"Iran fires missile, tests US; Strains Obama's goal of diplomacy" by Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | May 21, 2009
WASHINGTON - Iran test-fired a medium-range missile yesterday, ratcheting up the pressure on President Obama, who has staked his reputation on the idea that talks with the Iranian government will produce better results than military threats.
Some analysts saw the timing of the launch of the Sejil 2 missile - a more accurate, solid-fuel version of an existing missile that is capable of reaching Israel, US bases in the Mideast, and parts of Europe - as more worrisome than the technology on display....
In recent months, the Obama administration has made several historic overtures to Iran in hopes that diplomacy will persuade Iran to stop producing enriched uranium, fuel that Iran says is for peaceful, civilian uses but that the United States fears is for a nuclear weapon. But Iranian leaders have so far failed to respond positively....
I'm sick of the omissions, bias, and outright lies.
Please see: Another Irritating Headline About Iran
Ehud Barak, Israel's defense minister, told reporters the launch was "additional proof of the need to form a plan to cope with the Iranian challenge."
You know, they AIN'T MAKING a BOMB, dammit!
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, testifying before a Senate budget subcommittee yesterday, said if the US diplomatic effort does not work, Washington will be in a better position to get the rest of the world to support more sanctions.
Yeah, let's hope that's all it is: The Difference Between Obliterate and Wipe Off the Map
Walter Russell Mead, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, said "Obama has to start thinking: What is plan B? If Iran is just pinging one provocation after another at Obama, there is a certain point where restraint starts looking like weakness."
Translation: Obama must prove his balls -- by neutering himself and handing them to the NaZionist War Machine.
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Btw, anyone ever note the hypocrisy regarding USraeli war "exercises?"
Israel can violate airspace and bomb people and no prob!
As for the US, invading two countries and murdering millions over damnable lies speaks for itself.
And now they want to add to it.
