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.
You hope Obama knows what he is doing? Of course he does. He’s selling us down the damn river.
It’s like he’s daring us to do something.
I believe Ahmadinejad also demanded some apologies for past US behavior as a precondition to talks with Obama. Wouldn’t be surprised if the apologies are coming soon.
It is us versus them and their allies in the press and the now majority of "Americans" who do not pay taxes and are now registered to vote to make sure the money keeps coming.
Let us hope that geostrategy is as wrong as those who voted for this ObamaNation. I wish I had more hope than that to give, but I don’t.
I think the latter. “We couldn’t beat them (because we didn’t try) so let’s just get out of the way and see what happens.”
You don’t think this IS Islam in action?
This isn’t about Islam nations seeing us as weak because we are cowering to their demands, this is US BEING WEAK BECAUSE WE HAVE GIVEN UP AND VOTED IN THEIR DEMANDS.
This is beyond “talks” Obama said he would have. “No pre-condition talks with Iran”. Well, hells bells, he skipped that step altogether and said “Go ahead and build Nukes. We won’t say a word”. Literally, that is what this article is saying April!
“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. “
No, I don’t think we can wait past the hour! The hits are knocking me out tonight.
Um... I hope this meeting isn't planned for the back seat of a taxi...
It’s almost a whole month already.
That’s how they do it.. They strike hard and fast so the masses are too confused and in shock to do anything about it.. 1938 isn’t far away.
***Very scarey thought. Isn’t that the Alinsky way? Create confusion?
Wonder when Burkas go on sale at Sears...
“Or maybe Zero is really saying he wishes to aid and speed-up Iran’s missile and nuclear programs?”
You are looking at it as if he were looking out for our best interests.
I’ve gone beyond honestly believing that. This is blatant. This isn’t even “talks”, this is just “do what you want”
“The GOP is too damned polite.”
I believe that as well. Sadly, I am almost to the point that I could get by with only four keys on my computer keyboard to express what I think these days.
Yes. That was it!
It makes more sense to me tonight than it did even a couple of weeks ago.
This force of a vote before people could even read it staggering to me.
I despise Spector, Snowe and Collins with all my heart right this minute.
Michael Jackson style......Barry’s whole life is a fraud. From his marriage to Michelle(Patrick Ewing with a sex change) to his supposed birth in Hawaii.
All I can say is that all patriots that are in the military, "Please hang in there - don't let these socialist fascists take over out military or we are surely all goners."
Obama, like all black dictators does not understand the responsibilities of leadership and the common good. Its all about absolute power. He won and now he RULES. In his mind, he is the only power and law in the world. The megalomania has been unleashed. Interesting how Hollywood released that Hitler plot movie just after the election...
~~BTTT!
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