So in less than 24 hours after seemingly – though not officially – winning the democratic nomination for president of the United States of America, Barack Obama stands in front of the largest pro-Israel lobby (read “bribery, extortion, and blackmail experts” for the Cliff Notes definition of “lobby” — at least as it is practiced in the US) in the world today, AIPAC, and tells the crowd that he will impose tougher and even more stringent sanctions against Iran if they continue to enrich uranium as a means to create nuclear energy to fuel their fast-growing country. Says the New York Times, “Mr. Obama appeared before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, where, tacking to the right, he described a far tougher series of sanctions he would be willing to impose on Iran than he had outlined heretofore.”

Already starting to change colors right before our eyes? Well one isn’t quite sure yet. But how utterly and typically “political” this most recent stunt has made Obama appear. He failed to have either the knowledge or the courage – right now we aren’t sure which – to remind the crowd that Iran is legally entitled under international law to be working on researching nuclear energy under the Nuclear Proliferation Act – they currently have approximately one-hundred and twenty-thousand citizens employed and working at various plants around their country in this program – nor did he mention that they were given authorization from and originally purchased their nuclear energy knowledge and many materials to do so from the United States as far back as the Eisenhower administration.

How on earth can this man be talking about more sanctions against Iran and trying to stop them from enriching uranium when it is absolutely none of his business is the question that is begged to be answered here.

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An important briefing we’re hosting this Thursday in Albuquerque on relations with Iran. If you are in the Albuquerque area (or have friends who do) I hope you’ll join us:

Former Congressman Tom Andrews, National Director of Win Without War
Brigadier General John Johns (ret.),
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan

Thursday, June 5
7:00 PM
Unitarian Church of Albuquerque
Carlisle Boulevard, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
(505) 884-1801

Tom Andrews & General John Johns will discuss the harm our current policy toward Iran does to stability in the Middle East and our national security. Without a reversal in the policy of making non-negotiable demands, there can be no progress in resolving outstanding issues with Iran or enlisting its cooperation to achieve stability in Iraq. As it now stands, The Bush Administration’s policy of antagonism toward Iran gives that country’s leaders the maximum incentive to develop weapons of mass destruction and continue to keep the US military tied down in Iraq.
I hope we’ll see you there!

Ryan Anderson
Win Without War