Internal problems of Presidents Obama & Ahmadinejad related to War
Both are making political moves to keep their Administrations in Power
It will be interesting to See their Middle East Moves Before November!
National Interest when I was born was “What is the best for America”
But it’s changed since 1932 and is now “What will keep me in Office”!
Ahmadinejad and Obama are Frantic to Control internal Populations!
And will do anything they think will keep them in the Driver’s Seat!
Behind the Scenes Shifting is Going On From Washington To Iran
As the Middle East Sand Flows dune to dune by political Winds!
July 15, 2010
http://www.tribulationperiod.com
The last phrase quoted in the excerpt from Newsmax is something to think about – A war that is expedient for the Obama Administration:
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“[With a war in Afghanistan that is bound to get worse and a military theater in Iraq replete with sectarian violence, the bombing of Iran may give Obama a three-front war — and a chance to retain both houses of Congress.]”
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The following seven paragraph excerpt from an article by Arnaud De Borchgrace in Newsmax on July 13, 2010, titled “Global Sentiment Builds to Attack Iran,” is an accurate assessment analysis of which Iran is acutely aware. The internal situation of rebellion against Ahmadinejad in Iran, coupled with the economic chaos created by oil revenues being taken from domestic creature comfort prosperity and directed toward military buildup, has put
the Iranian government in a precarious position.
It would seem reasonable that the Iranian tyrants would temporarily delay from a mad rush for a nuclear warhead and return to a cat and mouse game with the UN inspectors.
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Officially, all the Arab rulers of the Persian Gulf and other Arab leaders strenuously oppose any Israeli or U.S. airstrikes against Iran’ s nuclear facilitie
s.
But that opposition is eroding rapidly.
Speaking at the Aspen Institute in Colorado last week, United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United States Yousef al-Otaiba said publicly — before denying it — “I think despite the large amount of trade we do with Iran, which is close to $12 billion, there will be consequences, there will be a backlash and there will be problems with people protesting and rioting and very unhappy that there is an outside force attacking a Muslim country.
That is going to happen, no matter what.”
And he added, “If you are asking me, ‘Am I willing to live with that versus living with a nuclear Iran,’ my answer is still the same: ‘We cannot live with a nuclear Iran.'”
A former Arab leader, in close touch with current leaders, speaking privately not for attribution, told this reporter July 6, “All the Middle Eastern and Gulf leaders now want Iran taken out of the nuclear arms business and they all know sanctions won’t work.”
In a joint Op-Ed, former U.S. Sen. Chuck Robb, D-Va., and retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Chuck Wald, the air commander in the opening stages of Operation “Enduring Freedom” in October 2001, say the time is now to credibly prepare for a U.S. military strike.
“Sanctions can be effective only if coupled with open preparation for the military option as a last resort . . . publicly playing down potential military options has weakened our leverage with Tehran, making a peaceful resolution less likely.”
The temptation for Obama to double down on Iran will grow rapidly as he concludes that Afghanistan will remain a festering sore
as far as anyone can peer into a murky future, hardly a recipe for success at the polls in November.
With a war in Afghanistan that is bound to get worse and a military theater in Iraq replete with sectarian violence, the bombing of Iran may give Obama a three-front war — and a chance to retain both houses of Congress.
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Begin Two Excerpts from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert
Excerpt 1 – New Republic
Operation Sabotage: Our Secret War Against Iran
Eli Lake (New Republic)
New York Times reporter David Sanger’s book The Inheritance, published at the end of
the Bush administration, discusses sabotage efforts targeting Iran.
David Kay, who led the UN weapons inspection team in Iraq, says he is positive that such sabotage is taking place.
“The Israelis have been doing this for years and so have the British.”
Michael Adler, an expert on Iran’s nuclear program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, said: “There is an active and imaginative sabotage program from several Western nations as well as Israel involving booby-trapping equipment which the Iranians are procuring, tricking black-market smugglers, cyber-operations, and recruiting scientists.”
Three current U.S. government officials confirmed that sabotage operations have been a key part of American plans to slow down the Iranian program – and that they are continuing under Obama.
According to a former Mossad operations officer, in 1998, the Mossad and the CIA developed a plan to sell a supposedly helpful chemical substance – which would, in fact, gum up centrifuges over time – to Iran on the black market.
According to David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, high-quality vacuum pumps crucial for uranium enrichment – that were produced in Germany and sold to the Iranians and Libyans – were first modified in the U.S. “to make them break down under operational conditions.”
“If you can break the vacuum in a centrifuge cascade, you can destroy hundreds of centrifuges or thousands if you are really lucky.”
In the end, however, as Israel Defense Forces Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Uzi Dayan noted: “This approach can delay the program and slow it down….But it cannot prevent Iran from achieving their goal.”
Excerpt 2 – Asia Times – Hong Kong
Iranian Unrest Grows Over Economic Woes
Barbara Slavin
(Asia Times-Hong Kong)
Recent economic unrest in Iran includes the first prolonged strike in the Tehran bazaar and protests by industrial workers who have gone unpaid for months.
Unemployment is officially 14% overall but close to 30% for young people, said Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, a professor of economics at Virginia Tech.
A major test is likely to come when the government phases out subsidies of consumer staples, now due to be implemented in September.
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