Obama to create Iran outreach post

"The incoming Obama administration plans to create a new position to coordinate outreach to Iran and is considering a number of senior career diplomats, State Department officials and Iran specialists say."

US taxpayers suffer from deployment of radar to Israel

At a cost of $89 million to taxpayers, the U.S. Senate, with no hesitation, recently passed a bill that was attached by Republican Senator Jon Kyl to the federal defense budget for the deployment of another sophisticated long-range radar system in Israel.

Warning signs of an Israeli strike on Iran

Bush’s legacy would be best served by taking dramatic diplomatic action to prevent a war with Iran. He should publicly warn Israel that the United States will use its air power to prevent it bombing Iran, while announcing that he is sending Rice to Tehran to start negotiating a grand bargain whereby all sanctions would be lifted if Iran forgoes the nuclear weapons option.

Iran concerned about US acts of terror

"It is of great concern that many civilians are slain and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries are violated under the pretext of tracking down terrorists," Ishaq al-e-Habib told the UN session.

In Reversal, Democrats Shelve Iran Resolution

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Banking Chairman Barney Frank. After realizing that H.Con.Res.362 could lead to war with Iran, Frank - a cosponsor - has vowed to oppose the bill until its aggressive language is changed. (Photo: AFP / Getty)

Falling from shoo-in status to widely rejected legislation within the space of four months, a resolution that would have opened the door for a naval blockade on Iran was officially shelved at the end of September, after several of its cosponsors withdrew their support.

What happened? Can't afford another war??

Iran says it forced down US warplane

The Iran News Agency says a US warplane violated the country's territory and was forced to land. The agency said five senior US military officials had been interrogated at an Iranian airport and released a day later after it became clear that the plane had not entered intentionally.

TV Report: U.S. won't allow Israeli attack on Iran

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem October 5, 2008. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)

The report on Channel 10 said any strike against Iran would leave U.S. forces based in Iraq vulnerable to retaliation. Depending on who becomes the next U.S. president, troops could remain in Iraq from under two years to indefinitely.

The US finally, GETS IT!!!

Iran: Any Israeli attack will be seen as US attack

Symbolising Israel as a signature mark of the United States in the middle east, Iran's foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said that any offensive action by Tel Aviv would be seen as an attack by Washington. "In the Middle East, (no one) makes a distinction between the US and Israel," the minister told Newsweek in an interview.

No Debate on Iran

"McCain and Obama agreed on their willingness to go to war against Iran in the absence of any threat to the United States."

If George Bush and Barack Obama both call you crazy, you're probably in your right mind. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made perfectly good sense when he addressed the UN General Assembly, in New York. "He correctly pointed out that Iraq was invaded under false pretenses, that Palestinians are displaced from their homes by Zionists, that drug production has increased in Afghanistan while under NATO control, and that the U.N. Security Council, controlled by the guilty parties, is ineffectual and unable to stop these actions." In the Demo-Publican book, that makes him nuts.

Russia warns Georgia against support for US war on in Iran

Moscow said that the involvement of Georgia by the United States into a military operation against Iran will pose an additional threat to Russia's national security.

In other words, an attack against Iran will be viewed as an attack against Russia...

US group granted rare approval to set up office in Iran

The American Iranian Council (AIC), a research and policy think tank devoted to improving ties between the two arch enemies, was given a license to establish a presence in Tehran by the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), officials said.

Why America should listen to Ahmadinejad

The Iranian President Makes More Sense Than Bush, McCain or Obama.

Although our Founding Fathers would have comprehended and endorsed Ahmadinejad’s speech to the United Nations, present-day Americans would find it strange should they happen to hear about it. Unlike their forbears, Americans today live a material life, not a spiritual one. Americans are far too likely to dismiss Ahmadinejad’s words about obeisance to God and justice as the mumbo-jumbo of an “Islamist extremist.”

Few Americans Back Military Action in Iran

Most adults in the United States believe there is no need to launch military action against Iran right now, according to a poll by CBS News and the New York Times. 61 per cent of respondents believe Iran can be contained with diplomacy, and 20 per cent believe it is not a threat to the U.S. at this time.

Like I said earlier, after Iraq and Afghanistan, you couldn't melt the US down and pour it on another Islamic country...