Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman (CA) wrote in a recent issue of The Forward that the "Bush Administration violated American law by refusing to apply the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act to billions of dollars of investments in the Iranian oil sector."
In his piece, Congressman Sherman, who is Jewish and serves on the House International
Relations Committee, writes:
The failure of Bush administration diplomats to persuade the United Nations Security Council, particularly Russia and China, to impose sanctions on Iran for developing nuclear weapons is the greatest diplomatic failure of our time.
Congressman Sherman notes that the Bush Administration has essentially "surrender[ed]" to the Iranian terrorist regime.
We began to make unilateral concessions in 2000 when we opened our markets to Iranian exports - not oil, which we could use, but only the stuff Iran cannot sell elsewhere like caviar. Since then, we have acquiesced in World Bank loans to the Iranian government. We allow our corporations to do business in Iran through their foreign subsidiaries. And last year we opened the door to Iran's membership in the World Trade Organization. (emphasis added in both)
Republicans are better for Israel?! A strong Iran is certainly not good for Israel's security.
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