Iran lashed out at Barack Obama on Monday:
Iran criticized on Monday U.S. President Barack Obama for saying Tehran posed a threat with its nuclear program and urged Washington and other countries possessing atom weapons to dismantle their arsenals.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi made the comments a day after Obama, who is seeking to engage Iran diplomatically in a sharp policy shift from George W. Bush’s approach, set out his vision for ridding the world of such arms.
Delivering a speech in Prague given new urgency by North Korea’s rocket launch, Obama also said the United States would go ahead with plans to build a missile defense shield in Europe as long as Iran posed a threat with its nuclear activities.
Qashqavi noted that the Bush administration, which spearheaded a drive to isolate Iran over its disputed nuclear plans, had also described the Islamic state as a threat.
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If President Obama and the US Congress would stop grovelling and kow-towing to IAPAC and the Zionists and Likudniks of Israel, there would be no problem. Both the Russians and the UN weapons Inspection team have said that there is no evidence that the Iranians were attempting to build nuclear weapons. Our CIA also said it, but yet we still have Obama parroting the IAPAC line,”The sky is falling,oops, we meant to say the Iranians are coming. Luckily for the US and Iran, the Bush White House finally started listening to the Joint Chiefs of Staff last year and turned down the Israeli’s when they sent their heavy hitters, Ehud Barak, Gabi Ashkenazi, and Meir Dagan to ask for US support for a joint strike against Iran. Gabi Ashkenazi came again this year, but was not allowed to talk to any policy makers.
Actions speak louder than words and the Iranians are correct when they point out that there would be more trust if some of the embargo against Iran were lifted and also attempts to destabilize the Iranian government were stopped. In late 2007 the Bush White House notified the top level members of Congress that they were going to allocate $400 million to attempt to destabilize the Iranian government. Those members of Congress should have stated their opposition, but went along like a pack of lambs.
Do a little searching and you will find out why the US has re-done our currency. a hint: It’s blow-back from the Iranians for only one of our attmpts to destabilize their currency and government. Remember folks, if a Hill Billy in Arkansas can have this information, the Iranians can also read and they are very smart people.
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