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Congress Denounces Iran's Ahmadinejad [Ron Paul moves to the left of Kucinich; votes nay]
Breitbart.com ^ | 09-25-07

Posted on 09/25/2007 11:12:13 AM PDT by MNJohnnie

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress signaled its disapproval of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a vote Tuesday to tighten sanctions against his government and a call to designate his army a terrorist group.

The swift rebuke was a rare display of bipartisan cooperation in a Congress bitterly divided on the Iraq war. It reflected lawmakers' long-standing nervousness about Tehran's intentions in the region, particularly toward Israel—a sentiment fueled by the pro-Israeli lobby whose influence reaches across party lines in Congress.

"Iran faces a choice between a very big carrot and a very sharp stick," said Rep. Tom Lantos, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "It is my hope that they will take the carrot. But today, we are putting the stick in place."

The House passed, by a 397-16 vote, a proposal by Lantos, D-Calif., aimed at blocking foreign investment in Iran, in particular its lucrative energy sector. The bill would specifically bar the president from waiving U.S. sanctions.

Current law imposes sanctions against any foreign company that invests $20 million or more in Iran's energy industry, although the U.S. has waived or ignored sanction laws in exchange for European support on nonproliferation issues.

In the Senate, Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., proposed a nonbinding resolution urging the State Department to label Iran's military—the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—a terrorist organization.

The Bush administration had already been planning to blacklist a unit within the Revolutionary Guard, subjecting part of the vast military operation to financial sanctions.

The legislative push came a day after Ahmadinejad defended Holocaust revisionists, questioned who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and declared homosexuals didn't exist in Iran in a tense question-and- answer session at Columbia University.

The Iranian president planned to speak Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly.

Lantos' bill was expected to draw criticism from U.S. allies in Europe. During a visit to Washington last week, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told lawmakers that France opposes any U.S. legislation that would target European countries operating in Iran. He argued that such sanctions could undermine cooperation on dealing with Iran.


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To: MNJohnnie

Roscoe Bartlett from W. MD? Has he gone senile on us? He used to be about the only decent conservative in the state of MD.


341 posted on 09/25/2007 5:15:24 PM PDT by penowa
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To: TigersEye

I pay no attention to that man. He is just too out there for me...I don’t like him at all.


342 posted on 09/25/2007 5:15:25 PM PDT by pandoraou812 ( zero tolerance to the will of Allah ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
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To: ScreamingFist
Like I said, who’s supporting him? We support the bill...

Like several real conservatives, i.e. non nutjobs, did..

Or do you like Iran...

343 posted on 09/25/2007 5:15:37 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (I don't use a sarcasm tag, it kills the effect...)
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To: ejonesie22
Bcsco, since we are they same person, what has our wife cooked for dinner, these donations make me hungry.

You're outed....apparently it takes two army to debate one Air Force......take your bla bla back to DU, I have more respect for MJ, at least he can debate.....nimrods

344 posted on 09/25/2007 5:15:54 PM PDT by ScreamingFist (Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
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To: bcsco
You're right, it was delicious...
345 posted on 09/25/2007 5:17:12 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (I don't use a sarcasm tag, it kills the effect...)
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To: radioman
The OSS was great. The CIA has been a miserable failure.

Aside of title what is the difference of function shown between the two?

346 posted on 09/25/2007 5:18:11 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: ejonesie22

Once again, quotes from my all-time favorite movie can be applied to politics! :-D


347 posted on 09/25/2007 5:18:58 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick
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To: ScreamingFist

You make Paul look sane dude.

BTW where do you get the idea I’m army?

Matters not, there was no debate, just your rants...

I am coming off the macine and going to dinner...

See I have not eaten yet...

D’oh...


348 posted on 09/25/2007 5:20:05 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (I don't use a sarcasm tag, it kills the effect...)
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To: ScreamingFist
You're outed....apparently it takes two army to debate one Air Force......take your bla bla back to DU, I have more respect for MJ, at least he can debate.....nimrods

Outed? BWAAAAAHAAAAAAAAA! You're too wacko to recognize poking fun at you? That's worthy of two BWAAAAAHAAAAAAAAA's!

As for DU, that's also a BWAAAAAHAAAAAAAAA! My only exposure there (ever) is through the DUFunnies. And that's enough. But I'd say you're a candidate since they love Ron Paul so much. You'd fit right in.

Come to think about it, maybe you do...

349 posted on 09/25/2007 5:20:21 PM PDT by bcsco ("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
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To: NYC GOP Chick

You got it...


350 posted on 09/25/2007 5:20:57 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (I don't use a sarcasm tag, it kills the effect...)
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To: MNJohnnie
Congress signaled its disapproval of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a vote Tuesday to tighten sanctions against his government and a call to designate his army a terrorist group.

Why didn't they do this earlier?
351 posted on 09/25/2007 5:21:24 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: ejonesie22
You're right, it was delicious...

Careful, we've been outed....BWAAAAAAHAAAAAAA!

352 posted on 09/25/2007 5:21:33 PM PDT by bcsco ("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
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To: ejonesie22

I’ve seen both movies multiple times. :)


353 posted on 09/25/2007 5:22:24 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick
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To: bcsco

18 months in the army.......all I need to no....Bwhahahahahahahaha,


354 posted on 09/25/2007 5:23:13 PM PDT by ScreamingFist (Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
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To: bcsco

I keep hearing a voice in my head...

Later, I’m drained...

Get it!

Ugh...


355 posted on 09/25/2007 5:23:24 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (I don't use a sarcasm tag, it kills the effect...)
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To: All
Sorry, I have to jump in here everyone.
The CIA has been highly successful and useful agency. Despite a few, highly publicized failures- as would happen in this sort of business, the CIA has saved us from the brink many, many times. Most of the people that work for the CIA are true patriots, often putting their lives on the line for this country. The analysts that work for the CIA are working for pennies compared to what they can make in the private sector.

The problem is, when then CIA is successful, you never hear about it. You only hear about the few failures of the CIA. Valarie Plame is not a representative example of the CIA. The CIA is made up of thousands of people who you never hear of but work day and night to keep you safe.

That’s my rant for tonight.

356 posted on 09/25/2007 5:23:50 PM PDT by mnehring (!! Warning, Quoting Ron Paul Supporters can be Hazardous to your Reputation !!)
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To: MNJohnnie

Flake? As in Jeff Flake?

What is up with that? I thought he was a good guy!


357 posted on 09/25/2007 5:24:27 PM PDT by JRochelle ( Winkle Paw is a Hillary donor.)
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To: ejonesie22

No time in service for you....?


358 posted on 09/25/2007 5:24:41 PM PDT by ScreamingFist (Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
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To: EGPWS

Hi! :-D


359 posted on 09/25/2007 5:24:43 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick
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To: dirtboy
Ron Paul would consult the Constitution first!

Even after some other country murdered Americans, took over our embassy, solicits terrorist acts, undermines American foreign policy, blows up people in 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc. countries, and their leader comes here to directly insult us and our intelligence.

Yeah. I will feel really safe and wait until Ron Paul consults the Constitution and decides whether to deliver a "strong message" or befriend the guy.

We are where we are right now because Carter and Clinton did something parallel to that.

360 posted on 09/25/2007 5:24:50 PM PDT by BobS (I><P>)
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