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McCain Asks for Sanctions Against Iran, Not Talks
CBS News ^ | une 2, 2008, 10:39 AM | John Bentley

Posted on 06/02/2008 8:46:46 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Economic and financial sanctions are the best way to deal with Iran – not sitting down for a talk with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, John McCain said at the at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference today. “The idea that they now seek nuclear weapons because we refuse to engage in presidential-level talks is a serious misreading of history,” McCain said, an obvious criticism of Barack Obama’s willingness to speak with the Iranian president. “The Clinton administration even lifted some sanctions, and Secretary Albright apologized for American actions going back to the 1950s. But even under President Khatami – a man by all accounts less radical than the current president – Iran rejected these overtures.”

McCain compared the sanctions to the way several nations dealt with South Africa to try and end apartheid several years ago. “We should privatize the sanctions against Iran by launching a worldwide divestment campaign,” he said. “As more people, businesses, pension funds, and financial institutions across the world divest from companies doing business with Iran, the radical elite who run that country will become even more unpopular than they are already.”

Pointing out that he supported the Lieberman-Kyl amendment, which would have designated the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, McCain criticized Barack Obama for calling the amendment “reckless…saber-rattling.” “Over three-quarters of the Senate supported this obvious step, but not Senator Obama,” McCain said. “He opposed this resolution because its support for countering Iranian influence in Iraq was, he said, a ‘wrong message not only to the world, but also to the region.’ But here, too, he is mistaken. Holding Iran's influence in check, and holding a terrorist organization accountable, sends exactly the right message – to Iran, to the region and to the world.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; iraq; mccain; obama; proliferation; republican; teapartycom
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1 posted on 06/02/2008 8:46:46 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: NormsRevenge; elhombrelibre; Allegra; SandRat; tobyhill; G8 Diplomat; Dog; Cap Huff; ...

fyi


2 posted on 06/02/2008 8:49:35 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This report doesn’t do justice to McCain’s speech....he hit Obama pretty good.


3 posted on 06/02/2008 8:52:40 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; PhilDragoo

Phil has some great graphic art of the types of sanctions to use against the Iran nut jobs and serial killers.


4 posted on 06/02/2008 8:53:47 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Hussein ObamaMessiaHamas's Pastor Wright: "God Damn America, U.S.to Blame for 9/11")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
McCain sounds like an adult as opposed to Obama’s frighteningly childlike approach to foreign policy.
5 posted on 06/02/2008 8:55:26 AM PDT by stravinskyrules (Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Love to see a Presidential Debate format with 3 debates on one issue, economy, security, energy.

Obama has nothing after 'Hope', 'Change'.

6 posted on 06/02/2008 9:00:32 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Grampa Dave
Another hit coming to Obama:

Dem Blog Calls Alleged Michelle Obama Tape "Stunning"

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Today, Larry Johnson at No Quarter - a pro-Hillary Democratic Blog - is giving shocking details of what he says five sources have confirmed about the tape:

I learned over the weekend why the Republicans who have seen the tape of Michelle Obama ranting about “whitey” describe it as “STUNNING.” I have not seen it but I have heard from five separate sources who have spoken directly with people who have seen the tape. It features Michelle Obama and Louis Farrakhan. They are sitting on a panel at Jeremiah Wright’s Church when Michelle makes her intemperate remarks. Whoops!! When that image comes out it will enter the politcal ads hall of fame. It will be right up there with the little girl plucking daisy petals in the famous 1964 ad LBJ used against Barry Goldwater.


7 posted on 06/02/2008 9:03:52 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: AU72

My wife and I constantly argue about voting for McPain or not. I would rather he be the one to appoint justices than the other two libs running.


8 posted on 06/02/2008 9:05:06 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (FT. LAUD. FL ($3.95/gal.) PT - getting 26mpg 50/50 city/hwy)
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To: AU72
Obama is the Stealth candidate for the group of people ( That includes William Ayers ) that Horowitz talks about in his booK:

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It’s difficult to imagine they are so blatantly antiAmerican!

See this :

Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left

And a review:

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By  Kat Bakhu (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left (Hardcover)
I had long wondered why people on the Left had the propensity to speak more positively about people who would slit their throats than they do about their own country, which affords them more freedom and opportunity than anywhere else. David Horowitz has answered that question thoroughly and convincingly in his Unholy Alliance. Where I felt bewildered and confused, I now feel crystal clear. Unholy Alliance is such a great book.

It begins with the leftist movements at the beginning of the 20th Century, and works its way up to the present day, exploring the anti-American attitude of these movements in detail. Horowitz shows that the enemies of the US back then are largely the same group today, operating under the same misperceptions, making the same mistakes, and pursuing the same impossible utopia.

Individual chapters are included on the Patriot Act (I was persuaded that it is a GOOD thing); the democratic flip-flop on Iraq once G.W. Bush implemented what they agreed with Clinton needed to be done; the driving components of the current anti-war movement; as well as chapters on individual personalities who are major spokespeople of the Left. Horowitz covers a lot of ground, and he covers it concisely and clearly. Unholy Alliance is richly informative without ever being boring or plodding.

This book is so illuminating that I simply cannot do justice to it here. I love people who reason so clearly that they help me get my own reasoning clear. Horowitz is just that type of person! In the terrain of mindless clichés (no-blood-for-oil, etc.), he is a breath of real fresh air.
9 posted on 06/02/2008 9:08:20 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I'd prefer to see them bombed until all of their military capabilities are obliterated.
10 posted on 06/02/2008 9:10:10 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama in the WOT has only served to undermine our side and aid the morale of our enemies.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I'd prefer to see them bombed until all of their military capabilities are obliterated.
11 posted on 06/02/2008 9:10:20 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama in the WOT has only served to undermine our side and aid the morale of our enemies.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

“McCain Asks for Sanctions Against Iran, Not Talks”

Don’t we already have sanctions on Iran?


12 posted on 06/02/2008 9:15:23 AM PDT by Grunthor (The GOP would be better off LOSING then electing McCain. - MNJohnnie)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I am not a McCain fan, but he certainly makes more sense on issues relative to our national security than those other two clowns do.

However, I've heard from too many Iraqis about how sanctions hurt the innocent, while the leaders don't suffer all that much. If sanctions could result in a successful uprising of the Iranian people and an overthrow of the current regime, then it would be worth it.

If we do decide to impose sanctions, I hope we only do that for a short time to see if it works. If sanctions do not work, I think we should go for the Last Resort. It's really the only thing people like Ahmadinejad and his mullah-thugs understand.

13 posted on 06/02/2008 9:16:55 AM PDT by Allegra (If you lived here, you'd be home by now.)
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To: Grunthor
They are pretty loose...he is calling for much tighter sanctions.,...including a blockade on allowing import of refined petroleum products...and outside banking financing...
14 posted on 06/02/2008 9:17:54 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

“They are pretty loose...he is calling for much tighter sanctions.,...including a blockade on allowing import of refined petroleum products...and outside banking financing...”

Interesting. I wonder what effect that will have on the price of gasoline here at home.


15 posted on 06/02/2008 9:21:18 AM PDT by Grunthor (The GOP would be better off LOSING then electing McCain. - MNJohnnie)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Ernest, Larry Johnson is anything but a credible source.
16 posted on 06/02/2008 9:30:05 AM PDT by calcowgirl (Schwarzenegger and McCain are trying to castrate the elephant)
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To: Allegra; Grunthor
Just posted this...from Foxnews which has a video :

McCain mocks Obama on Iran during pro-Israel speech ( Calls for Sanctions not Talks with Iran )

17 posted on 06/02/2008 9:45:13 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: calcowgirl

I posted that because of the detail....I don’t think he has the tape...if it exists...much discussion on the thread ....


18 posted on 06/02/2008 9:51:39 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

We should sanction Jimma Carter!


19 posted on 06/02/2008 9:54:29 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Who knows. Maybe McCain’s statement will sink into the dull minds of those that are fully ill-informed on national security policy and history at large. One can hope...


20 posted on 06/02/2008 10:02:00 AM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Duncan Hunter was our best choice...)
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