Thread: ECONOMY is bad and WAR with IRAN is coming see what CONGRESS

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I guess "our friends" across the way will get their way after all - even in contradiction to our own reports. Can anyone say "special interests and a corruption of our government"...

Here we go again....... as the recession starts....

Donald Trump used the word depression today on Neil Cavuto in regards to Real Estate. I did not hear the entire context of the conversation, but he did say that Ben Bernanke had missed an opportunity.

Ephesians 4:32

I wouldn't put it past Bush to start another war with Iran and leave a big mess for the next President.

Yep, Here we go again...these people are going to bankrupt this country!!!


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Congress dismisses NIE, declares Iran a nuclear threat
Thu, 01/17/2008 - 20:35 - Wire Services

Iran poses a nuclear weapons threat to the United States and its allies, according to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 H R 4986 passed 369-46 by the US House of Representative yesterday, even though the National Intelligence Estimate concluded that that Tehran abandoned its atomic weaponry ambitions in 2003.

Section 229 of the Act states that:

Congress finds that Iran maintains a nuclear program in continued defiance of the international community while developing ballistic missiles of increasing sophistication and range that:
(1) pose a threat to--
(A) the forward-deployed forces of the United States;
(B) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies in Europe; and
(C) other allies and friendly foreign countries in the region; and
(2) eventually could pose a threat to the United States homeland.

HR 4986 mandates that it is the policy of the US to "develop, test, and deploy, as soon as technologically feasible, in conjunction with allies and friendly foreign countries whenever possible, an effective defense against the threat from Iran."

Essentially, this calls for the establishment of the controversial missile defense shield, which is threatening to reignite the cold war and start a new arms race with Russia.

The findings of the Congress contradict the NIE released last month which concluded with “high confidenceâ€