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Thomas Lifson: “As predicted by Ed Lasky, Barack Obama’s cozying up to summitry with Ahmadinejad of Iran is damaging our efforts to contain him. Only faster than Ed anticipated. Amir Tehari says Obama is already creating a terrible impact with regard to Iran’s nuclear program.”

Amir Tehari: “Buoyed by their modest electoral success last month, critics of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s provocative foreign policy were preparing to launch a series of attacks on him in the Islamic Majlis, Iran’s ersatz parliament. BUT THEN AHMADINEJAD GOT AN UNEXPECTED BOOST FROM BARACK OBAMA.”

Amir Tehari: “Ali Larijani, Iran’s former nuclear negotiator and now a Majlis member, was arguing that the Islamic Republic would pay a heavy price for Ahmadiejad’s rejection of three UN Security Council resolutions on nukes. THEN THE LIKELY DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE STEPPED IN.”

Amir Tehari: “Obama announced that, if elected, he WOULDN’T ask Iran to comply with UN Resolutions as a precondition for direct talks with Amadinejad…”

Amir Tehari: “‘Talking without preconditions’ would require America to ignore three unamimous security Council resolutions. Before starting his unconditional talks, would Obama present a new resolution at the Security Council to cancel the three that Ahmadiejad doesn’t like? Or would the new US president act in defiance of the United Nations — further weakening the Security Council’s authority?”

Thomas Lifson: ” IF OBAMA CAN DO THIS HARM BEFORE HE TAKES OFFICE, IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF PRESIDENCY HE WOULD RUN.”