Posted on 01/04/2016 3:51:38 PM PST by Starman417
As most of us do, I get news update emails. I've been watching with interest as a series of them regarding Iran arrived, and if it didn't prove how utterly incompetent Obama is it would be laugh out loud funny.
Remember those "snap-back" sanctions Obama promised us if Iran violated any nuclear deal?
April 4
Iran will never be permitted to develop a nuclear weapon.In return for Iran's actions, the international community, including the United States, has agreed to provide Iran with phased relief from certain sanctions. If Iran violates the deal, sanctions can be snapped back into place.October 16
US: Iran missile test violated sanctions
Iran's recent ballistic missile test was a violation of international sanctions, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said Friday.And, naturallyPower said a U.S. probe found the new long-range ballistic missiles test-fired by Iran is "inherently capable of delivering a nuclear weapon" and thus is a "clear violation" of sanctions banning such launches, The Associated Press reported. ... "The Security Council prohibition on Iran's ballistic missile activities, as well as the arms embargo, remain in place and we will continue to press the Security Council for an appropriate response to Iran's disregard for its international obligations," she said.
The timing of the launch ruffled feathers in Washington, in large part because it occurred less than a week before the Iran nuclear deal is set to be officially adopted.
Administration officials have insisted, however, the launch does not violate the terms of the deal, which places limits on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from crippling economic sanctions.Because nothing Iran can do violates the deal. Not even firing missiles near US ships.
Dec. 30
US Says Iran Launched 'Provocative' Rocket Test Near Ships
The U.S. on Wednesday accused Iran of launching a "highly provocative" rocket test last week near its warships and commercial traffic passing through the Strait of Hormuz, exposing how tensions between the two countries could escalate even after a landmark nuclear deal.Dec. 30The strategic Persian Gulf waterway, which sees nearly a third of all oil traded by sea pass through it, has been the scene of past confrontations between America and Iran, including a one-day naval battle in 1988.
Experts expect more provocations from Iran
Iran's rocket launch near a U.S. aircraft carrier is likely a sign of things to come, say experts on the regime — especially as Tehran offers concessions under the nuclear deal negotiated earlier this year.Dec. 31U.S. military officials on Tuesday revealed that Iran had conducted what they called a "highly provocative" live-fire exercise within a mile from a U.S. aircraft carrier.
Although Iran has conducted two other such exercises within the past year or so — one in April and one in October 2014 — a Navy official said this last exercise, which took place on Dec. 26, was unique in that it was conducted "much closer" to U.S. ships than before.
It came one day after the White House celebrated a milestone on the nuclear deal — Iran's shipping of most of its low-enriched uranium out of the country.
Experts say they expect similar behavior going forward.
U.S. preparing sanctions on Iran over ballistic missile program: sources
U.S. President Barack Obama's administration is preparing new sanctions on international companies and individuals over Iran's ballistic missile program, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.Dec. 31The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the potential sanctions would target about 12 companies and individuals in Iran, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their suspected role in developing Iran's ballistic-missile program.
U.S. officials have said the Treasury Department retains a right under July's landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers, including Washington, to blacklist Iranian entities suspected of involvement in missile development, the Journal said.
Iranian officials have said the country's supreme leader would view such penalties as violating the nuclear accord.
US Delays Imposing New Sanctions On Iran
The White House has delayed imposing new financial sanctions on Iran over its ballistic-missile program, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.I wonder why.....?On Wednesday, the Journal, citing U.S. officials, said the Obama administration was preparing to sanction nearly a dozen companies and individuals in Iran, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates for their role in developing Iran's ballistic-missile program.
The U.S. sanctions were expected to be formally announced this week, the newspaper said.
Iranian officials have said the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would view such penalties as violating the nuclear accord.Hmmm....
Jan. 3
White House Says More Work Needed Before Any Iran Sanctions
HONOLULU -- The White House said on Jan. 2 it has more diplomatic and technical work to do before announcing any sanctions in response to ballistic missile launches by Iran.Jan. 4The US is considering designating a number of additional targets for sanctions related to Iran's ballistic missile program. Congress has been notified of those deliberations.
Some lawmakers have criticized the administration for what they describe as delayed punitive action in response to Iran's recent missile tests.
Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, said the pact that the US and others negotiated with Iran last year to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon will not impede future sanctions.
Iran Deal Backers Embarrassed By Obama Admin's Sanctions Blunder
Senior Obama administration officials at the White House's National Security Council told Congress Wednesday morning that new sanctions were coming as a result of Iran's repeated ballistic missile tests, which violate current United Nations Security Council Resolutions prohibiting such activity.By the short hairs, as they say.However, the administration quietly walked back its announcement, telling lawmakers that the sanctions would be indefinitely delayed.
The move sparked a fierce backlash among prominent congressional leaders who have served as chief advocates for the administration's efforts to ink a nuclear deal with Iran.
Sources who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon about the delay claim that the administration has repeatedly allowed Iran to dictate the terms of the deal out of fear that the Islamic Republic will ditch the deal before it is officially implemented later this month.
Iranian leaders have made clear that any new U.S. sanctions will force it to walk away from the nuclear agreement. In the wake of the new sanctions debate, Iranian military leaders announced over the weekend they are working to increase the strength and destructive power of the country's arsenal.
Early last year I wrote an article and the Obama money quote was this:
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
The next thing that will happen is that the Saudis and Iranians will begin dropping nuclear bombs on each other. Obama has set up Armageddon.
Hussein is an Islamist enabler? Who knew?
Somebody’s clearly under the misguided impression that Obama and Iran are on opposite sides... Sheesh
First, all kinds of pie-in-the-sky promises.
Then weird, counterintuitive actions taken.
Then, the redefinition of words, the moving of the goal posts.
Then, the excuses. Excuses by the truckload, the trainload, the boatload.
Finally, le deluge. The disaster. That usually happens when the successor has taken over.
Obama supports all things Muslim. Get used to it.
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"It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond," Trump said in a statement, according to Politico.
He continued: "I have always felt that Russia and the United States should be able to work well with each other towards defeating terrorism and restoring world peace, not to mention trade and all of the other benefits derived from mutual respect."
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Thank you for referencing that article Starman417. Please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.
Patriots, note that Congress has always had the constitutional authority to remove lawless, misguided Obama from office. So Iran is arguably kicking worthless Congresss butt around.
Remember in November !
Patriots need to support Trump, or whatever conservative they elect, by also electing a new, state sovereignty-respecting Congress that will work within its constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers to support the president.
An added bonus to such a Congress is that it can fire state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices.
WE (collectively speaking) elected him TWICE.
How embarrassing is that?
“The next thing that will happen is that the Saudis and Iranians will begin dropping nuclear bombs on each other.”
I fail to see the problem here...
Obama's legacy:
I think you’re seeing a very public food-fight between factions of the Obama administration giving competing and contradictory interviews. It’s what happens with lame ducks.
I thought that homosexuality was illegal in Iran but I guess not the way Mad Mo’s boys are passing him around!
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