Posted on 09/20/2007 6:31:25 PM PDT by blogsforthompson.com
Edited on 09/20/2007 6:38:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Fred Thompson has issued this stern statement regarding Iranian Leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his upcoming visit to the United Nations, and what we must do regarding the threat Iran poses:
Dallas, TX - Senator Fred Thompson issued the following statement today from Dallas, Texas regarding Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's upcoming visit to the United States and further called upon the UN Security Council to impose economic sanctions on the terrorist state:
"Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of the world's premier terrorist state, is speaking before the United Nations next week. He has also asked to visit Ground Zero. If I were President of the United States none of this would have been an issue--I wouldn't have let him into the country in the first place.
"It's time for the world to finally send a stern message to Iran. Ahmadinejad has called for the destruction of Israel, is supporting terrorist groups throughout the Middle East, and is responsible for supplying weapons to extremists who are killing US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. And with Iran's ongoing pursuit of nuclear weapons and development of long-range missiles, that country is a threat not only to the region and our allies, but to the entire free world. It's time for the United Nations to take more serious action against this terror regime.
"The Security Council needs to begin placing comprehensive, multilateral sanctions on Iran's economy, to include banning foreign investment, stopping export credits to companies doing business there, and prohibiting any business dealings with Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Iranian banks should be denied access to international banking and financial institutions, and World Bank loans should be suspended. All arms sales to Iran need to be halted. And travel by Iranian officials should be stopped and their assets frozen. Cutting off Iranian access to refined gas imports will certainly get Tehran's attention and cause them to reconsider their priorities. If the UN can't reach agreement on these measures due to continued Russian, Chinese or others' intransigence, then we need to work directly with our allies and go around the UN roadblock.
"The international community has been negotiating with Iran for more than four years to no avail in seeking to halt the mullahs' nuclear program. I believe strongly in diplomacy, but it has its limits, especially when the other side is made up of extremists. If we don't get serious and act now--before they build atomic weapons--the stakes will be even higher, and our hand much weaker. The United States and its allies cannot afford to let that happen. As president, I certainly will not."
If you’re elected - we’ll hold you to that.
I love Fred, but is he mis-speaking here? Does a U.S. president have the authority to bar a head of state from a member nation coming to the UN?
Let us expect a few campaign-fund pimps like Hsu hustling bucks from Iran to make sure that Hitlery gets in the White House. ImaNutJob wants an anti-America, anti-military leftist fool in the White House BAD !!!
Go Fred!
Fred must have been reading FR to come up with a statement like that.
Yah know, Fred, it ain't up to you. According to a treaty we signed when they planted the UN in New York we have to let him in. And according to the same treaty, the UN headquarters stays in New York unless they decide to move it. So if you really want to be president I suggest you brush up on the law a little bit before you make promises you can't keep.
So far I have the impression that you won’t have to worry about that.
Does a U.S. president have the authority to bar a head of state from a member nation coming to the UN?
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Well we know he could bar one from coming to the U.N. IN THE USA -— simply by throwing the U.N. out of the USA totally. Oh, would I love to see that day.
A little behind the news/talk cycle, Senator - but the campaign is young.
I’m glad he’s in. Even the most politically indifferent will notice the GOP. Hopefully he’ll bring more folks to the process.
And he’s right about Nutjob.
Has my vote here in Georgia
YES!
He's the head of state, and regardless of the diplomatic issues of the UN, it IS on US soil and he does have to pass through US ports of entry to get to it.
The President damn well can, and the current one should.
And at the very least, he should make it clear in no uncertain terms, that Isanutjob is not welcome at the WTC.
And who cares what the UN thinks anyway.
It makes him sound/read tough and plays to the nitwits that don’t know the law.
Rudy should be making the same statement shortly.
Bottom line is get the UN out of the USA and let it’s second home in Geneva be it’s only home.
hey, give him a break......it’s not often that he gets a chance to be stern about an issue, let alone clear.....
Do we have the authority to invade Iraq?
Not to be argumentative. There may be a treaty, but he apparently needs to get permission to land or a visa or something because I always read that there is some paperwork required for the visit.
So he does not have supreme rights to come if he has to ask.
Therefore if you have to ask the answer is no.
If he flies in "direct".... I swear to Allah that he is personally on a suicide mission with a nuclear bomb on board.
The moment his plane lands, KA-BOOM!
Sue us!
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