Senate passes Iran sanctions

[Nuclear Unicorn]

Source: The Hill

The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed the conference report on the Iran sanctions bill.

With a vote of 99-0, the legislation has cleared another major hurdle toward becoming law. The House is expected to follow suit and vote on the conference report this afternoon, where it should pass by a similarly wide margin.

“The world has watched as Iran has oppressed its own people, violated United Nations resolutions, challenged America and threatened Israel,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in remarks from the Senate floor. “The Senate is taking an important step forward today as we pass a conference report that will impose tough new sanctions on Iran. We are passing these sanctions because we believe we must stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon — a weapon that would surely threaten the national security of the United States and of Israel.”


Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/105401-senate-passes-iran-sanctions

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And the drums for the war go boom-boom-boom

Sing along if you know the words!

Trust me, I'm no fan of the regime in Iran but this just strikes me as a bad idea at a bad time. Afghanistan in mid-shake-up, recession still chugging along, the oil spill, a contentious election coming up and Iran getting ready to run the Gaza blockade.

This is some scary crap.

[Demeter]

1. Iraq all over again, only one letter changed

[Chulanowa]

2. oh, they challenged America? How fucking dare a nation challenge us? UNCLE SAM SMAAAAASH!!!

And Israel? Okay, here goes; Fuck Israel. If that country is so god damned fragile that a sneeze from Ahdooblenemijawhatever's gigantic fucking honker will obliterate it... then it's a piss-poor investment. If Israel is incapable of manning up to bland rhetoric from a dumbass Persian in an Alan Alda hairpiece, then tough shit, they should be bleeding their treasury dry to pay us for being their fucking bodyguard. Instead we're paying them to let us spend our money for their defense. Why? Because jesus needs his fucking landing pad.

And... why do people keep thinking that sanctions fucking work?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

3. If you could just throw in something about people of color...

...then your post couldn't possibly be considered racist because you would have succeeded with insulting just about everybody equally.

[Chulanowa]

5. Just Ahmedinejad, actually

He is one goofy-looking son of a bitch.

[Lurks Often]

4. No, we support Israel because

if we don't and if they really lose a war, there are going to be mushroom clouds over a lot of cities in the Middle East and there will be millions dead.

[Chulanowa]

6. So we kill millions in the middle east in their name. Brilliant.

[Hardrada]

7. That's a threat the Israelis use. No one over there

should have gotten any fissionable material to begin with.

[Hardrada]

8. I don't regard Iran as MY enemy. This is more vile propaganda

from the embedded Israel-firsters.