obama begs some more.

[Katzndogz]

Obama Reportedly Calls For Iran Talks In Secret Letter

Maybe he is threatening a really SEVERE scowl.

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian lawmaker claimed Wednesday that President Barack Obama called for direct talks with Iran in a secret letter to the Islamic Republic's supreme leader that also warned Tehran against closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

I'm sure obama told Iran that his scowl works really good on republicans.

 

[High_Gravity]

Oh god.

 

[Sallow]

Ah.

So this is the first administration to keep communications open through a back channel?

Is that what you are posting?

Or is it bad, because, specifically, it is this administration?

 

[Katzndogz]

It all depends on who the communication is with.

obama is communicating weakness. Iran is sending him a toy drone telling him that he is a child to them. Now he's making a bad situation even worse by begging. This letter is going to be plastered all over the Iranian media. See, this is how the dog begs before us. Iran is going to take this as outright fear. obama may have just advanced the possibility of outright war by several months.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Ah.

So this is the first administration to keep communications open through a back channel?

Is that what you are posting?

Or is it bad, because, specifically, it is this administration?

What is there to talk about? The letter should have said: end your efforts to acquire nuclear weapons and allow international arms control inspectors unfettered access to all your relevant programs, assets and records and end your support for international terrorism or we will destroy your economy with sanctions and if you attempt to interfere with international shipping or otherwise retaliate militarily, we will destroy your military capabilities.

 

[waltky]

Iran stayin' on track to develop nuclear weapons...

US: Iran Keeping Open Option to Develop Nuclear Weapons
February 02, 2012 - Top U.S. intelligence officials say Iran is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons, but has not yet made the decision to build a bomb. Analysts say if Tehran makes such a decision, it will be capable of producing a nuclear weapon later this year.

Concern continues to mount over Iran’s nuclear program, as tensions between Western nations and Tehran are escalating. Tehran says its nuclear plants are used for peaceful energy production. But the International Atomic Energy Agency cites evidence Iran is researching the development and delivery of nuclear weapons. “They are certainly moving on that path, but we do not believe they have actually made the decision to go ahead with a nuclear weapon," said U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.

In recent months, Iran has begun enriching uranium at an underground plant. Maseh Zarif of the American Enterprise Institute conducted an analysis of the country’s enrichment program that shows it would not take long to build a bomb. “By about early summer 2012 they would have a large enough stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium with which they could produce fuel for one nuclear weapon in about 2.5 months," said Zarif. An estimate by the Israeli military says Iran could make four atomic bombs by further enriching uranium it has already stockpiled.

Iran has the largest inventory of ballistic missiles in the Middle East and U.S. intelligence officials say it would likely use a missile to deliver a nuclear weapon. "I have come to believe that Iran's leaders are not going to give up their push for a nuclear weapons capability, unless they believe it is going to cost them their hold on power," said Ron Wyden, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Intelligence officials say there is now an increasing threat that Iran could conduct attacks on U.S. interests overseas or even on American soil.

Top Iranian officials were allegedly involved in last year’s failed plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States by bombing a Washington restaurant. “It shows me they are becoming increasingly aggressive, that they are willing to absorb more risk and that they are willing to bring the fight here," said analyst Maseh Zarif.

Iran’s central bank has been slapped with tough new U.S. sanctions and the European Union has agreed to embargo Iranian oil by July 1. The country’s currency is rapidly losing value, forcing up prices in Iranian markets. The pressure is on, says CIA Director David Petraeus. “The overall situation is one in which the sanctions have been biting much, much more literally in recent weeks than they have until this time," he said. Iranian officials have reacted by threatening to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a move the U.S. says would not be allowed to stand. Another sign, analysts say, a military confrontation could be looming.

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Iran Threatens to Strike Back Against Sanctions, Attack
February 03, 2012 - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Friday that Iran will retaliate against Western-backed oil sanctions and threats of attack, as media reports say U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta fears Israel could strike Iran in the next few months.

Israel's intentions

A report Thursday in The Washington Post, later backed by other news outlets, said Panetta worries Israel could attack Iran as early as April to stop Tehran's progress on a possible nuclear bomb. Iran insists its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes.

Panetta was not directly quoted in the report and has not commented on it. Khamenei's comments came in a speech on state television Friday as he marked the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Sanctions

Khamenei said sanctions will have no effect on Iran's determination to continue its controversial nuclear program. He also said Iran will back any nation or group that intends to confront Israel.

Israel is among the nations, including the United States, that suspect Iran may be enriching uranium to make nuclear weapons. Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, while the United States is pushing for increased international sanctions instead. In retaliation for any further action, Iran has repeatedly threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world's oil is shipped.

Source

 

[waltky]

Obama workin' with Israel to stop Iran from gettin' the bomb...

US and Israel working together on Iran, says Obama
6 February 2012 - Barack Obama: "We will do everything we can to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon"

The US is working closely with Israel to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, President Barack Obama has said. He told NBC he believed Israel had not yet decided how to deal with the issue, amid reports that Israel may strike Iran as early as spring. Mr Obama said the aim was to resolve the crisis diplomatically, but added that no option was off the table. The US and Israel suspect that Iran is building a nuclear bomb. Iran says its programmes are for peaceful purposes. Last November, the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, said it had information suggesting Iran had carried out tests "relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device". Since then, the US and the EU have imposed a series of sanctions against Iran, including measures targeting the country's lucrative oil industry.

'Deep alarm'

"I've been very clear - we're going to do everything we can to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and creating a nuclear arms race in a volatile region," Mr Obama told NBC in a live interview on Sunday. He said Washington was working "in lockstep" with Israel, which was right to be very concerned about Iran's controversial activities. Asked if he believed the Jewish state could launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran, Mr Obama said: "I don't think Israel has made a decision on what they need to do."

He declined to answer directly a question whether Washington would be consulted first, saying only that the US and Israel "have closer military and intelligence consultation... than we've ever had". However, correspondents say that behind the scenes Washington is deeply alarmed by reports that Israel may strike Iran as early as April. Such a move could drive up tensions in the Middle East as well as oil prices, analysts says, which would threaten the global economy and Mr Obama's re-election chances. The US president said his country had "a very good estimate" of when Iran could complete a nuclear weapon.

But knowledge of Tehran's internal decision-making was not as clear, he said. "Do we know all of the dynamics inside of Iran? Absolutely not,'' Mr Obama said. "Iran itself is a lot more divided now than it was. Knowing who is making decisions at any given time inside of Iran is tough.'' Mr Obama also said there was no evidence that the Iranians had "intentions or capabilities" to strike US targets in retaliation. He stressed the US was attempting to resolve the showdown diplomatically but that the country had done extensive planning on all options. "We are prepared to exercise these options should they arise,'' Mr Obama said during the interview.

BBC News - US and Israel working together on Iran, says Obama

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US tightens Iran bank sanctions
6 February 2012 - Obama told NBC that he would work to prevent Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon

US President Barack Obama has placed stricter sanctions on Iran's government, including its central bank. In an executive order, Mr Obama said he was freezing all Iranian government assets held or traded in the US. On Sunday, Mr Obama said the US and Israel were "in lockstep" in their policy towards Iran. Concerns have grown in Israel and the West that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, although Tehran says its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful. The new US sanctions include blocks on the Central Bank of Iran, imposed "in light of the deceptive practices" of the bank to conceal transactions already banned by previous sanctions. The curbs were also prompted by Iran's "deficient" efforts to combat money-laundering, the executive order said.

'Well-documented'

A raft of new sanctions were passed by Congress in December 2011 as part of a wide-ranging defence bill, despite warnings from the White House that including sanctions against the Iranian central bank would interfere with the foreign relations of US allies. While Mr Obama signed the bill he said he reserved the right to treat the provisions as non-binding, angering some hawks on Capitol Hill who questioned his commitment to increasing pressure on Iran, says BBC Persian's Mohammad Manzarpour, in Washington. By issuing this executive order, President Obama seems to be trying to discredit those who claim he is not serious about sanctions, while still exercising some leeway when it comes to the dealings of his key allies with Iran, our correspondent says.

The executive order gives American institutions the powers to freeze assets related to the Central Bank of Iran, instead of just turning them back. In a statement, the US Treasury department said the order was part of "the administration's resolve to hold the Iranian regime accountable for its failure to meet its international obligations". Iran "will face ever-increasing economic and diplomatic pressure" until it answers the international community's "well-founded and well-documented concerns" about its nuclear programme, the Treasury said.

Pre-emptive worries

 

[Mr. H.]

Obama prefers diplomacy- like with Libya.

 

[The Infidel]

Obama prefers diplomacy- like with Libya.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWP-AsG5DRk]The Bangles Walk Like An Egyptian - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Katzndogz]

obama says he's working with Israel, that doesn't mean he is.

obama's foreign policy is going to go down in history as the worst ever.

 

[waltky]

Granny says fer Obama to grow some backbone an' quit beggin' an' charge `em the same price fer a bushel of wheat as dey charge fer a barrel of oil...

Iran gobbles up U.S. wheat
March 20th, 2012 - Iran is buying American wheat for the first time in three years as it seeks to hedge against the growing impact of sanctions and weather-related crop shortages.

Some 120,000 tonnes of hard red winter wheat grown in the Plains is on its way to the Islamic Republic, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The sale of another 60,000 tonnes has been finalized, according to trade sources, and Iran may ultimately buy some 400,000 tonnes of U.S. wheat this year. The purchases are part of a massive effort by the Islamic Republic to build up its grain stockpiles amid growing difficulties in financing imports of everything from steel to palm oil. At the same time, Iranian companies are devising elaborate workarounds to find new markets for crude oil exports.

Exports of U.S. wheat to Iran are legal. U.S. and European sanctions against Iran exempt agricultural products. The major U.S. commodity traders - Bunge, Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill - won't comment on whether they were involved in the deals, but Cargill told CNN that it "does sell agricultural commodities to Iran as food is specifically excluded from the sanctions" implemented because of Iran's nuclear program. "We take great care to ensure that these sales respect both the spirit and the letter of the law while trying to make sure that ordinary people are not deprived of basic foodstuffs," a Cargill spokeswoman said.

According to USDA figures, 1,564,000 tonnes of U.S. wheat were exported to Iran in 2008, when the country was suffering a drought, and 312,000 tonnes the following year. Iran has also bought smaller amounts of U.S. soybeans and corn. Once again, analysts say dry weather is in part driving the sales. "Iran's appetite is driven by drought, a desire to build up grain inventories and hedging against the future impact of sanctions," says Shelley Goldberg, director of global resources and commodities strategy at Roubini Global Economics. "Inventories were getting quite low last year."

State-owned and private Iranian companies are devising ways to overcome the shortage of hard currency, using barter, gold and currencies such as the Indian rupee and Russian rouble. Traders say it also appears that Iran's Central Bank has stepped in, making foreign exchange available to facilitate imports. Iranian importers are also looking to Pakistan for several hundred thousand tonnes of rice and wheat this year as part of a complex barter deal. Pakistan has a wheat surplus. A spokesman at Pakistan's Ministry of Water & Power, Tanveer Alam, told CNN Monday that Pakistan was planning to export one million tonnes of wheat in exchange for iron ore and fertilizer.

More Iran gobbles up U.S. wheat – CNN Security Clearance - CNN.com Blogs

 

[waltky]

Obama gettin' tough with sanction non-supporters...

Obama: Oil supply enough to keep squeeze on Iran
30 Mar.`12 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he was plowing ahead with potential sanctions against countries that keep buying oil from Iran, including allies of the United States, in a deepening campaign to starve Iran of money for its disputed nuclear program.

The world oil market is tight but deep enough to keep the squeeze on Iran, Obama ruled. The sanctions aim to further isolate Iran's central bank, which processes nearly all of the Iran's oil purchases, from the global economy. Obama's move clears the way for the U.S. to penalize foreign financial institutions that do oil business with Iran by barring them from having a U.S.-based affiliate or doing business here. Obama's goal is to tighten the pressure on Iran, not allies, and already the administration exempted 10 European Union countries and Japan from the threat of sanctions because they cut their oil purchases from Iran. Other nations have about three months to significantly reduce such imports before sanctions would kick in.

Still, administration officials said that Obama is ready to slap sanctions on U.S. partners and that his action on Friday was another signal. At issue for Obama was ruling, by Friday, whether oil supplies were sufficient to keep demanding that nations cut off Iran — not an insignificant matter in a time of high election-year gas prices at home. Obama gave his OK after considering available reserves, increased oil production by some countries and global economic conditions. The White House emphasized that he would continue to keep an eye on the oil market to make sure that it — and its consumers — could withstand shrinking purchases out of Iran.

With oil prices already rising this year amid rising tensions over the nuclear dispute between Iran and the West, U.S. officials have sought assurances that pushing countries to stop buying from Iran would not cause a further spike in prices. It is not year clear, at this stage of the process, how the sanctions could affect gas prices. The U.S. sanctions are set to take effect on June 28. A European oil embargo, approved in January, starts in July. Put together, Obama administration officials contend Iran is about to face its most severe economic pressure ever. The United States imports no oil from Iran.

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Obama Slaps New Sanctions on Buyers of Iran Oil
March 30, 2012 - President Barack Obama is pushing forward with new sanctions designed to cripple Iran’s oil exports. The president said Friday there is enough oil on world markets to allow him to take the step without harming U.S. allies

President Obama’s move authorizes U.S. sanctions on foreign banks that continue to purchase oil from Iran. It is aimed at further isolating from world markets Iran’s central bank, which handles most of the proceeds from the country’s oil sales. Friday’s announcement from the White House is part of a campaign by the United States and its allies to increase pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program. The Western allies believe Iran is working toward building a nuclear bomb. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

Senior White House officials say Japan and the European Union have already taken steps to reduce their oil purchases from Iran, and have been exempted from the sanctions. The officials believe other nations will follow, including South Korea and Turkey. The penalties are to take effect in late June, shortly before the EU oil embargo is enacted. At the State Department, spokesman Mark Toner said many of America’s allies have been cooperating. “And certainly the announcement a couple weeks ago of those countries that we believe have made substantial progress in this indicate that we’re confident that we can do this in a very coherent, deliberative fashion that’s not going to disrupt the market,” he said.

A defense bill Mr. Obama signed in December gave him until Friday to determine whether there was enough oil on the world markets to allow the cuts in imports from Iran. In a written statement, the president said while the global oil market remains tight, there is enough supply to allow countries to cut their oil imports from Iran. Mr. Obama said he would continue to monitor the situation closely. Seven months before the U.S. presidential election, rising gasoline prices are causing concern among voters.

Source

 

[JStone]

Ah.

So this is the first administration to keep communications open through a back channel?

Is that what you are posting?

Or is it bad, because, specifically, it is this administration?

Diplomacy with psychotic muslime terrorists who murder their own people doesn't really work, Kissinger.

 

[waltky]

Doubt if this will make Israel feel any safer...

US will accept Iran civilian nuclear program: report
6 Apr.`12 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has told Iran the United States would accept Tehran having a civilian nuclear program if the Islamic state can prove it is not seeking atomic weapons, the Washington Post said Friday.

Obama sent such a message to Tehran via Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who delivered it to Iran's Supreme leader Ali Khamenei last week, said the newspaper's foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius. "President Obama has signaled Iran that the United States would accept an Iranian civilian nuclear program if Supreme leader Ali Khamenei can back up his recent public claim that his nation 'will never pursue nuclear weapons'," said Ignatius. "A few days before traveling to Iran, Erdogan had held a two-hour meeting with Obama in Seoul, in which they discussed what Erdogan would tell the ayatollah about the nuclear issue and Syria," he wrote.

The United States said Thursday that it still expected Iran to hold talks with six world powers on the Islamic republic's disputed nuclear program to go ahead next week, despite a dispute on the venue being Istanbul or Baghdad. According to Ignatius, Obama asked Erdogan to tell Khamenei "that the Iranians should realize that time is running out for a peaceful settlement and that Tehran should take advantage of the current window for negotiations." However, "Obama didn't specify whether Iran would be allowed to enrich uranium domestically as part of civilian program the United States would endorse. That delicate issue evidently would be left for the negotiations."

Turkey has told Iran it remains ready to host the talks between Iran and the P5+1 group, Iran's Al-Alam television station reported Friday, but the Islamic republic has said it wanted the meeting held in Baghdad or China instead. Iran last held talks with the six powers -- Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States -- in January 2011 with no results. Ignatius added that "the challenge for negotiators is whether it's possible to turn Khamenei's public rhetoric into a serious and verifiable commitment not to build a bomb."

Source

 

[JStone]

Ah.

So this is the first administration to keep communications open through a back channel?

Is that what you are posting?

Or is it bad, because, specifically, it is this administration?

Are you retarded or just plain stupid about Iran being a state sponsor of terrorism and a threat to world security?

Even the Rabs say so: Arab American Institute: Survey, Most Arabs Say Iran Playing Negative Role In Iraq and in the Region
http://www.aaiusa.org/reports/arab-attitudes-toward-iran-2011

 

[High_Gravity]

Granny says fer Obama to grow some backbone an' quit beggin' an' charge `em the same price fer a bushel of wheat as dey charge fer a barrel of oil...

Iran gobbles up U.S. wheat
March 20th, 2012 - Iran is buying American wheat for the first time in three years as it seeks to hedge against the growing impact of sanctions and weather-related crop shortages.

Some 120,000 tonnes of hard red winter wheat grown in the Plains is on its way to the Islamic Republic, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The sale of another 60,000 tonnes has been finalized, according to trade sources, and Iran may ultimately buy some 400,000 tonnes of U.S. wheat this year. The purchases are part of a massive effort by the Islamic Republic to build up its grain stockpiles amid growing difficulties in financing imports of everything from steel to palm oil. At the same time, Iranian companies are devising elaborate workarounds to find new markets for crude oil exports.

Exports of U.S. wheat to Iran are legal. U.S. and European sanctions against Iran exempt agricultural products. The major U.S. commodity traders - Bunge, Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill - won't comment on whether they were involved in the deals, but Cargill told CNN that it "does sell agricultural commodities to Iran as food is specifically excluded from the sanctions" implemented because of Iran's nuclear program. "We take great care to ensure that these sales respect both the spirit and the letter of the law while trying to make sure that ordinary people are not deprived of basic foodstuffs," a Cargill spokeswoman said.

According to USDA figures, 1,564,000 tonnes of U.S. wheat were exported to Iran in 2008, when the country was suffering a drought, and 312,000 tonnes the following year. Iran has also bought smaller amounts of U.S. soybeans and corn. Once again, analysts say dry weather is in part driving the sales. "Iran's appetite is driven by drought, a desire to build up grain inventories and hedging against the future impact of sanctions," says Shelley Goldberg, director of global resources and commodities strategy at Roubini Global Economics. "Inventories were getting quite low last year."

State-owned and private Iranian companies are devising ways to overcome the shortage of hard currency, using barter, gold and currencies such as the Indian rupee and Russian rouble. Traders say it also appears that Iran's Central Bank has stepped in, making foreign exchange available to facilitate imports. Iranian importers are also looking to Pakistan for several hundred thousand tonnes of rice and wheat this year as part of a complex barter deal. Pakistan has a wheat surplus. A spokesman at Pakistan's Ministry of Water & Power, Tanveer Alam, told CNN Monday that Pakistan was planning to export one million tonnes of wheat in exchange for iron ore and fertilizer.

More Iran gobbles up U.S. wheat – CNN Security Clearance - CNN.com Blogs

What the hell? if we have sanctions on Iran why the fuck are we giving them wheat?

 

[JStone]

Granny says fer Obama to grow some backbone an' quit beggin' an' charge `em the same price fer a bushel of wheat as dey charge fer a barrel of oil...

Iran gobbles up U.S. wheat
March 20th, 2012 - Iran is buying American wheat for the first time in three years as it seeks to hedge against the growing impact of sanctions and weather-related crop shortages.

Some 120,000 tonnes of hard red winter wheat grown in the Plains is on its way to the Islamic Republic, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The sale of another 60,000 tonnes has been finalized, according to trade sources, and Iran may ultimately buy some 400,000 tonnes of U.S. wheat this year. The purchases are part of a massive effort by the Islamic Republic to build up its grain stockpiles amid growing difficulties in financing imports of everything from steel to palm oil. At the same time, Iranian companies are devising elaborate workarounds to find new markets for crude oil exports.

Exports of U.S. wheat to Iran are legal. U.S. and European sanctions against Iran exempt agricultural products. The major U.S. commodity traders - Bunge, Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill - won't comment on whether they were involved in the deals, but Cargill told CNN that it "does sell agricultural commodities to Iran as food is specifically excluded from the sanctions" implemented because of Iran's nuclear program. "We take great care to ensure that these sales respect both the spirit and the letter of the law while trying to make sure that ordinary people are not deprived of basic foodstuffs," a Cargill spokeswoman said.

According to USDA figures, 1,564,000 tonnes of U.S. wheat were exported to Iran in 2008, when the country was suffering a drought, and 312,000 tonnes the following year. Iran has also bought smaller amounts of U.S. soybeans and corn. Once again, analysts say dry weather is in part driving the sales. "Iran's appetite is driven by drought, a desire to build up grain inventories and hedging against the future impact of sanctions," says Shelley Goldberg, director of global resources and commodities strategy at Roubini Global Economics. "Inventories were getting quite low last year."

State-owned and private Iranian companies are devising ways to overcome the shortage of hard currency, using barter, gold and currencies such as the Indian rupee and Russian rouble. Traders say it also appears that Iran's Central Bank has stepped in, making foreign exchange available to facilitate imports. Iranian importers are also looking to Pakistan for several hundred thousand tonnes of rice and wheat this year as part of a complex barter deal. Pakistan has a wheat surplus. A spokesman at Pakistan's Ministry of Water & Power, Tanveer Alam, told CNN Monday that Pakistan was planning to export one million tonnes of wheat in exchange for iron ore and fertilizer.

More Iran gobbles up U.S. wheat – CNN Security Clearance - CNN.com Blogs

What the hell? if we have sanctions on Iran why the fuck are we giving them wheat?

The US should give Buckwheat to iran, not wheat


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eldQUalyu4Y]BUCKWHEAT! - YouTube[/ame]

 

[High_Gravity]

Granny says fer Obama to grow some backbone an' quit beggin' an' charge `em the same price fer a bushel of wheat as dey charge fer a barrel of oil...

Iran gobbles up U.S. wheat
March 20th, 2012 - Iran is buying American wheat for the first time in three years as it seeks to hedge against the growing impact of sanctions and weather-related crop shortages.

What the hell? if we have sanctions on Iran why the fuck are we giving them wheat?

The US should give Buckwheat to iran, not wheat


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eldQUalyu4Y]BUCKWHEAT! - YouTube[/ame]

I don't even want poor Buckwheat going there, fuck Iran.

 

[Billo_Really]

Doubt if this will make Israel feel any safer...

That statement right there proves all this talk about an Iranian nuclear threat is a bunch of bullshit. If Iran got "the bomb" and actually were a threat, that would mean their foreign policy would benefit from having nuclear weapons. Now look at Israel, they HAVE nuclear weapons and they still don't feel safe. So their foreign policy does not have any apparent benefit for possessing nuclear weapons. So if having nuclear weapons doesn't get you anywhere, internationally speaking, why all the talk about a threat that has yet to exist?

6 Apr.`12 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has told Iran the United States would accept Tehran having a civilian nuclear program if the Islamic state can prove it is not seeking atomic weapons, the Washington Post said Friday.

This is the same god-damn rhetoric we heard back in 2003. I'm so sick of this crap! And Obama's statement is ass-backwards. Before we start treating Iran like they've weaponized their program, somebody needs to pony up the evidence that they HAVE weaponized their program.