Sometimes it is hard to believe the level of hypocrisy practiced by Senator John McCain and his Republican allies when it comes to their lack of commitment to strengthening and enforcing sanctions against Iran. Today, Sharon Theimer of the Associated Press reported that, "U.S. exports to Iran -- including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons -- grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists."
Despite allowing more than a tenfold increase in trade with Iran, McCain and the Republicans continue to attack Senator Barack Obama for supposedly being insufficiently tough on Iran - we at the National Jewish Democratic Council have had enough. While Republicans play a shameless political game to dupe the American people, they cannot explain the hundreds of millions of dollars that Republicans have allowed to be exported to Iran since Bush first took office in 2001.
The United States sent Iran $546 million in goods from 2001 through last year, government figures show. It exported roughly $146 million worth last year, compared with $8.3 million in 2001, Bush's first year in office. Even adjusted for inflation, that is more than a tenfold increase. (Theimer, Associated Press, 4/8/08)
[M]ilitary items can sell for pennies on the dollar compared with what the Pentagon paid. Last year, federal agents seized four F-14 fighter jets sold to domestic buyers by an officer at Point Mugu Naval Air Station, Calif., for $2,000 to $4,000 each, with proceeds benefiting a squadron recreation fund. When F-14s were new, they cost roughly $38 million each. (Theimer, Associated Press, 4/8/08)
McCain and his Republican allies have a lot to answer for concerning Iran. They can start by explaining this tenfold increase in exports to Iran and McCain's vote on S.Amdt. 1351 to S. 1042 (for more details on this amendment take a look at "McCain, Iran, and the Jewish Vote").
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They are all a bunch of gangsters on both sides of the aisle, the sooner you learn that the happier you'll be and the less disappointed you'll be.
Will we here about this from the MSM. If the dems were responsible for this the repugs would be screaming that they are arming the terrorists.
This administration has no shame. Disgusting.
If you study political science you know the name of the system where a government is run for the benefit of corporations and not for the benefit of the citizenry at large. The clue for today is that it is neither a Democracy nor a Representative Republic.
It's Fascism. Read Bertram Grosz's 'Friendly Fascism'.