Comments on: Who Can Enforce Iran Sanctions? http://washingtonindependent.com/53567/who-can-enforce-iran-sanctions National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joe Mills http://washingtonindependent.com/53567/who-can-enforce-iran-sanctions/comment-page-1#comment-62144 Joe Mills Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:57:03 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=53567#comment-62144 Robert Naiman's article in The Huffington Post is interesting and covers why a gas embargo on Iran is a bad idea. In addition to lack of support, which is covered here, he also mentions increased gas prices in the U.S. (which would have political implications for Obama) and a possible Iran retaliation by stopping its oil exports to the West. <br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/mr-mousavis-gas-embargo-o_b_251938.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/mr-...</a> Robert Naiman's article in The Huffington Post is interesting and covers why a gas embargo on Iran is a bad idea. In addition to lack of support, which is covered here, he also mentions increased gas prices in the U.S. (which would have political implications for Obama) and a possible Iran retaliation by stopping its oil exports to the West.

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]]> By: lizzieb23 http://washingtonindependent.com/53567/who-can-enforce-iran-sanctions/comment-page-1#comment-57743 lizzieb23 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:30:55 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=53567#comment-57743 Gee, the Iranians insist on keeping their right to manufacuture their own nuclear reactor fuel because they are concerned about politically-motivated energy cutoffs and sanctions ... and here we are, proving them right by threatening to cut off their energy imports. Gee, the Iranians insist on keeping their right to manufacuture their own nuclear reactor fuel because they are concerned about politically-motivated energy cutoffs and sanctions … and here we are, proving them right by threatening to cut off their energy imports.

]]> By: Maybe China And Russia Will Go Along With It If We Give Them A Pony « Around The Sphere http://washingtonindependent.com/53567/who-can-enforce-iran-sanctions/comment-page-1#comment-57782 Maybe China And Russia Will Go Along With It If We Give Them A Pony « Around The Sphere Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:15:04 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=53567#comment-57782 [...] Spencer Ackerman: Why would Russia and China agree to such a package? And why would, say, the United Nations agree to a move that would push the Iranians to dare the international community to confront it militarily over a global economic chokepoint? The smart people quoted in Sanger’s piece make the case for the sanctions by saying that the Iranian regime is more vulnerable to sanctions now, after the theft of the June 12 elections exposed popular anger and antipathy toward it, but not how to make those sanctions feasible. [...] [...] Spencer Ackerman: Why would Russia and China agree to such a package? And why would, say, the United Nations agree to a move that would push the Iranians to dare the international community to confront it militarily over a global economic chokepoint? The smart people quoted in Sanger’s piece make the case for the sanctions by saying that the Iranian regime is more vulnerable to sanctions now, after the theft of the June 12 elections exposed popular anger and antipathy toward it, but not how to make those sanctions feasible. [...]

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