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OBAMA TO A'JAD: ATOMIC ASSIST
nypost.com ^ | May 21, 2008 | Amir Taheri

Posted on 05/21/2008 4:13:51 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

STIFFS UN IN NUKE NEGOTIATIONS

BUOYED by their modest electoral success last month, critics of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's provocative foreign policy were preparing to launch a series of attacks on him in the Islamic Majlis, Iran's ersatz parliament. But then Ahmadinejad got an unexpected boost from Barack Obama.

Ali Larijani, Iran's former nuclear negotiator and now a Majlis member, was arguing that the Islamic Republic would pay a heavy price for Ahmadinejad's rejection of three UN Security Council resolutions on nukes. Then the likely Democratic presidential nominee stepped in.

Obama announced that, if elected, he wouldn't ask Iran to comply with UN resolutions as a precondition for direct talks with Ahmadinejad: "Preconditions, as it applies to a country like Iran, for example, was a term of art. Because this administration has been very clear that it will not have direct negotiations with Iran until Iran has met preconditions that are essentially what Iran views, and many other observers would view, as the subject of the negotiations; for example, their nuclear program."

"Talking without preconditions" would require America to ignore three unanimous Security Council resolutions. Before starting his unconditional talks, would Obama present a new resolution at the Security Council to cancel the three that Ahmadinejad doesn't like? Or would the new US president act in defiance of the United Nations - further weakening the Security Council's authority?

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TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; bo; iran; obama

1 posted on 05/21/2008 4:13:51 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama to Ahmawhackjob: “Let’s negotiate without preconditions. Screw the UNSC resolutions!”

Ahmawhackjob: “Great idea! Where shall we start, oh Little Satan from the Great Satan?”

Obama: “Please permit me to kiss your buttocks, warmly and firmly, each butt-cheek and then in the middle.”

Ahmawhackjob: “Not good enough, INFIDEL! Or shall I say APOSTATE, you renegade almost-Muslim? You must immolate yourself before me!”

Obama: “No problem, I’m sure we can build bridges to mutual understanding in this way.......”


2 posted on 05/21/2008 4:20:51 PM PDT by Enchante (Barack Chamberlain: My 1930s Appeasement Policy Goes Well With My 1960s Socialist Policies!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama’s candidacy has already told our enemies that America is moving toward a posture of fear and weakness. Unfortuantely, it’s sending the same message to our allies, who will be uncertain about our willingness to support them.


3 posted on 05/21/2008 4:26:42 PM PDT by Spok (Fear thee not the tyrant, but the bureaucrat.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Re: Ahmadinejad got an unexpected boost from Barack Obama.

That nObama! He's everywhere... working for peace!


4 posted on 05/21/2008 4:37:41 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Seems Obama hasn’t realized that not only Americans listen to what he says on TV.

Thing is, when sane people in other parts of the world hears his highly reckless and irresponsible comments on foreign policy, we buy canned food, iodine tablets and we hide in the cellar.


5 posted on 05/21/2008 5:04:37 PM PDT by SwedishConservative
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"Talking without preconditions" would require America to ignore three unanimous Security Council resolutions. Before starting his unconditional talks, would Obama present a new resolution at the Security Council to cancel the three that Ahmadinejad doesn't like? Or would the new US president act in defiance of the United Nations - further weakening the Security Council's authority?

Oho! Where is the outrage at Obama's proposal to ignore the UN and pursue unilateral action re: Iran??

6 posted on 05/21/2008 5:08:32 PM PDT by ellery (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock -T. Jefferson)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs

February 29, 2008 :: News
MissileThreat.com

A video has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.

The full text from the video, as released, reads as follows:

Thanks so much for the Caucus4Priorities, for the great work you've been doing. As president, I will end misguided defense policies and stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in Washington.

First, I'll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I'm the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And as president I will end it.[i.e. not win it]

Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

I will not weaponize space.

I will slow our development of future combat systems.

And I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.

Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert, and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.

You know where I stand. I've fought for open, ethical and accountable government my entire public life. I don't switch positions or make promises that can't be kept. I don't posture on defense policy and I don't take money from federal lobbyists for powerful defense contractors. As president, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people. Thanks so much.

Article: Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs:
http://missilethreat.com/archives/id.7086/detail.asp

7 posted on 05/21/2008 7:19:16 PM PDT by ETL
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To: All

A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html


8 posted on 05/22/2008 1:14:12 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: All

9 posted on 05/22/2008 1:15:03 AM PDT by Cindy
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What happens when only our enemies are nuked up?

Awesome video:

The same kind of terrorists who support Obama did this:
http://www.frugalsites.net/911/attack/
Never apologize for them.
Never appease them.
Never forget.


10 posted on 05/22/2008 3:25:18 AM PDT by cyberella
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama is a dangerous radical who already is affecting U. S. national security by giving hope, motivation, and comfort to the enemies who want to destroy us all.

There is no reason to think he would not do exactly as he has outlined here. Never forget the 20 years sitting as a supplicant to Wright’s pathological rants.


11 posted on 05/22/2008 6:49:44 AM PDT by mtntop3
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