Senator Obama on Bush Announcement on Iran Sanctions

[Colobo]

It is important to have tough sanctions on Iran, particularly on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard which supports terrorism. But these sanctions must not be linked to any attempt to keep our troops in Iraq, or to take military action against Iran. Unfortunately, the Kyl-Lieberman amendment made the case for President Bush that we need to use our military presence in Iraq to counter Iran - a case that has nothing to do with sanctioning the Revolutionary Guard.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post_group/ObamaHQ/CJR2

Gobama.

[geek tragedy]

1. Hillary claims that Kyl-Lieberman was 'standing up to Bush."

Has there ever been a more dishonest statement?

[wyldwolf]

2. wait a minute

the Iranian Revolutionary Guard which supports terrorism? I thought that was bogus according to DU conventional wisdom.

[Dawgs]

4. Huh?

DU conventional wisdom was that this amendment was giving Bush a reason to attack Iran.

[wyldwolf]

9. so you're telling me there was never a hoopla about designating them as terrorists?

[cuke]

13. There was a hoopla

until it was discovered that Obama co-sponsored S970 which designated the IRG as a terrorist organization.

Now the problem is that that has nothing to do with keeping troops in Iraq, but that hasn't stopped Obama from co-sponsoring S970

[geek tragedy]

5. Not according to me. Tell me, did you read

Kyl-Lieberman and think "in your face, Cheney?"

[Dawgs]

3. Good for him.

I wish he would have actually voted for it (and I know it wasn't his fault), but I do agree with this statement.

[cuke]

6. Obama co-sponsors S970 which designates the IRG as a "terrorist organization"

Obama is as much a war mongerer as Clinton

[flpoljunkie]

7. Indeed!

[TwilightZone]

8. I thought that designating the IRG a terrorist organization was a bad thing.

Isn't that the DU conventional wisdom?

Edit: sorry, I guess that I should have read the other responses first, as others have asked similar questions.

[wyldwolf]

10. well, now that Obama has said it, history will be rewritten

[Colobo]

11. Check your inbox, wyld.

[bigwillq]

12. How come Obama

didn't vote on this, or was there another vote...according to this

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00349

he didn't vote.

:shrug: