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	<title>Comments on: No Additional Iran Sanctions</title>
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		<title>By: Anderson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;If you don&#039;t want to wind up speaking Iranian, You ought to vote for Palin.&lt;/em&gt;

And if you don&#039;t care whether your Veep can speak English, vote for Palin!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>If you don't want to wind up speaking Iranian, You ought to vote for Palin.</em></p>
<p>And if you don't care whether your Veep can speak English, vote for Palin!</p>
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		<title>By: Triumph</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/no_additional_iran_sanctions/comment-page-1/#comment-514992</link>
		<dc:creator>Triumph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;As has been widely suspected the United Nations Security Council will impose no further sanctions on Iran for its failure to suspend its nuclear enrichment program as demanded by previous UNSC resolutions:&lt;/blockquote&gt;

This is exactly why we need Palin to become President.  Kissinger&#039;s advice notwithstanding, Sarah will get tough on these bastards ASAP.  Bombing Iran is part of the mission and Palin is the only candidate who is fully behind the mission.  If Hussein wins, Iran will win.

If you don&#039;t want to wind up speaking Iranian, You ought to vote for Palin.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>As has been widely suspected the United Nations Security Council will impose no further sanctions on Iran for its failure to suspend its nuclear enrichment program as demanded by previous UNSC resolutions:</p></blockquote>
<p>This is exactly why we need Palin to become President.  Kissinger's advice notwithstanding, Sarah will get tough on these bastards ASAP.  Bombing Iran is part of the mission and Palin is the only candidate who is fully behind the mission.  If Hussein wins, Iran will win.</p>
<p>If you don't want to wind up speaking Iranian, You ought to vote for Palin.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, William, I don&#039;t buy that.

We&#039;re not perfect, but we&#039;re a democracy, we obey the rule of law, we have free speech and free trade.

I don&#039;t see any reasonable basis on which we say, &quot;eh, we&#039;re not any better than North Korea, we don&#039;t have the right to tell the crazy little ratf--kers whether they can have nukes.&quot;  (RatEATERS, more likely, given their economy.)

I mean, why stop with states?  We and al-Qaeda have had our differences, to be sure, but one man&#039;s faith is another man&#039;s heresy, and if they can buy nukes on the free market, well, then who are we to lord it over them?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, William, I don't buy that.</p>
<p>We're not perfect, but we're a democracy, we obey the rule of law, we have free speech and free trade.</p>
<p>I don't see any reasonable basis on which we say, "eh, we're not any better than North Korea, we don't have the right to tell the crazy little ratf--kers whether they can have nukes."  (RatEATERS, more likely, given their economy.)</p>
<p>I mean, why stop with states?  We and al-Qaeda have had our differences, to be sure, but one man's faith is another man's heresy, and if they can buy nukes on the free market, well, then who are we to lord it over them?</p>
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		<title>By: William d'Inger</title>
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		<dc:creator>William d'Inger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One thing troubles me greatly about all this. It seems to me that so long as the U.S. maintains nuclear weapons, it has no moral right to deny them to any other sovereign nation. I mean, who the f**k are we to decide to hog them unto ourselves?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One thing troubles me greatly about all this. It seems to me that so long as the U.S. maintains nuclear weapons, it has no moral right to deny them to any other sovereign nation. I mean, who the f**k are we to decide to hog them unto ourselves?</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Schuler</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Schuler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As I&#039;ve written a number of times I have no opposition to more permanent members on the Security Council, however, I think that membership should have prerequisites and acceptance of applications should be automatic for those who meet the prerequisites.

The prerequisites that I have in mind are a minimum GDP of $2T, minimum per capita GDP around $8,000, minimum expenditures on military 2% of GDP (2008$).  That would effectively limit the membership to US, UK, and Russia.  Note that if you raised the requirement to $15,000 per capita GDP and 3% GDP military expenditures the US would be the only qualified member.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I've written a number of times I have no opposition to more permanent members on the Security Council, however, I think that membership should have prerequisites and acceptance of applications should be automatic for those who meet the prerequisites.</p>
<p>The prerequisites that I have in mind are a minimum GDP of $2T, minimum per capita GDP around $8,000, minimum expenditures on military 2% of GDP (2008$).  That would effectively limit the membership to US, UK, and Russia.  Note that if you raised the requirement to $15,000 per capita GDP and 3% GDP military expenditures the US would be the only qualified member.</p>
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		<title>By: Alex Knapp</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alex Knapp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bithead,

Actually, we could do a compromise: yes, we&#039;ll put more permanent members on the UNSC.  However, more members means that all we need is a 2/3 vote to move forward on a matter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bithead,</p>
<p>Actually, we could do a compromise: yes, we'll put more permanent members on the UNSC.  However, more members means that all we need is a 2/3 vote to move forward on a matter.</p>
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		<title>By: Bithead</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bithead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thus once more is the UN shown as worse than useless. Not only do it&#039;s &#039;sanctions&#039; only work against those who take it seriously... and Iran clearly does not... but the membership in the security council of less than honest states such as Russia, make the whole process a joke.

Adding more members to the UNSC would cripple the already hobbled org even further.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thus once more is the UN shown as worse than useless. Not only do it's 'sanctions' only work against those who take it seriously... and Iran clearly does not... but the membership in the security council of less than honest states such as Russia, make the whole process a joke.</p>
<p>Adding more members to the UNSC would cripple the already hobbled org even further.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama&#039;s flack on NPR yesterday was saying that he supports tougher sanctions on Iran, which surprised me since I&#039;d assumed what we had was already the max.

I see that I was mistaken.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama's flack on NPR yesterday was saying that he supports tougher sanctions on Iran, which surprised me since I'd assumed what we had was already the max.</p>
<p>I see that I was mistaken.</p>
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