that were *right* about the foolishness of attacking Iraq. I can see why you would want to attack the people that proved you are st*pid!! Must be why you hate me – right antique?
March 25th, 2007 at 2:23 amAnother Iraq war in the making
WMDS
UN SANCTIONS
ELITE REPUBLICAN GURDS now ELITE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
BOTH LEADERS ARE CALLED ‘HITLER’
BOTH ARE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL
IRAQ WAS WORKING ON MAKING WMDS -which we didn’t find.
IRAN NOW IS WORKING On WMDS -Which we may find.
TIME TO TOPPLE THE REGIME
Meaning
ANOTHER WAR
WE WILL BE WELCOMED AS liberators again in Iran,just like Iraq
And NEOCONS DEMOCRACY WILL FLOURISH .
March 25th, 2007 at 9:52 amBy my count, this is the third separate time Exley has simultaneously appeared with a name jacker. Each time he has called attention to the name jacking before any other commenter has noticed.
March 25th, 2007 at 10:26 amBy my count, this is the third separate time Exley has simultaneously appeared with a name jacker. Each time he has called attention to the name jacking before any other commenter has noticed.
Comment by John
Hhhhmmmmm.
March 25th, 2007 at 11:17 amThe Iranians could care less…
…and they have EVERY RIGHT to tell the UN to kiss their collective a*ses…
…as long as Israel and their chief sponsor (DUHmerica) thumb their noses at the UN…
…they have no legal or moral right to demand ANYTHING from Iran…
…the criminal right wing Bushite government is not only illegitimate and corrupt…
…it is widely repudiated as a vile, despicable racist regime…
…with ZERO credibility…
…most of those who voted FOR sanctions especially Russia, China and India) will maintain clandestine economic relations with the Iranian government…
…the US is being “set up” like the Russians were in Afghanistan during the “cut-n-run” Raygun administration…
…that’s right Ronnie Raygun cut-n-ran from Lebanon when over 200 Marines got blown up…
…but the right wing Bushite/Raygun worshippers don’t mention that little tidbit…
…do they?
…DUHmerican and Israeli HYPOCRISY will bring them down…
…their rotten, murderous, racist Karma demands it
March 25th, 2007 at 2:10 pmWhen are WE going to get sanctioned for any of this sh*t?
March 25th, 2007 at 2:49 pmAnybody ever notice how lately…
…whenever TRAITOR Joe LieVermin is interviewed by a “news” outlet…
…it’s NEVER with an opposing viewpoint to challenge him?
March 25th, 2007 at 3:07 pm#84, JPork,
Talk about meaningless post, what does Israel have to do with the new sanctions being levied against Iran? Israel is NOT advocating the destruction of ANY muslim state, yet Iran’s current leaders are calling for the destruction of Israel, which is why the UN is trying to stop their development of nuclear weapons.
I know, I know, it is the Dem’s new policy to be anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, so that they can abandon Israel and retreat from the middle-east completely. There was a time when the west, shamed by holocaust, would dare not utter a word against Israel, but the desire to foist a female in the position of commander in chief is driving you to throw everyone under the bus.
March 25th, 2007 at 3:43 pmhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070325/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear;_ylt=ApmH5hdgH5m.m0.w9jd9jras0NUE
Iran refuses to cooperate with IAEO
March 25th, 2007 at 5:03 pm…that’s right Ronnie Raygun cut-n-ran from Lebanon when over 200 Marines got blown up…
Comment by big papa — March 25, 2007 @ 2:10 pm
You whine about fighting, you whine about running. Just exactly what is it you do want?
March 25th, 2007 at 10:23 pmYou whine about fighting, you whine about running. Just exactly what is it you do want?
Comment by CC #103
Hey dipsh*t,
I want justice! I want accountability…
…and I want you to kiss my whiny a*s…
…The cut-n-run comment was made to point out the HYPOCRISY…
…of scummy inbred right wing ‘returds’ sic (like you)…
…but I suspect you probably knew that already…
…but then again…
…I could be wrong…
March 25th, 2007 at 11:11 pmLet’s talk about Ronald Reagan’s pullout of Lebanon. As I understand it, the US was there on a peace keeping mission. We didn’t depose any leaders / governments, which we would then be obligated to support. In those situations, in which there truly are civil wars we didn’t cause, I see no point in staying in harm’s way. UN abandoned Palestine once their people were getting killed, so that seems a wise policy, when it isn’t your own doing.
In Iraq, given that Saddam had used chemical weapons, and behaved in a manner (statements / attempt to acquire nuclear weapons grade fuels) that suggested he was close to having nuclear weapons, it was wise to remove Saddam and his regime, and support the Iraqi’s attempt at establishing their own democracy. Once you take that step, you must stay for the long haul, through thick and thin.
I agree with the other poster, usually democrats applaud cutting and running, so I just don’t understand their criticism of Ronald Reagan leaving Lebanon, especially since that was a civil war that we were trying to suppress.
March 26th, 2007 at 11:14 amMay the Lord forgive our sins
And gather all the nations
Here under this Uniting Roof.
To give up hate and fear
And learn to understand
Here under this Uniting Roof.
They took the risks of war
and dying, wished us take
the better risks of peace
Here under this Uniting Roof.
The God in everyman
is an atom too
of measureless potential.
Let us learn to find it
And explode it into lasting peace
Here under this Uniting Roof.
May the Lord forgive our sins
Inspiring us to peace on Earth
Here under this Uniting Roof.
MS AMMA & RADHA VISHWANATHAN
March 26th, 2007 at 4:45 pmat the United Nations – 23-10-1966
Original Lyrics by C.Rajagopalachary
Musical Arrrangement- Hardel Manuel