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U.S. Eyes U.N. Peacekeepers for Iraq After 2011

Associated Press
July 06, 2010

Baghdad (AP) – The top American military commander in Iraq said Tuesday that U.N. peacekeeping forces may need to protect disputed territories in the nation’s north if tensions between Kurds and Arabs haven’t eased by the time U.S. troops leave in 2011.

In an interview with The Associated Press, U.S. Army Gen. Ray Odierno said U.N. peacekeepers might be one option if Kurdish soldiers haven’t integrated into the Arab-dominated Iraqi army over the next year. He said he hopes the U.N. forces won’t be necessary.

via CNSNews.com – U.S. Eyes U.N. Peacekeepers for Iraq After 2011.

Russian, Iranian and North Korean leaders must be rolling on the floor laughing their asses off at this inept moron we have in the White House.

Obama Administration’s New Missile Defense Plan Is a Losing Proposition

Baker Spring and Mackenzie Eaglen
The Heritage Foundation
September 17, 2009 (WebMemo #2620)

Today, President Obama reneged on a long-standing agreement with America’s allies and formally abandoned the “third site” missile defense plan. The U.S. will no longer be deploying 10 missile interceptors in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic, a plan formerly regarded as necessary for defending America’s friends and allies as well as the homeland from intercontinental and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.

via Obama Administration’s New Missile Defense Plan Is a Losing Proposition.

A Masterstroke of Weakness

Rich Lowry
National Review Online
September 18, 2009

If diplomatic pusillanimity was the aim, Pres. Barack Obama’s decision to abandon our current missile-defense plans in Eastern Europe must be regarded as a masterstroke.

via A Masterstroke of Weakness by Rich Lowry on National Review Online.

This would be funny if the potential consequences to the United States of a failed missile policy weren’t so dire.

Every sentient American should view the YouTube trailer The Heritage Foundation posted for ‘33 Minutes,’ its important documentary on our pressing need for missile defense as Iran presses on with its development of nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles.

Iran and North Korea already perceive how weak, inexperienced and naive BO is. They discounted the U.N. (Useless Nations) years ago, and with BO’s capitulation, both Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong-Il are in our face with their stated intention to go forward with nuclear development.

For a nuclear deterent to work, the other side has to believe we will use our atomic weapons. BO gives no one the slightest impression that he has the stones to stand toe to toe with characters like Ahmadinejad and Jong-Il without blinking. BO is Jimmy Carter all over again, and this time in spades.

Our Decaying Nuclear Deterrent

By JON KYL and RICHARD PERLE
WSJ.com – Opinion
June 29, 2009

A bipartisan congressional commission, headed by some of our most experienced national security practitioners, recently concluded that a nuclear deterrent is essential to our defense for the foreseeable future. It also recommended that urgent measures be taken to keep that deterrent safe and effective.Unfortunately, President Barack Obama has adopted an agenda that runs counter to the commission’s recommendations.Consider the president’s declaration, in a major speech this spring in Prague, of “America’s commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.” Will such a world be peaceful and secure? It is far from self-evident….

Check out the Green Brief #12 posting at the Anonymous Iran forum for confirmed updates on the situation in Iran.

Support the brothers and sisters fighting for freedom in Iran.

Family, friends mourn Iranian woman whose death was caught on video

Borzou Daragahi
Los Angeles Times
Monday, June 22, 2009

Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, was shot dead Saturday evening near the scene of clashes between pro-government militias and demonstrators who allege rampant vote-count fraud in the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The jittery cellphone video footage of her bleeding on the street has turned “Neda” into an international symbol of the protest movement that ignited in the aftermath of the June 12 voting. To those who knew and loved Neda, she was far more than an icon. She was a daughter, sister and friend, a music and travel lover, a beautiful young woman in the prime of her life….

Express your support for the Iranian people who are putting their lives on the line for democratic and fair government.

Twitter
Friday, June 19, 2009

Call 1-877-662-8550 and press 1 .. this vote says that you want Obama to do something about the election #iranelection #gr88

Strike Now At Mullahs’ Economic Pillars

Chuck Devore
Investors.com
Friday, June 19, 2009

As we watch the swelling protests in Iran, it’s worth remembering that the aspirations of America are eminently compatible with the aspirations of the average Iranian.

I know a bit about this, as I am privileged to represent one of the largest Iranian-American communities in the country, in Orange County, Calif.

The compatibilities between Iranian hopes and the American dream center on the yearning for individual liberties and the end of clerical autocracy — hopes as compelling to the Iranian democrat today as the Jeffersonian democrat two centuries ago.

The question is whether President Obama will do anything about it….

Isn’t that special.

Obama Invites Iranian Officials to 4th of July Parties

Obama administration authorizes U.S. embassies around the world to invite Iranian officials to Independence Day parties they host.

FOXNews (AP)
Tuesday, June 02, 2009

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — In a new overture to Iran, the Obama administration has authorized U.S. embassies around the world to invite Iranian officials to Independence Day parties they host on or around July 4th.

A State Department cable sent to all U.S. embassies and consulates late last week said that U.S. diplomats could ask their Iranian counterparts to attend the festivities, which generally feature speeches about American values, fireworks, hot dogs and hamburgers.

The notice, sent on Friday, said that the posts “may invite representatives from the government of Iran” to the events, a State Department official said Tuesday, quoting from the document. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an internal communication….

A little something for you feminists out there who thought Iran was a backward country:

Man Found Guilty of Adultery Stoned to Death in Iran

Sky News
Tuesday, May 05, 2009

A man found guilty of adultery has been stoned to death in Iran in spite of a ban on the practice.

Reports said the victim was a 30-year-old government employee identified as “V,” although he was named on some Web sites as Vali Azad.

The execution is said to have taken place in a prison in the northern city of Rasht on March 5.

A spokesman for Iran’s judiciary said the woman involved in the case has “repented and so has not been stoned…..”

Those people just aren’t happy unless they’re killing somebody for something, are they?

These are the people Boy King Obama would talk to unconditionally, against whom no significant opposition will be mounted to their development of nuclear weapons.

Iran Hangs Young Woman Convicted of Murder

FOXNews
Saturday, May 02, 2009

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has hanged a young woman who was convicted of murder when she was a minor, her lawyer said Saturday, drawing condemnation from international human rights groups who have sought to end capital punishment for juvenile offenders.

Authorities executed the 23-year-old woman Friday in northern Iran without informing her lawyer or allowing the family to be present, said the lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei. She was 17 at the time the crime was committed, in 2003.

Iran executes more juvenile offenders than any other nation — eight last year and 42 since 1990, according to Amnesty International. Friday’s was the second such execution this year in Iran, Mostafaei said…..