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[lunocrat]

Barack must be low on Israeli cash to be barking like this:

Obama to Haaretz: Pressure on Iran over nukes must be greater
By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told Haaretz in an exclusive interview that the current level of pressure on Iran over its nuclear program is "is not enough."

"Iran continues to be a major threat to the U.S. and its allies," said the Illinois senator.

Obama reiterated his position that the U.S. should engage Iran in direct talks, but explained that these should be "low level talks" until there's "some sense of progress" such as voluntary freezing on the enrichment of uranium.

Obama expressed a "sense of urgency" in dealing with the matter.

A new bill, sponsored by Obama in the Senate, will require the federal government to publish a list of companies that have an investment of more than $20 million in the Iranian energy sector.

It will also authorize local governments to divest their pension funds from companies on the list and protect managers from lawsuits directed at them by investors who are unhappy with the decision to divest.

[hardeeharhar]

? So you actually think that another nation, any other nation, should be allowed to develop a nuclear arms program?

Don't you think that that is in the least bit irresponsible?

I'm all for nations developing nuclear energy programs, but there is a clear distinction between the level of quality of nuclear material needed for nuclear reactors and that needed to blow your self or neighbor to smithereens...

Now, Iran is a relatively unstable country, caused by the US and other western allies to be sure, but it is unstable, nonetheless. Would you letyour brother who hasn't quite been the same since you killed his girlfriend have a gun?

[Splinemodel]

Now, Iran is a relatively unstable country, caused by the US and other western allies to be sure . . .

Pssh. Iran is unstable for many reasons, the biggest of which, I'd argue, is that radical Islam is a major part of the cultural makeup. It seems pretty clear to me that stability and radical Islam can't exist together.

[SpamSandwich]

Iran is only a potential threat to U.S. oil interests. As a nation we need to extract ourselves from the Middle East entirely and stop being the sandbox bully that we are perceived to be.

[mydo]

Pssh. Iran is unstable for many reasons, the biggest of which, I'd argue, is that radical Islam is a major part of the cultural makeup. It seems pretty clear to me that stability and radical Islam can't exist together.

They also have a bunch of protectionist economic policies that essentially don't work. They use some kind of logic from the Koran to justify them.

[segovius]

It seems pretty clear to me that stability and radical Islam can't exist together.

Well it would wouldn't it?

Meanwhile Saudi continues to be the most radical State on the planet of any description and they continue to own your ass......

But maybe you have a point....they are only stable because of US support in opposing any censure from elsewhere for their torture and abuse. They even help out.....

[hardeeharhar]

Pssh. Iran is unstable for many reasons, the biggest of which, I'd argue, is that radical Islam is a major part of the cultural makeup. It seems pretty clear to me that stability and radical Islam can't exist together.
The reason radical islam has such a strangle hold on Iran is because Operation Ajax created a weak puppet state...

[@_@ Artman]

Barack must be low on Israeli cash to be barking like this:

"Israel receives as much foreign economic assistance as all the countries combined in the world." --Professor Richard Falk (http://www.icomment.org/index.php/main/video/show?id=4824064)

[segovius]

Barack must be low on Israeli cash to be barking like this.

Not really.

Israel owns the US so this is really just one stage in the electon process; prove you are a blind supporter of Israel's interests or your campaign stops here.

It's merely one of the first stages on the campaign trail.