Posts Tagged ‘Iran’
As Catholics Vote So Votes The Country
Once again, the Catholic vote proved to be representative of how the rest of the nation voted in the presidential election.
Fifty-four percent of voting Catholics cast their ballots for Barack Obama.
Elizabeth Bagley, who was responsible for getting out the Catholic vote for Obama, says, around the world, people are celebrating his election. Because they feel he represents a return to diplomacy by the United States.
Bagley, who served in the diplomatic corps in both the Clinton and Carter administrations, believes the Bush administration repeatedly squandered opportunities to diplomatically solve some of the most serious problems of the world. A former U.S. ambassador to Portugal, Bailey, during an appearance on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com, said Clinton left office having brought the Israelis and the Palestinians close to resolution. Yet the Bush administration refused to build on those efforts, against the wishes of Secretary of State Colin Powell.
She believes one of Obama’s first orders of business will be to attempt to help broker a lasting peace in the Middle East. She also believes Obama will try to initiate diplomatic efforts with Iran.
Who Won The Debate? Perhaps The Voters
The first 2008 presidential debate is over and, the morning after the night before finds a raging secondary debate being conducted. Over who “won” last night’s verbal dual.
In The McCain Obama 2008 Debate Room in Paltalk Studio A on Paltalk.com, voters were given the opportunity to share their own reactions. The lively discussion lasted into the wee hours of Saturday morning.
“Obama wiped the floor with McCain,” one Democratic said.
“Everyone is saying McCain won,” was the comment of a Republican.
But does it really matter who “won” the debate? Was that the purpose? To determine who is the better debater? Or is reason they debate to clarify their positions to the American people?
In some areas, the two, naturally, disagreed. In a few, there was agreement. And in several, what they agreed upon was that they “fundamentally disagreed.”
There was also opportunity for each candidate to correct or clarify accusations made by the other.
If one was listening closely, one heard that John McCain and Barack Obama both basically favor a bailout of Wall Street and checks and balances to prevent a recurrence of the financial mess the nation faces. Details remained elusive. So they settled on differing over the reason for the crisis.
McCain made the most dramatic suggestion about how to better prioritize the federal budget as a result of the nation’s financial woes, by cutting out huge amounts of spending … a “spending freeze” is what he called it. Obama countered that would be “using a sledge hammer when you need a scalpel.” This is the kind of fundamental difference that could help someone who is undecided determine who to vote for.
Iran A Continuing Threat To The World
Mazahery
Three experts on Iran briefed reporters today at a conference sponsored by The Israel Project. Called as a precursor to Iranian Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit next week to the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly.
All three expressed concerns about Iran’s human rights violations, its exportation of terror and its development of nuclear weapons.
Michael Ledeen, a former White House national security adviser, says Iran has been, for years, engaged in proxy wars against the United States and Israel. And is directly involved in destabilizing neighboring Iraq.
He advocates supporting the Iranian people in the overthrow of their government. He notes that 70-80 percent of Iranians strongly disfavor their government.
Lily Mazahery, founder and president of the Legal Rights Institute represents some of the most high profile political dissidents, human rights activists and victims of human rights violations around the world. Something, she say, at which Iran excels.
A Convincing Argument About Iran’s Threat To World Stability
Top Israeli investigative reporter Ronen Bergman presented a tough-to-dispute case about Iran’s nuclear and conventional threat to peace in the world during his appearance today on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com.
Iran, though its surrogates, has its tentacles in the Middle East, in Africa, in Europe and in the Americas. And, he adds, Iran is unquestionably pursing nuclear weapons. If that happens, he argues, a nuclear arms race will be unleashed on the Middle East.
The story of Iran’s fight with the rest of the world, and the 30-year war waged with Iran by the Mossad and the CIA, is revealed in his page turning book, The Secret War With Iran. A book that reads like a novel but is, nevertheless, fact.
Author Of Secret War With Iran On News Talk Online On Paltalk
Bergman
In the years since 9/11, the U.S. war on terror has focused on al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Coverage of Iran has been devoted almost exclusively to its nuclear ambitions. Yet, as Ronen Bergman’s groundbreaking reporting in his new book, The Secret War With Iran, shows, for 30 years, Iran has been the world’s leading sponsor of global terror and stands as the most formidable sponsor of terror in the world today. Bergman will be my guest on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com tomorrow, Wednesday September 17.
Bergman, one of Israel’s top investigative reporters, gained unprecedented access to extra-ordinary sources from top to bottom in the Mossad and intelligence agencies around the world. Based on over 10 years of research and more than three hundred exclusive interviews with key intelligence figures, he reveals that Iranian terrorist masterminds have crisscrossed the globe, conducting bombings and assassinations with impunity — even renting apartments and planning bombing attacks in New York City.
Palin Gets A Major Foreign Policy Issue Right
Getting it right
Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin has been criticized by many, myself included, for her lack of foreign policy experience. But on one issue, she is showing an understanding and resolve that, if nothing else, should bring the Republican ticket votes.
On three occasions during her interview with ABC, Charles Gibson asked her whether she would support an Israeli strike on Iran. And on three occasions Palin said the United States should not second guess what Israel must do to secure itself as a nation.
Bravo.
This is not merely about Iran’s possible quest for nuclear weapons (we’ll know more about that on Monday when the IAEA issues its latest status report). It’s about U.S. interference in Israel’s security affairs in general.
It’s also a brilliant political move. Many Jews, even those who are otherwise left leaning, are concerned about Barack Obama’s changing stance toward Israel. First Obama said Jerusalem should be the undivided capital of Israel. Then when Palestinians complained, he took that back. It makes a lot of Jews nervous about whether Obama would really support Israel next time things hit the fan.
