wtf is this dude smoking?I don’t think there is any interest anymore in trying to get Iran to halt their nuke program. He’s tryingto make it look as if it’s “unacceptable” on the surface as he’s always said, but then turning around and taking action that is totally contrary to his rhetoric.
I think Obama thinks that Iran is a “tiny country” and they’re not “really a threat” like he said during the campaign.
The United States is opposed to enacting a new set of financial sanctions against Iran that are due to be discussed in the G8 summit next week, diplomatic officials in New York reported Friday.
According to officials, sanctions against Iran are expected to top the G8’s agenda. Sources are also predicting a pointed debate between the heads of the industrialized nations over an appropriate response to Iranian authorities’ suppression of reformist demonstrations in Iran led by Mir Hossein Mousavi and other Iranian opposition leaders.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hinted in a newspaper interview earlier in the week that the G8 is due to decide on new financial sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Berlusconi disclosed that he had spoken with the heads of the G8 nations and has discussed such steps with them.
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