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War with Iran has already been decided by the powers that be and the modern-day quasi-declaration happened last Thursday. Using the same legislative and propaganda playbook that led to the Iraq War, the U.S. Government has just officially declared War on Iran.
Reuters reported “Congress on Thursday approved tough new unilateral sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran’s energy and banking sectors, which could also hurt companies from other countries doing business with Tehran. The House of Representatives passed the bill 408-8 and sent it to President Barack Obama for signing into law. The Senate had approved it 99-0 earlier in the day.”
Congress hasn’t officially voted for a Declaration of War since World War II. In modern times they use creative wording in bills that authorize the broad use of force across borders in the sweeping “War on Terror."
The Bush Doctrine of preemptively attacking countries because they may pose a threat to America in the future was universally trashed by progressives, but is alive and well under Obama, the Prince of Peace, without one dissenting vote in the Senate.
This authority is what the Obama Administration claims also gives them the legal argument to bomb sovereign countries like Pakistan.
This unilateral decision by the United States Congress comes on the heels of a 12-2 U.N. Security Council vote on June 8th to impose a “modest tightening of sanctions” against Iran. Of course, Russia and China have been assured that sanctions won't apply to their energy needs in order to secure their votes. After the vote President Obama asserted that, "these sanctions do not close the door on diplomacy." - Source
North Korean officials are criticizing the U.S. for bringing heavy weapons into a border village in the demilitarized zone that divides the Korean peninsula, state media reported Monday.
State-run KCNA claims U.S. forces brought weapons into the Panmunjom area Saturday morning. A U.S. military spokesperson did not immediately return a call requesting comment.
"The introduction of heavy weapons to the area around the conference hall where armed forces of both sides stand in acute confrontation is a premeditated provocation aimed to spark off a serious military conflict," the agency said.
North Korean military officials have said they will "take strong military countermeasures" if the weapons are not removed, according to KCNA. - CNN
Obama comments on N Korea 'irresponsible': China state media
China's state media on Tuesday slammed US President Barack Obama for suggesting Beijing had turned a blind eye to North Korea's actions, calling his remarks "irresponsible and flippant".
At the Group of 20 summit in Canada at the weekend, Obama said China must not show "willful blindness" over Pyongyang's "belligerent behaviour", noting he had spoken bluntly to Chinese President Hu Jintao on the matter.
The English-language Global Times hit back at the US leader, saying he should have taken Beijing's concerns into consideration before "making irresponsible and flippant remarks about China's role in the region".
The newspaper, noting Beijing's role as host of the on-off six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament, said: "It is thus not China that is turning a blind eye to what North Korea has done and has not done."
"The US cannot ignore the fact that China remains the most important channel of effective communication in this situation," the paper said.
"Closing the channel would leave the situation deadlocked. That is by no means what the world wants." - Source
Originally posted by AlreadyGone
reply to post by JohnPhoenix
Although I don't like the way things are going either, you better hope that China doesn't get involved and that China doesn't "kick our ass' because their will not be an American people left to change an American Government that will no longer be here...
I suggest some sober study of the Chinese culture and lifestyle under Communist rule. If you think things are bad now, you ain't seen nothing until the Chinese take over.
For instance, just for saying what you just said...you would suddenly dissappear.
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
I said I hoped they would kick our ass enough to bring sense to the masses. I never said I wanted them to Win.
Originally posted by Exuberant1
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
I said I hoped they would kick our ass enough to bring sense to the masses. I never said I wanted them to Win.
Haha, now you're backpedaling.
Everyone knows what it means to 'kick someone's ass', but you are acting like it has a different meaning than the one we all know it does.
*You don't want China to kick our ass. Not even a little.
US 'waging psy-war against Iran'
Iran says the US allegation about the military nature of Tehran's nuclear program is "a psychological war" aimed at creating a negative attitude towards the country.
On Sunday, CIA director Leon Panetta said he "thinks" Iran has enough low-enriched uranium to produce two atomic weapons within two years, without elaborating on the source of the conjecture.
Such remarks are some kind of psychological warfare aimed at creating a negative mentality about Iran's peaceful nuclear program, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said in reaction to Panetta's comments, IRNA reported.
"The US officials, especially their intelligence apparatus, know that Iran's nuclear program is not a military one, but is aimed at peaceful purposes."
Mehmanparast went on to say that those who spread such false news seek to divert world's attention from the main cause of concern, namely the nuclear arsenals of certain countries and regimes which threaten the security of the nations.
The United States, Israel and their allies accuse Iran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear program.
Iran has repeatedly rejected the allegations, reserving its right to a peaceful nuclear energy as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). - www.presstv.ir...