Tag Archives: Iran

“Iran backers met more than 30 times with senior Obama admin official”

Posted on January 23, 2017 by ArchitectGuy

BEACON Former Iranian Official, Pro-Tehran Lobbyist Hosted at Obama White House Dozens of Times by Adam Kredo January 13, 2017 Two high-level Iranian government backers, including a former Islamic Republic official and another accused of lobbying on Tehran’s behalf, were … Continue reading →

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J Street Obit: “An organization vilified by former friends, distanced from the left in Israel and distrusted by many more as a result of the mishandling of its own reputation”

Posted on January 22, 2017 by ArchitectGuy

THE HILL J Street’s dead end by Gregg Roman January 22, 2017 [With Obama as President] The fledgling J Street found itself at the top table with veteran Jewish and pro-Israel organizations at the White House, with almost unprecedented access … Continue reading →

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“As it leaves office, celebrating the alleged absence of scandals (while ignoring at least six), the Obama administration has succeeded in withholding from public view all documents concerning the $1.7 billion Iran payment”

Posted on January 17, 2017 by ArchitectGuy

COMMENTARY Anniversary of a Shameful Day by Rick Richman January 17, 2017 READ MORE Yesterday, the White House released a “Statement by the President” marking the one-year anniversary of the Iran Deal. The White House will probably not celebrate today’s … Continue reading →

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#Iran storing more #uranium than it needs. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted on January 11, 2017 by ArchitectGuy

FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES Iran Stockpiling Uranium Far Above Current Needs by Olli Heinonen January 10, 2017 In a televised speech on January 1, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Tehran had imported 200 metric tons of yellowcake uranium … Continue reading →

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“In the list of low points in U.S. foreign policy, the betrayal of Israel ranks high”

Posted on December 27, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

WALL STREET JOURNAL Obama’s Fitting Finish by Bret Stephens December 26, 2016 Barack Obama’s decision to abstain from, and therefore allow, last week’s vote to censure Israel at the U.N. Security Council is a fitting capstone for what’s left of … Continue reading →

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“Why the new Commander-in-Chief has few good options for rebuilding the Middle East order that Obama negotiated away”

Posted on December 21, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAG Trump’s Iran Deal Trap: ‘Renegotiation’ vs. ‘Enforcement’ by Lee Smith December 20, 2016 Forget China and underwater drones, forget Russian hacks and leaks, because it’s all a sideshow: America’s big-ticket foreign-policy issue is still the Iran deal. Donald … Continue reading →

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Obama’s “dalliance with Iran mirrors Eisenhower’s courtship of Egypt”

Posted on December 16, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

WASHINGTON TIMES How Obama is like Ike by Clifford May December 14, 2016 …So last week, when Barack Obama visited MacDill Air Force Base in Florida to give his final presidential address on national security, what did he have to … Continue reading →

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25 yrs of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan (a Muslim country) and Israel (a Jewish country)

Posted on December 14, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST Iranian adversary reveals it bought $5 billion of weapons from Israel by Yossi Melman December 13, 2016 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said Tuesday that his country had signed $5 billion worth of long-term contracts over the years to … Continue reading →

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Lieberman: “To date, the Iranian regime has made clear it has no intent to honor the spirit or letter of the JCPOA”

Posted on December 10, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

WASHINGTON POST How Trump should renegotiate the Iran deal by Joseph I. Lieberman and Mark D. Wallace December 6, 2016 ..But we hope that he and his administration will first try to aggressively enforce and then renegotiate the deal beyond … Continue reading →

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#MadDog #Mattis: It has become rare for top military officers to stand up to their civilian leaders

Posted on December 6, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES Trump’s Mad Dog by George Friedman December 7, 2016 “…The Mad Dog was fired by President Barack Obama, rumor has it, for asking inconvenient questions. The question of bombing Iran had come up and Mattis would not let … Continue reading →

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