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Larijani: Iran prefers Obama Iranian parliament speaker says his country is leaning towards Democratic candidate in US presidential election 'because he is more flexible and rational' AFP Iranian parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Wednesday that Iran would prefer Democrat Barack Obama in the ...
McCain surrogate tells Dominican students to prepare for war with Iran in next four years - Marin Independent Journal
McCain surrogate tells Dominican students to prepare for war with Iran in next four years - ...
marinij.com — A Republican charged with representing the views of presidential candidate Sen. John McCain told Dominican University students... Thursday that war with Iran in the next four years is inevitable. The prediction came during a campus event in which teams ... (more) McCain surrogate tells Dominican students to prepare for ...
Dennis Ross on why he's working for Obama and how he'd talk to Iran - Haaretz - ...
haaretz.com — WASHINGTON - Ahead of the American elections, Dennis Ross, the man who used to work as President... Bill Clinton's envoy to the Middle East, has been busy "working" the shuls in Florida, a key battleground state in the presidential election. Aside from ... (more) Dennis Ross on why he's working for Obama ...
Robert Gates Must Go
boomantribune.com — People are beginning to discuss cabinet positions in an Obama administration, and I have no problem looking... a little ahead (with fingers crossed). One thing I keep hearing is that Obama may keep Robert Gates on (at least, for a while) as his Secretary ... (more) Robert Gates Must Go
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Iran Endorses Obama
Politics Daily — ... of preconditions for meeting with the United States, the speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Ari Larijani, said today that the Islamic Republic would prefer it if Sen. Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. ...

Aw Damn! Obama Wins That All Important Iran Endorsement
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Last time Iran had an American president that was ‘more flexable and rational’ was Jimmy Carter … yeah. Larijani: Iran prefers Obama Iranian parliament speaker says his country is leaning towards Democratic candidate in US presidential election ‘because he is more flexible and rational’ (YNet) Iranian parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Wednesday that Iran would prefer Democrat Barack Obama in the White House next year. Larijani also dismissed any idea that ...

Iran Endorses Obama
Power Line — ... Earlier in the campaign Hamas endorsed Barack Obama for President, but it later withdrew that endorsement when Obama made a statement--no doubt insincere--in support of Israel. The Islamic Republic of Iran, taking a longer view, has now made a considered decision to back The One's presidential campaign: ...

McCain For President
Sound Politics — ... spiel, as salesmen are prone to do. Unfortunately for us, these Marxisant poses lead, in almost every case, to the wrong decisions in foreign policy. Those who hold them sneer at bourgeois democracy, sympathize with third world extremists, as long as they belong to an oppressed group, and think that there was some good in communism, in spite of those millions murdered. In short, Marxisants sympathize with all our enemies. And our enemies know that. Almost all of them, from the Iranian regime to ...

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