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U.S. backs away from sanctions on Iran central bank
Sacbee ^

Posted on 11/03/2011 6:18:02 PM PDT by Perdogg

Despite weeks of tough warnings, the Obama administration has backed away from its calls to impose new and potentially crippling economic sanctions against Iran in retaliation for an alleged plot to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador on U.S. soil, according to diplomats and American officials.

Although U.S. officials had declared that they would "hold Iran accountable" for a purported plot, they now have decided that a proposed move against Iran's central bank could disrupt international oil markets and further damage the reeling American and world economies.

The softening position illustrates how concern over the weak economy has hobbled the administration when it comes to combating what officials describe as Iran's efforts to attack U.S. interests in the Middle East and elsewhere.

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: emp; iran; nuclear; saudiarabia; war; weapons

1 posted on 11/03/2011 6:18:05 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

It’s not leading from behind, it’s leading with his behind.


2 posted on 11/03/2011 6:20:04 PM PDT by AU72
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To: Perdogg

Well, THAT showed ‘em.


3 posted on 11/03/2011 6:25:41 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Perdogg

See White House is a friend of Iran.


4 posted on 11/03/2011 6:26:35 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Bender2; F15Eagle; GOPJ; Munz; Quix; SandRat; SJackson; SolidWood

ping


5 posted on 11/03/2011 6:28:40 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

I’m sure Imanutjob was properly sanctioned by the stern letter Hillary sent him.


6 posted on 11/03/2011 6:31:22 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
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To: Perdogg
And this is a surprise... to who?
7 posted on 11/03/2011 6:34:34 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Perdogg; ASA Vet; BIGLOOK; PhilDragoo
No surprise for those of us, who have saying this dog and pony fable was just Wag the Dog III!

WAG THE DOG III! An exciting fairy tale about how Lord Obozo is sternly word lashing the Iranian Serial Killers of innocents.

Obozo's Iranian Buds come to help Obozo with his crashing poll numbers!

Below are some riviting scenes from 'Wag the Dog III'. Narrated by our Obozo with soundbites from the ayatollah Kameini and some hot headlines from the MSM Mediots.

Obozo, you Suck!

0bozo replies and demands severe accountability from his Iranian buds! Then, he orders Holder, and his mediot whores in the MSM to start "Wag the Dog III" 24/7!

I demand full accountabilility!"

The crack MSM mediots have learned the following about the dangerous wannabe assassin.

The really dangerous wannabe and nearly hired assassin was an unemployed Mexican used car salesman.


8 posted on 11/03/2011 6:35:07 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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To: Perdogg

Hey Iran.... Just in case you didn’t notice, that was Obama giving you a bow.


9 posted on 11/03/2011 6:35:49 PM PDT by Gator113 (~Just livin' life, my way~... Newt/Cain 2012..."Save a pretzel for the gas jets.")
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To: Perdogg

There is no reason why we shouldn’t have dialog with them.


10 posted on 11/03/2011 6:42:11 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: Perdogg

Of course ... why not? The Iranians are killing our soldiers with impunity. Part of the Obummer plan, all along.


11 posted on 11/03/2011 6:42:30 PM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: Perdogg
Obama will retaliate against the Iranians by sending generic Ashura cards instead of splurging on Hallmark cards.
12 posted on 11/03/2011 6:54:07 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Herman Cain: possibly the escapee most dangerous to the Democrats since Frederick Douglass.)
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To: KarlInOhio

What’s to retaliate against? The whole thing was a plot to get Fast & Furious off the Front page, and it worked.


13 posted on 11/03/2011 7:19:27 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Perdogg

Oh for CRYING OUT LOUD....


14 posted on 11/03/2011 10:38:51 PM PDT by patriot preacher
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To: Grampa Dave; Perdogg
Did Brzezinski mentor Obama. Was Obama in Pakistan in 1981.

Brzezinski and Robert M. Gates co-authored the 2004 Council on Foreign Relations paper "Iran: Time for a New Approach" calling for negotiations with the Islamic Republic.

Which Brzezinski fathered.

Gates told Leahy recently, "Senator, all governments lie to each other.

This Director of Central Intelligence under George Herbert Malfactor Pluperfect Bush meant, "Was I lying then, am I lying now, or am I not a chronic and habitual liar!

The Arab Spring will yet produce a "NATO" attack on Assad in Syria to remove yet another secular regime to ease the takeover by Iran.

Just as in Iraq the U.S. troops will be out so that the Guard Corps and Hamas and Hezbollah and Islamic Brotherhood and every Holocaust groupie for a thousand kilometers can swarm.

Behold our Degenerate Islamo Commie from Kenya, our very own DICK.

Screwing us. Screwing Israel.

Hope. Change. The Cult of Charlie Manson cackles from the seventh century.

Resonating from the well at Qum.

According to Revelations Herman Cain will blow their heads off.

Our State Department Medusa will flee--O the Huma vanity!


15 posted on 11/04/2011 1:25:07 AM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: Perdogg; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...
Image and video hosting by TinyPic "Hey, you can't tell me you really expected me to go through with it, right?"

16 posted on 11/06/2011 3:43:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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