In a letter cosigned by nine US senators, President Barack Obama is urged to apply “crippling sanctions” on Iran immediately, warning that failure to do so imperils the entire planet as well as his credibility.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is using the London Conference on Afghanistan tomorrow as an opportunity to meet with other foreign minister and pressure them for support on sanctions in the UN Security Council. She expressed optimism that a “consensus” was growing on new sanctions.
But the letter slams the idea of moving forward in the Security Council, noting that China holds the rotating presidency for the rest of the week and is unlikely to support the sanctions. The letter cautions that it is unacceptable to wait until France takes over the presidency next week to move against Iran.
Instead they insist that Congress and past UN resolutions have given the president ample authority to move unilaterally on more sanctions against Iran, and demanded that he do so immediately.
The letter also served as a condemnation of China, who they declared was not “a responsible stakeholder in the international system” because they do business with Iran, and cautioned that US relations with China could be seriously damaged by their objection to sanctions.
The 9 nattering nabobs – The letter is signed by Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and David Vitter (R-La.). 9 not to be trusted.
All this means is israhell is worried about the global blowback from their war crimes, racism against the Palestinians, blockaids, wars against their neighbors, and I suspect they are paying big time economically and politically for their racial arrogance. Many nations are divesting from israhell investments. Our congress remains their only fiends, (thats correct the word is fiends) left in the western hemisphere that support their apartheid policies.
War with Iran will bring the West back to 1932, more or less. No more oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
I feel like I walked into the movie halfway through and missed the plot premise… Iran's invaded who?
Wake me up when the trials for treason begin. Yawn………..
What's with NutJob McCain doing in the wolf pack? Bomb Bomb Iran
Iran "imperils the entire planet"…..???? That may be the most outrageous thing I have ever read on antiwar.com in my life. Funny, I don't see the "entire planet" worried about Iran. Strange? I'll say one thing for AIPAC. They got the money and the power….
Our AIPAC controlled Senators for Israel earning their keep. Enough with our Israel First foreign policy. Let's have another ME war to protect Israel's nuclear monopoly.
Each of these nine Senators should resign from the US Congress and take a slow leaky boat on a one way trip to Israel – they are TRAITORS to the US!
Antiwar.com might do its readers an enormous favor by publishing the amount of dollars each of the 9 Senators has and does receive from AIPAC.
Come to think of it. No need to include Joe Lieberman's donations.
Nine sock puppets getting jiggy with the Tel-Aviv Two-step.