Saturday, July 14, 2012

Pentagon Report On Iran's Military Capabilities Stirs Criticisms In Washington


Panetta Report On Iran's Military Capabilities Stirs Republican Criticism Of Obama -- FOX News

A sobering Pentagon assessment of Iran’s military capabilities prompted the top elected Republican in Congress to criticize President Obama for not doing enough to check the threat posed by the Islamic regime.

“The threat from Iran is real,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters on Capitol Hill on Thursday. “It's real for our closest ally, Israel, and it's real for all of the countries in the region.”

Boehner cited the passage of a Iran sanctions package by Congress and suggested Mr. Obama had not fully exploited it. “We gave the president a full toolbox of tools to use, sanctions to use, to help bring the Iranians to heel,” Boehner said. “The president ought to use more of the tools that were given to him to get Iran to declare that they're not going to produce nuclear weapons.”

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My Comment: Iran is not only giving the appearances of preparing for an armed conflict .... but it is also revealing the resources that it has at it's disposal to inflict great harm ..... a situation that everyone in Washington must be feeling very uncomfortable with right now.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

oolitics, once more. If GOP truly believes "we should do more, " then announce that he would declare war on Iran. If not, stop badmouthing foreign policy...should we "do more: about China? Such as....?