Bush Has Left the Building

Bush has lost his mind, his  balls, his vision. Bending over to Iran?

My sources tell me when Eli Lake wrote in the NY Sun last month about  the long reported story of al qaeda in Iran he came under intense heat and was the object of a smear campaign in the highest circles of DC insiders.

Iran has declared war on the west. Long ago, 1979. They have stated their objective plainly, the installation of the caliphate. Why the surrender in installments? Iran has been at war with us (and quite successfully I'd say) since Jimmy Carter helped overthrow the shah and install the Ayatollah Khomeini. Once the go nuclear, it's end game.

Rocketsbrain sent me this piece and adds, "State and CIA are playing footsie with Iran right now and they don't want to p/o them.  Bush seems to be under the spell of State's bureaucrats who play appeasement to secure Iranian support for stabilizing Iraq.  Could be with Sadr's announcement today about the Mahdi army.

I think this sucks.  The only things these people are afraid of is the raw economic and military power we can project in the region.  It's time to play hardball and not soft softball."

  Bush administration opposes bills on divestment from Iran, Sudan

By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent 

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has notified Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois that it "can't support" the bills intended to help states and funds divest from Iran and Sudan, Haaretz learned on Tuesday. In a letter sent to Durbin within the past four weeks, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Department Kevin Fromer explains the reservations the administration has regarding these bills, among them, the fear that such legislation "could jeopardize the support of our allies for multilateral actions against the regimes in these countries." Durbin introduced S. 831 - The Sudan Divestment Authorization Act - which is one of the bills the administration is asking Congress to take off the table.

Earlier Tuesday, Haaretz revealed that a bill submitted by Senator Barack Obama is being held in the Senate by Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama (read this story on Rosner's Domain  here). 

In the letter from the Treasury Department, the administration explains its resistance to several divestment bills. "The Treasury Department shares Congress' concerns about the actions of state sponsors of terrorism," it says, "and agrees that economic pressure is a component of any comprehensive strategy to alter the behavior of these regimes." However, it says, "Imposing meaningful financial pressure requires the cooperation and joint actions of other countries." In the case of Iran, claims the administration, pressure is mounting precisely because the United States is not acting alone.

UPDATE: Meanwhile back in the real world;

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced that his country aspires to take over the leadership of Iraq. "The mandate of the United States over Iraq has reached its end. It is now the turn of Iran to replace and fill the void that the (American) retreat will create".

UPDATE 8/30:Tehran's Meddling Is a Threat to the Region - Editorial

Iran is smuggling men and weapons into Iraq in huge quantities, arming not only Shia militias but also rival Sunni groups with the express aim of harassing and killing coalition troops. President Ahmadinejad boasted earlier this week that the Americans were on the run, and said that when they pulled out they would leave an opening for his forces. For the past six months, Washington has warned Iran to stop supplying weapons to the insurgents in Iraq. The response has been not only a contemptuous denial but also the dispatch of Iranian Revolutionary Guards to other areas of confrontation.
    If Iran is deaf to warnings from Washington, it should not ignore the tough new language in Europe. With unambiguous clarity, French President Sarkozy said on Monday that a nuclear-armed Iran was unacceptable; unless the world reined in its program, the only alternative was "an Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran." His language was aimed as much at Russia and China as Tehran. Both have posed as Iran's friends and protectors to shield it from UN sanctions. Both should be realistic. Russia does not want another nuclear power on its southern flank. China is deeply worried about chaos in Afghanistan. It is time that it, too, confronted Iran. (Times-UK)

 

Comments

[Jeremiah]

Now I want to know: Where's Halliburton in this?

[senor doeboy]

Bush seems confused on may important issues of late, from the border security to Islam, to what constitutes a terrorist supporting state (Saudi Arabia) to what is a friendly democracy (Israel). It leaves one wondering about his mental capacities of late. Has he finally “lost it” after trying so hard to get along with the Moonbats of the Dhimmicrates?

[allat]

Well, really, after all is said and done - I see that it is really ourselves that are bringing us down.

You know the resistance the fight has to begin at home - right here - right in the U.S.

But what we're doing is bowing to multi-culturalism... I mean we're giving in to the scum islamics - even BEFORE - they demand. Foot baths, U.S. madrassas, wearing head scarfs (Pelosi- 3rd in line to the pResidency).

We're doing ourselves in, and by the time we go external - we've already caved in, within.

And another thing, everyone that really is AGAINST islam, should STOP contributing to the saudi- stop using gas - the majority which comes from them. Go to alternate types of energy and transportation, or get a local job.

That is if you're really serious. It is very hard to change - but do you see any other way to preserve our culture?