The Mullahs Thank Mr. Obama

Wall Street Journal ^ | 1/01/16

[Libloather]

President Obama imagined he could end his second term with an arms-control detente with Iran the way Ronald Reagan did with the Soviet Union. It looks instead that his nuclear deal has inspired Iran toward new military aggression and greater anti-American hostility.

The U.S. and United Nations both say Iran is already violating U.N. resolutions that bar Iran from testing ballistic missiles. Iran has conducted two ballistic-missile tests since the nuclear deal was signed in July, most recently in November. The missiles seem capable of delivering nuclear weapons with relatively small design changes.

The White House initially downplayed the missile tests, but this week it did an odd flip-flop on whether to impose new sanctions in response. On Wednesday it informed Congress that it would target a handful of Iranian companies and individuals responsible for the ballistic-missile program. Then it later said it would delay announcing the sanctions, which are barely a diplomatic rebuke in any case, much less a serious response to an arms-control violation.

[Libloather]

Under the nuclear accord, Iran will soon receive $100 billion in unfrozen assets as well as the ability to court investors who are already streaming to Tehran. Sanctioning a few names is feckless by comparison, and Iran is denouncing even this meager action as a U.S. violation of the nuclear deal. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani responded to the sanctions reports on Thursday by ordering his defense minister to accelerate Iran's missile program. Your move, Mr. Obama.

Effin' Kerry will be all over this.

[Texas Eagle]

Et tu, Wall Street Journal? Wow. Obola spurned by another lover.

First Hitlery blames ObolaDon'tCare for the weak job market and now this.

By the time this guy leaves office the only friend he will have left is Bo, the Portugese Water Dog.

Wait a minute. Has anybody SEEN Bo lately?

Now that I think about it. Obola attended a luau the other day where the star of the show is a pig that's been roasting in the ground all day wrapped in banana leaves and covered in hot rocks and we all know mooslims can't eat pork.

You don't suppose????

Nahhhhhh.

Maybe?

[BenLurkin]

[PIF]

This is a quandary, because just the other day some Iranian general made a big deal about having so many missiles that there was no longer any where to hide new ones ... where are they going to hide all these missiles in this accelerated program? Will Kerry demand more money so they can build more hiding places? Oh, this is so tiresome - what’s Kim doing today?

[old curmudgeon]

The problem here is:

One must learn to define the enemy and his goals.

obummer thinks Iran is like a pet dog who, if you pet him and give him a cookie, he will be your pal.

When in fact Iran is the crocodile who instead intends to eat you f, after all the cookies are gone.