Posted on 02/13/2009 9:51:52 PM PST by STARWISE
This article was published in Geostrategy-Direct , an open source intelligence (OSINT) newsletter that has a good track record.
The report would probably seem preposterous if it weren't for the fact that Team Obama already waived sanctions on Syria and is considering opening travel to Cuba. It's like watching Carter on Speed.
This latest news comes from the February 18, 2009 edition of Geostrategy Direct (subscribers only):
DOSSIER: Ehud Barak 'Change' the mullahs can believe in: Obama to drop sanctions on Iran
TEL AVIV — Israelis may have gone to the polls hoping for "Change" but the status quo is all any of the candidates could look forward to whatever the outcome. Defense Minister Ehud Barack, has already glimpsed the future and has warned about what it holds.
Meanwhile, the status quo means continued rocket and missile attacks while international aid pours into the Gaza Strip and bolsters a regime run by Hamas, which is still considered by the United States to be a terrorist organization.
But "Change" is taking place, Barak has intimated, originating not in the Mideast but in Washington, D.C. in the form of a U.S. reconciliation with Iran.
Such a process could result in U.S. acceptance of Teheran's nuclear weapons program and the downplaying of its threats against Israel.
Just as Barack Obama entered office facing a massive economic crisis beyond the scope of his experience, likewise the new Israeli leader will have to make or delay making difficult strategic decisions from the minute he or she enters office.
Barak has already signaled what the new government can expect, officials here said.
The United States has abandoned its policy of sanctioning companies that aid Iran's nuclear and missile program, they said.
The officials said the new Obama administration of has decided to end sanctions against Iranian government agencies or companies that aid Teheran's missile and nuclear program. The officials said Israel has been informed of the new U.S. policy.
"We were told that sanctions do not help the new U.S. policy of dialogue with Iran," an official said.
Barak confirmed the new U.S. policy. In an address to the Herzliya Conference on Feb. 3, Barak said Washington did not say whether it would resume sanctions against Iran.
"We must arrive at a strategic understanding with the United States over Iran's military nuclear program and ensure that even if at this time they opt for the diplomatic option, it will only last a short time before harsh and necessary sanctions are imposed," Barak said.
Obama decided to end sanctions against Iran after determining that the U.S. measures had failed to block Teheran's missile or nuclear weapons program, officials said. Under the administration of former President George Bush, the United States accelerated sanctions on Iran in 2008.
In his address, the Israeli defense minister indicated that Obama had forged an entirely new approach toward Iran. He said the Israeli government has sought a briefing from the new U.S. administration.
A U.S. defense source said the White House would no longer enforce sanctions imposed by the Bush administration. The source said the decision has already been relayed to Iran.
"The administration has abandoned sanctions entirely," the U.S. source said. "It is a completely new ballgame."
Similarly, Obama has decided on a new U.S. ambassador to Syria and is expected to lift sanctions against a nation charged with aiding Al Qaida in Iraq and secretly building a nuclear reactor with North Korean assistance.
Diplomatic sources said Obama, in consultation with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has asked Frederic Hof to become the first U.S. ambassador to Damascus since 2005. The sources said Hof, a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Middle East Policy Council, agreed to take the post.
The sources said the Obama administration was expected to suspend U.S. sanctions on Syria's military and energy programs.
They said Hof would be authorized to facilitate an expansion of U.S. relations with Syria, which deteriorated under President George Bush.
In 2005, the United States withdrew its ambassador to Damascus in wake of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Syria was blamed for the car bombing in Beirut in which Hariri and many of his bodyguards were killed.
The sources said Obama sent emissaries to Syria in September 2008 and pledged that if elected he would reconcile with the regime of President Bashar Assad. After his election victory, they said, Obama sent another message that promised to appoint an ambassador within the first weeks of his administration.
Correct! It is a coup using their "other means" and now forcing their demands.
“Once we are here, our mission in this country is to change it.
There is no way for Muslims to be violent in America, no way.
We have other means to do it.
-Abdulrahman Alamoudi, 1996 at an Islamic conference in Chicago
"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth."
-CAIR chairman, Omar M. Ahmad, July 1998
Stealing 20 million from the taxpayers by executive order and importing hamas terrorists will assist in the final round up of the resisters.
Surreal is exactly how I have described this whole election. And since the election/inauguration I feel like I am trapped in a Stephen King/John Grisham/Twilight Zone movie all rolled into one.
We have might have a novice at the wheel, but he has some pretty experienced handlers who know exactly what they are doing.
I’m still not convinced that McCain wasn’t a mole himself. I mean I would have much rather had him than Obama, no doubt about it. But to put Nicolle Wallace in charge of her?
I am dissapointed in my science friends. Lots of big names in the science/atheist field who viewed Bush as some evangelical boogeyman and I’m thinking to myself, “You haven’t SEEN rights eroded”.
And one is an astronomer. I tried to explain Obama has already sent someone to audit NASA to gut it. He was in major major denial based on what Obama SAID at some campaign stop.
I can’t recall ANY politician being taken at their word. Much less one so literally and these people are SCIENTISTS and they are clueless to when they are being snowjobbed.
A blitz! Exactly. I knew there was some military term/word to describe this left and right and left and right.
Thanks!
Yeah, we have been hit by the Mac Daddy of all Terrorists attacks. We put the terrorist in charge of our military and ourselves and our nuclear codes.
All I can hope and pray is that some generals and admirals recognize what is going on if he gets too springy and organize a mutiny.
Two appropriate examples for The Zero. Ceaser and King Herod. Ceasar for the reasons you stated and King Herod for being the only person willing to vote to allow babies born alive to die in a dumpster
Yes, today has convinced me in the NEED to purchase a short wave radio. Can someone direct me to an inexpensive one? I really don’t have a lot to spare, but I want something for information.
Maybe there is a “scientific” gene. They don’t believe in God but do believe in silliness. Not all, I’m sure. But some.
Thanks Star, I was out of town.
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