AMERICAblog: Top McCain adviser traded with people who want to wipe Israel from the face of the earth
ZennButtKicker (tlhwraith)
· 1 year ago
Are you actually surprised John? Come on, you've traveled abroad and I imagine not just to the nice touristy places. Loads of US based products are all over the world, even in countries where supposedly we have trade embargoes and limits on what technologies we are allowed to send to that country.
When I worked as an engineer for a military contractor, they spent a lot of time teaching and implementing plans to conform to ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations). the basic point of ITAR is to set limits on how defense technology moves in and out of US borders (controlling electronic and paper data primarily). To their credit, the company I worked for was a stickler about enforcing the policy with their employees, to their detriment, some of the early pictures out of Iraq showed some of their hardware destroyed and employed by the Iraqis. In all honesty, they probably got it second or third hand from some other country, but it is kind of a wake up call.
When we start selling stealth bombers to other nations, I wonder how long before Syria or Iran has a couple?
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
I'm in constant amazement that that the folks in this country can't tie all of the pieces together-even when given the facts.
Rob Mule
· 1 year ago
Poor McStain can thank his lucky stars the unwatched remains of the corporate media still madly fan the cooling embers of a campaign that will soon envy Goldwater's... Possibly news of McStain's mad telegraph correspondence with sensuous silent film vamp Theda Bara will give his feeble campaign a boost.
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
Ms. Fiorina did to HP what Bush did to this country: F it UBAR.
jwhit
· 1 year ago
This has become the normal practice within our government since Reagan was put in office. The Clinton connection to those with ties to Iran and other rogue countries is just as bad. Our Government is part of a worldwide mafia and those who actually get caught and charged are later pardoned by our government or protected by the other governments by refusing to send them to the US. Every country that we accuse of having some time of weapons is because we or our rogue allies gave them to them. Pakistan's A Q Khan sold nuclear technology to N Korea, Iran and many others. He just recently changed his confession again to say that Pakistan's president knew what he was doing and he was told to say that the President did not know. He has been on house arrest since he confessed every detail about the nuclear network but you will not hear that on TV. The bottom line is they all are corrupt and we need to clean house in November especially those Blue Dog Democrats whom Harry Reid say is "a pain in the a##"
Confusion know...this very old news. However corporate TeeVee media never bother to tell a anyone. No news is a good news for fascists...where the BBQ sauce commander McGrillburger?
okojo
· 1 year ago
It is easy to extrapolate any link to Iran, or Russia or China. There is so much technology that is dual use, that someone can send a kidney stone machine to Iran, and be accused of helping their nuclear programme, (I don't know if they are still pursuing nuclear weapons)
I realize that John A. is using the same tactics as the Repubs and Bill O'Reilly are using, but whether it will stick, is different. I think a better silver bullet is the sheer waste in Iraq, and some of the no bid contracts won by some like Custer Battles and Haliburton.
Mike_G
· 1 year ago
My Iranian-born coworker just returned from a visit there and said you can buy any American-brand electronic or consumer product, the same as in Western Europe or anywhere else. The embargo is a joke.
Iran's F-14s Tomcat fighter jets, sold to them when the Shah was in power, are still flying. Reagan-Bush's Iran-Contra dirty deal sold them a mess of parts but that was two decades ago. I wonder what kind of backdoor deals the Bushes have going with Iran to keep those planes flying.
jwhit
· 1 year ago
What we really need to be worried about right now is the meeting that Bush is attending in Rome. This is the city where they always meet to discuss "war" plans. They met in Rome as early as 2001 to discuss plans concerning Iraq and Iran. 2001 THREE DAYS IN ROME http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2006/07...
He didn't actually say he wanted to wipe Israel from the face of the earth, thats what one of those sleazy Israeli translation/propaganda groups like MEMRI or CAMERA said he said. Gee, Wonder why they would do that?
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When I worked as an engineer for a military contractor, they spent a lot of time teaching and implementing plans to conform to ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations). the basic point of ITAR is to set limits on how defense technology moves in and out of US borders (controlling electronic and paper data primarily). To their credit, the company I worked for was a stickler about enforcing the policy with their employees, to their detriment, some of the early pictures out of Iraq showed some of their hardware destroyed and employed by the Iraqis. In all honesty, they probably got it second or third hand from some other country, but it is kind of a wake up call.
When we start selling stealth bombers to other nations, I wonder how long before Syria or Iran has a couple?
Possibly news of McStain's mad telegraph correspondence with sensuous silent film vamp Theda Bara will give his feeble campaign a boost.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Turley_on_impeach...
http://www.counterpunch.org/lendman06112008.html
I realize that John A. is using the same tactics as the Repubs and Bill O'Reilly are using, but whether it will stick, is different. I think a better silver bullet is the sheer waste in Iraq, and some of the no bid contracts won by some like Custer Battles and Haliburton.
Iran's F-14s Tomcat fighter jets, sold to them when the Shah was in power, are still flying. Reagan-Bush's Iran-Contra dirty deal sold them a mess of parts but that was two decades ago. I wonder what kind of backdoor deals the Bushes have going with Iran to keep those planes flying.
2001 THREE DAYS IN ROME
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2006/07...
THE COCKTAIL NAPKIN PLAN IN ROME
http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/...
Speaker Must Be Removed For Her Illegal Position on Impeachment Investigation
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/du...
Kucinich Introduces 35 Articles of Impeachment Against Bush!
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/15189
Threats on Iran and the "Batterer's Defense"
By DENNIS LOO
http://www.counterpunch.org/loo06092008.html