Sanctions now

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6538957.stm

Why wait until the end of May? They can continue to increase nuclear fuel production but the U.N. member countries need to apply sanctions now. Who ever said it was easy dealing with people who are out of touch with reality? This isnt about the West anymore, this is about insane political deviants who are blowing things out of proportion and shifting attention towards themselves because of past grievances and more importantly because of extremist sectarian issues that have nothing to do with the welfare of its people anymore. If Iran really wanted peace defying other possible resolutions and suppressing its society is not the way to prove it.

Pelosi in Syria

Bush kind of has this one right but I'm still waiting to see what happens altruistically because I'm still in the mindset that things will still work themselves out in the end. (we can only hope)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6522743.stm

What is Pelosi doing? Either she's in Syria as a decoy or that she wants to keep her enemies close that she gets killed in the process.

There's a TON of politics and deception going on in Syria. Assad definitely is keeping close guard for Lebanon not to move towards a more democratic government for economic and political purposes . There's also it's ties with Iran and it's questioned involvement with Hezbollah supposedly arming it with weapons to support it's cause against the West.

So here comes Nancy with an agenda that somehow diffuses the utterly Republican views of the West yet I cant help feeling concerned that she could possibly help further deteriorate relationships between the U.S. and Syria.

I'm crossing my fingers that this doesnt happen.

Does anyone remember David Bonior's similar efforts in Baghdad back in 2002?

A gift from Iran

So thank you Ahmadinejad for releasing the British soldiers as a 'gift'. It's so great to be powerful and condescending because the common folk dont really have the time or patience to stand it; they just walk away shaking their heads in despair.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6525905.stm

Regardless of whether they were in fact inside Iranian waters or not, it's such a great gesture for this gracious president to gift the Brits back their people intact instead of in shreds. As for the soldiers' state of mind, well time will tell when they get back and get their heads reexamined for any traces of intimidation and brainwashing.

Please.

One wonders whether this is just another propaganda effort. All this took place shortly after the U.N. approved further sanctions on Iran for defying orders to halt intense efforts on nuclear proliferation.

300

Iran is angry. Again. At Hollywood, at the U.S, at anyone. This is a movie people. If anything shouldnt they be angry with the Greeks who came out looking noble in this depiction of the battle at Thermopylae? It's not the point. This is a movie. But I suppose anything to point fingers at the U.S. ... Here's a thought. You dont like it? Dont watch it. Tell your other friends. And let them make their own decision. It's called freedom of speech.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17599641/?GT1=9145

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2A62C583-E1C7-454E-B0B3-16DB56E3C4FD.htm

So this is what I dont understand. Ahmadijenad blames the U.S. for its involvement in Iraq and Lebanon while it supports the Hamas government in Palestine to rally against Israel. Not to mention it supports Hezbollah as well by arming its militia from its own arsenal. So I dont understand why the U.S. is oh so bad while Iran comes out smelling like roses when it's doing its own to protect its interests. Ahh double standards.

Politics is after all the art or science of getting what one wants.