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Fred Thompson Issues Stern Statement on Iranian Leader Ahmadinejad
Blogs For Fred Thompson ^ | September 20, 2007 | brkcmo

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."


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To: blogsforthompson.com

Can we shoot his plane down when he is over international waters?


21 posted on 09/20/2007 6:43:07 PM PDT by woofer2425 (You will all be using Macs within 10 years)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

I don’t think the other Republican candidates are going to cut him a break on this statement. If even someone like me, a seasoned citizen retired lady knows that he can’t bar Ahmanutjob fromn the U.N., Fred should know it.


22 posted on 09/20/2007 6:43:15 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: AFreeBird
And who cares what the UN thinks anyway.

Damn Skippy!

This is a sovereign nation

23 posted on 09/20/2007 6:44:01 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: blogsforthompson.com
If you are elected Fred, we will hold you to it, and here's kudos to you, for you would have to stay your course in the face of overwhelmingly treasonous liberal diatribe, that will traduce you and your family from all sides possible.

May God grant you the strength to stay your course on Islamofascism, the greatest threat to civilization since European fascism, greater than the Russians or Chinese would ever be, if Iran obtains strategic nuclear weapons.

Every one else with strength has folded, may you become America's King Arthur, and may you gather and keep a loyal contingent of round table warriors.

24 posted on 09/20/2007 6:44:25 PM PDT by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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To: Inspectorette
I don’t think the other Republican candidates are going to cut him a break on this statement. If even someone like me, a seasoned citizen retired lady knows that he can’t bar Ahmanutjob fromn the U.N., Fred should know it.

Couldn't the President just block him from "entering" the United States? (Not from going to the UN, but from physically entering the United States via an airport, for example?)

25 posted on 09/20/2007 6:45:44 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: rineaux
Non of these Republican candidates are very inspiring
26 posted on 09/20/2007 6:46:11 PM PDT by reefdiver (The sheriff of Nottingham collected taxes on behalf of the common good)
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To: dynachrome

If Iran wants to nuke us, then they don’t even have to send Ahmadinejad... just fly in a team of nuclear technicians with a device on-board his supposed plane.


27 posted on 09/20/2007 6:47:09 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: blogsforthompson.com

There goes the Anti-Fred argument that he doesn’t offer specific solutions to issues....


28 posted on 09/20/2007 6:47:29 PM PDT by moonhawk (Fear and Loathing in '08: Hunter/Thompson)
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To: Inspectorette

I pondered that also = I think not


29 posted on 09/20/2007 6:48:36 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." LINCOLN)
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To: Inspectorette
Does a U.S. president have the authority to bar a head of state from a member nation coming to the UN?

Short Answer: No.
...maybe its' time the U(seless)N to move to the Third World/Switzerland....the sooner, the better. :/

30 posted on 09/20/2007 6:49:04 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (just b/c your paranoid, doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you....Run, Fred, Run. :^)
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To: blogsforthompson.com

Take no prisoners!!


31 posted on 09/20/2007 6:49:33 PM PDT by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: dynachrome
The very real danger to continued American freedom is the phrase in the Constitution dealing with treaties,and the insistence of some that any treaty trumps the Bill of Rights and other Constitutional assurances.

Fortunately,the Great White Fathers in Washington have repeatedly demonstrated that treaties are binding only so long as they are convenient;ask the native American tribes like the Cherokee,formerly of Georgia and environs.

32 posted on 09/20/2007 6:49:47 PM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
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To: dynachrome

I wondered if they could detain him for sponsoring terrorism?


33 posted on 09/20/2007 6:50:32 PM PDT by Shanty Shaker
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To: blogsforthompson.com
"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.

Go Fred!!!!!!!!

34 posted on 09/20/2007 6:50:40 PM PDT by RockinRight (Can we start calling Fred "44" now, please?)
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To: moonhawk

Nice tag.

HST’s book is a nice read these days: unfortunately, the bareknuckle bidness back then is nothing like it is now.


35 posted on 09/20/2007 6:51:10 PM PDT by IslandJeff (Matthew 28: 19-20)
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To: SunStar
Couldn't the President just block him from "entering" the United States? (Not from going to the UN, but from physically entering the United States via an airport, for example?)

I dunno - we've let in scumbags like Arafat, Castro, Chavez, etc. The political fallout would be enormous around the world.

36 posted on 09/20/2007 6:51:16 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: reefdiver

Non of these Republican candidates are very inspiring

Very true.


37 posted on 09/20/2007 6:52:01 PM PDT by rineaux (Just say NO to taglines)
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To: ANGGAPO

I dunno what polls you’ve been looking at.


38 posted on 09/20/2007 6:52:09 PM PDT by RockinRight (Can we start calling Fred "44" now, please?)
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To: maine-iac7

Does a US President have the authority to keep out a terrorist? I cannot believe people are even asking that question....get some balls people. Its time to step up... or shall we build another mosque and foot bins in airports???


39 posted on 09/20/2007 6:52:35 PM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: hoosierham

“ask the native American tribes”
That was one of the examples I had in mind. Some are broken for wrong reasons.
No treaty trumps the Constitution or the sovreignty of the U.S.


40 posted on 09/20/2007 6:52:50 PM PDT by dynachrome (Henry Bowman is right.)
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