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Iran Will Get Nukes and “We’re Not Going to Do Anything”: Ian Bremmer
The Daily Ticker ^
| 5/17/12
| Aaron Task
Posted on 05/17/2012 12:14:59 PM PDT by EBH
Oil prices have tumbled in recent weeks as concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions have taken a backseat to worries about Europe's debt crisis and the slowing global economy. But talks between Iran and U.N. negotiators continue and, despite reports of progress, the outcome is far from certain.
In the end, the most likely outcome is Iran having "a nuclear program with breakout capacity that everybody knows about and that we deal with," predicts Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group.
And by "deal with," Bremmer does not mean via military action.
Despite tough rhetoric from both President Obama and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, "we're not going to do anything," other than lead the effort on sanctions, he says. "These are kind of decision that don't get taken in a 'G-Zero' world that create a lot more crises that don't get responded to effectively."
The U.S. taking a less proactive role with Iran is just one example of the new world order Bremmer describes in his latest book: Every Nation for Itself: Winners & Losers in a G-Zero World.
Since World War II, the world has generally revolved around the capital, priorities, political and economic systems of America and her allies, as represented by the G8 and later the G20, he explains. "We're not prepared to do that kind of lifting anymore and frankly neither are our allies and the emerging markets are not prepared to play that role either."
As a result, Bremmer sees a world in which America plays a less active role and regional conflicts
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012election; election2012; iran; iraq; kenyanbornmuzzie; mittromney; syria; turkey
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posted on
05/17/2012 12:15:05 PM PDT
by
EBH
To: EBH
When Iran gets a nuke and a delivery system, they will use it. Ahmadinejad has said he is willing to lose 30,000,000 of his people to destroy the “great Satan”
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posted on
05/17/2012 12:32:41 PM PDT
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
To: EBH
Oil prices have tumbled in recent weeks Strange - the price at the pumps here in Nor Cal have gone from $3.85 to $4.20 in the past week.
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posted on
05/17/2012 12:36:52 PM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
To: EBH
Iran and Syria will attack Israel and they will be wiped out into a new nation called Syriran. end of problem.
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posted on
05/17/2012 12:57:01 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
To: SoldierDad
$4.25 here in Washington.
To: EBH
Europe and the U.S. may sit on their thumbs, but Israel will not. As they have proven several times in the last six decades, they will act unilaterally if they deem it necessary. The recent political maneuverings of Netanyahu indicate that they are preparing for just such an eventuality. They have no illusions about their very survival being in the balance.
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posted on
05/17/2012 12:59:41 PM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
To: SoldierDad
"Strange - the price at the pumps here in Nor Cal have gone from $3.85 to $4.20 in the past week."
While prices are dropped on the Rockies. Government income recipients go on vacations, fill 'er up repeatedly, consume restaurant food, junk food, trinkets, etc. See? Recirculated debt. Big debt/revenues into each recipient, little ones out. Looks like an economy in action, but it's not, really.
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posted on
05/17/2012 2:23:13 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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posted on
05/17/2012 3:05:43 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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posted on
05/17/2012 3:06:17 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: EBH
What come immediately to mind is the great riff on the Beach Boys “Barbara Ann:”
“Bomb, bomb bomb. Bomb, bomb Iran!”
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posted on
05/17/2012 4:00:11 PM PDT
by
Taxman
(So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
To: SoldierDad
Strange - the price at the pumps here in Nor Cal have gone from $3.85 to $4.20 in the past week.
The strategic reserve is now open....and flowing. Just in time for elections...
To: EBH
Of course we’ll do something... We’ll talk about it a lot. We might even send a mildly worded letter of vague concern to the UN.
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:16:35 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(Buying Drain-O requires photo I.D... yet voting doesn't???)
To: EBH
I think he is right. If GW Bush didn’t have the guts to do it, what makes anyone think anyone else will?
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posted on
05/18/2012 2:42:07 PM PDT
by
Sam Gamgee
(May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
Click the link.
The Republic you save may be your own.
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:09:13 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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