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Michael Haltman | January 1, 2010
The Obama Deadline Has Been Reached; Time For Truth or Consequences
The Obama administration set a December 31, 2009 deadline for the Iranian government to come clean on its nuclear ambitions, and to agree to the plan of shipping uranium out of country for enrichment. Failing that, the United States has declared it stands ready to impose tough new sanctions.
Ineffectiveness Of Sanctions
It has already been proven that sanctions generate no leverage on Iran, as they are currently in the midst of violating all that are in effect now. The point though, is that should the U.S. fail to act at this point, it would be just one more indication to Iran and the world that the United States is a country that can be pushed around with little fear of any meaningful retribution. Other than a well worded speech that is.
Now that a forgettable year for President Obama is in the books, he owes it to himself, but more importantly the world, to begin to act as if he is the Commander-in-Chief of the worlds last remaining superpower. Which he is, but seems to resist the idea.
Our "allies" Russia and China have indicated that they don't see the need for economic sanctions, and should we decide to act it could very well need to be on a unilateral basis. This would fly in the face of everything that President Obama has stood for in his first year in office, so it is now time for him to step up and prove the critics wrong. Prove that he is the right man for the job. Prove that he is about more than just rhetoric. Prove that he is tough and that he wants America to win.
Prove that he is the President of the United States!
From the New York Homeland Security Examiner
The Obama administration set a December 31, 2009 deadline for the Iranian government to come clean on its nuclear ambitions, and to agree to the plan of shipping uranium out of country for enrichment. Failing that, the United States has declared it stands ready to impose tough new sanctions.
Ineffectiveness Of Sanctions
It has already been proven that sanctions generate no leverage on Iran, as they are currently in the midst of violating all that are in effect now. The point though, is that should the U.S. fail to act at this point, it would be just one more indication to Iran and the world that the United States is a country that can be pushed around with little fear of any meaningful retribution. Other than a well worded speech that is.
Now that a forgettable year for President Obama is in the books, he owes it to himself, but more importantly the world, to begin to act as if he is the Commander-in-Chief of the worlds last remaining superpower. Which he is, but seems to resist the idea.
Our "allies" Russia and China have indicated that they don't see the need for economic sanctions, and should we decide to act it could very well need to be on a unilateral basis. This would fly in the face of everything that President Obama has stood for in his first year in office, so it is now time for him to step up and prove the critics wrong. Prove that he is the right man for the job. Prove that he is about more than just rhetoric. Prove that he is tough and that he wants America to win.
Prove that he is the President of the United States!
From the New York Homeland Security Examiner
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