Posted on 01/21/2012 10:02:39 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
This week an Iranian Lawmaker released details from a letter President Barrack Obama wrote to the country’s supreme leader warning against closing the Strait of Hormuz and calling for direct talks with the Islamic Republic’s tyrant.
Oil
According to Iranian Lawmaker Ali Motahari the letter, sent through private channels, threatened the republic if they attempted to cut off oil from the Persian Gulf, days before rejecting the Keystone pipeline from Canada.
The Iranians are seeing the President asking for direct talks as a sign of weakness from the man responsible for the West’s economic troubles. Iran has made it clear; if her oil exports are embargoed she would consider it an act of war.
Eighty percent of the terrorist nation’s income is from oil export.
White House denies
Who can we believe? As of this writing the White House is not confirming the existence of the letter to Iran. The Washington Post reported that National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor stated that “the U.S. had a number of ways to communicate its views to the Iranian government.”
He further stated the administration has “remained committed to engaging with Tehran and finding a diplomatic solution to its larger issues with Iran’s nuclear program.”
At least the U.S. military is taking Iran seriously and is preparing...
(Excerpt) Read more at coachisright.com ...
Comparisons with Chamberlain are most unfair. Old Neville might have been talking peace, but that was merely a delaying tactic as he was furiously preparing Britain for war behind the scenes.
Obama on the other hand, has been making savage defence cuts, which one would think puts America in a worse position for war with Iran the longer he delays it...
Comparisons with Chamberlain are most unfair. Old Neville might have been talking peace, but that was merely a delaying tactic as he was furiously preparing Britain for war behind the scenes.
Obama on the other hand, has been making savage defence cuts, which one would think puts America in a worse position for war with Iran the longer he delays it...
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