C'est déjà vu !
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,169231,00.html
"The U.S. President George W. Bush, due to address the General Assembly
meeting today, Wednesday, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, plan
to use the gathering to push for UN sanctions against Iran, a move
rejected by three permanent council members – Russia, China and India.
"'I will bring the subject up with leaders whom I'll be meeting with
today and tomorrow and later on this week. I will be speaking candidly
about Iran with Hu Jintao, as well as with President Putin, for
example,' Bush said on Tuesday."
In a slide show presentation given Tuesday by Dr. Rice, she compared
Iranian nuclear sites with photos of similar looking facilities in North
Korea and U.S. ally Pakistan. Those at the show said it reminded them of
the flawed briefings on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction given by the
then secretary of state Colin L. Powell to the UN Security Council in
February 2003.
So, we now have our troops and paid mercenaries in Afghanistan, Iraq,
and New Orleans fighting terrorists (like the U.S. Army, I use the term
"terrorist" to mean little old ladies and half-staved children). Can we
occupy a fourth country? We are not going to have any allies this time.
Bush is begging concessions from China and Russia, but he is not going
to get them BECAUSE OF THIS:
http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=9752
March 2006 launch of the Iranian oil bourse (IOB), will become the
catalyst for a significant blow to the position of the U.S. dollar.
"Iran will price its oil in Euros. Everyone would benefit--except the
United States. Without some form of U.S. intervention [remember Iraq
almost switched to Euros?], the Euro is going to establish a firm
foothold in the international oil trade.
"The U.S. dollar has been the strongest currency of the world for more
than half a century, with about 70% of percent of all currency reserves
in American dollars. The crippling U.S. debt crisis makes its fragile
economy mostly dependent on the high demand for its currency in order to
remain afloat."
It is my opinion that we can only get out this mess by giving one more
tax cut to the wealthiest Americans and larger tax incentives to
purchase Hummers. It worked the last time.
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