Commission Tells Barack Obama to Bomb Iran, North Korea

I thought he's going to bomb Pakistan? I hope Jon boy Favreau is preparing is speeches now for those meetings with Iran & N Korea. Will our military be up to another war after obama cuts it by 25% and gets rid of our missile system? I'm feelin the change already.

As long as military force is used preemptively, you have to expect that nations will work hard and in secret to find ways to stop us from doing that. Peace won't be gained by threats of murder. This view is absolutely insane and is exactly what has lead Iran to seek a nuke weapon. They say what happened to Iraq when Saddam capitulated to the U.S. demands. It can't get worse than that, so they have nothing to lose by going after nukes anyway. They KNOW the U.S. will attack them regardless. Nukes are the smartest thing they can do to protect themselves.

Robert Tice,

I tend to agree, but for slightly different reasons. I put myself in their shoes. If there was a foreign power out there with the power to annihilate the world between 13-15 times over, and its population constantly were heard over their public airwaves demanding the government to use some of them against my country ("nuke em all"), you bet your ass I'd advocate getting some pretty nasty weapons myself to fire back.

Maybe if we dial our testosterone down a bit and think before opening our traps, Iran and North Korea wouldn't be looking for nukes of their own. Maybe they might not see the urgent need for them. Maybe if they knew that we will not fire the first shot, but would definately unload in response (a policy which got us through the worst of the Cold War) they might think twice about making them to begin with.

You act like a bully, and you will get popped in the mouth. Maybe it is time we return to the tough diplomacy that got us through some pretty scary times instead of playing the bad ass with a glass jaw.

People interested in the actual report can get it at

http://www.preventwmd.gov/report/

You can get the executive summary from

http://documents.scribd.com/docs/l7hyr7mop79ym2nmyrq.pdf?utm_source=PreventWMD&utm_medium=Preface&utm_campaign=pdf%2Bdownloads

If you care to read the executive summary you will see that the report is much wider in scope than you might be lead to believe, based on Mr. Impomeni's eye-catching 'summary'. In fact, nowehere, will you find the recommendation to 'bomb' Iran. That's just spin.

What is about men? Is war all they know? Why do I feel like Captain Kirk is here and ready to blow up something?

Here is the entire list of all recommendations made by the Commission. As you will see they primarily emphasize diplomacy and the use of existing institutions, agencies, treaties while emphasize the need for greater international cooperation. They also emphasize a need for a greater awareness of certain types of threats.


RECOMMENDATION 1:
The United States should undertake a series of mutually reinforcing domestic measures to prevent bioterrorism: (1) conduct a comprehensive review of the domestic program to secure dangerous pathogens, (2) develop a national strategy for advancing bioforensic capabilities, (3) tighten government oversight of high-containment laboratories, (4) promote a culture of security awareness in the life sciences community, and (5) enhance the nation ’s capabilities for rapid response to prevent biological attacks from inflicting mass casualties.

RECOMMENDATION 2:
The United States should undertake a series of mutually reinforcing measures at the international level to prevent biological weapons proliferation and terrorism: (1) press for an international conference of countries with major biotechnology industries to promote biosecurity, (2) conduct a global assessment of biosecurity risks, (3) strengthen global disease surveillance networks, and (4) propose a new action plan for achieving universal adherence to and effective national implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention, for adoption at the next review conference in 2011.

RECOMMENDATION 3:
The United States should work internationally toward strengthening the nonproliferation regime, reaffirming the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons by (1) imposing a range of penalties for NPT violations and withdrawal from the NPT that shift the burden of proof to the state under review for noncompliance; (2) ensuring access to nuclear fuel, at market prices to the extent possible, for non-nuclear states that agree not to develop sensitive fuel cycle capabilities and are in full compliance with international obligations; (3) strengthening the International Atomic Energy Agency, to include identifying the limitations to its safeguarding capabilities, and providing the agency with the resources and authorities needed to meet its current and expanding mandate; (4) promoting the further development and effective implementation of counterproliferation initiatives such as the Proliferation Security Initiative and the Global
Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism; (5) orchestrating consensus that there will be no new states, including Iran and North Korea, possessing uranium enrichment or plutonium-reprocessing capability; (6) working in concert with others to do everything possible to promote and maintain a moratorium on nuclear testing; (7) working toward a global agreement on the definition of “appropriate ” and “effective” nuclear security and accounting systems as legally obligated under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540; and (8) discouraging, to the extent possible, the use of financial incentives in the promotion of civil nuclear power.

RECOMMENDATION 4:
The new President should undertake a comprehensive review of cooperative nuclear security programs, and should develop a global strategy that accounts for the worldwide expansion of the threat and the restructuring of our relationship with Russia from that of donor and recipient to a cooperative partnership.

RECOMMENDATION 5:
As a top priority, the next administration must stop the Iranian and North Korean nuclear weapons programs. In the case of Iran, this requires the permanent cessation of all of Iran’s nuclear weapons related efforts. In the case of North Korea, this requires the complete abandonment and dismantlement of all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs. If, as appears likely, the next administration seeks to stop these programs through direct diplomatic engagement with the Iranian and North Korean governments, it must do so from a position of strength, emphasizing both the benefits to them of abandoning their nuclear weapons programs and the enormous costs of failing to do so. Such engagement must be backed by the credible threat of direct action in the event that diplomacy fails.

RECOMMENDATION 6:
The next President and Congress should implement a comprehensive policy toward Pakistan that
works with Pakistan and other countries to (1) eliminate terrorist safe havens through military, economic, and diplomatic means; (2) secure nuclear and biological materials in Pakistan; (3) counter and defeat extremist ideology; and (4) constrain a nascent nuclear arms race in Asia.

RECOMMENDATION 7:
The next U.S. administration should work with the Russian government on initiatives to jointly reduce the danger of the use of nuclear and biological weapons, including by (1) extending some of the essential verification and monitoring provisions of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty that are scheduled to expire in 2009; (2) advancing cooperation programs such as the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, and the Proliferation Security Initiative; (3) sustaining
security upgrades at sensitive sites in Russia and elsewhere, while finding common ground on further reductions in stockpiles of excess highly enriched uranium; (4) jointly encouraging China, Pakistan, and India to announce a moratorium on the further production of nuclear fissile materials for nuclear weapons and to reduce existing nuclear military deployments and stockpiles; and (5) offering assistance to other nations, such as Pakistan and India, in achieving nuclear confidence-building measures similar to those that the United States and the USSR followed for most of the Cold War.

RECOMMENDATION 8:
The President should create a more efficient and effective policy coordination structure by designating a White House principal advisor for WMD proliferation and terrorism and restructuring the National Security Council and Homeland Security Council.

RECOMMENDATION 9:
Congress should reform its oversight both structurally and substantively to better address intelligence, homeland security, and crosscutting 21st-century national security missions such as the prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism.

RECOMMENDATION 10:
Accelerate integration of effort among the counterproliferation, counterterrorism, and law enforcement communities to address WMD proliferation and terrorism issues; strengthen expertise in the nuclear and biological fields; prioritize pre-service and in-service training and retention of people with critical scientific, language, and foreign area skills; and ensure that the threat posed by biological weapons remains among the highest national intelligence priorities for collection and analysis.

RECOMMENDATION 11:
The United States must build a national security workforce for the 21st century.

RECOMMENDATION 12:
U.S. counterterrorism strategy must more effectively counter the ideology behind WMD terrorism. The United States should develop a more coherent and sustained strategy and capabilities for global ideological engagement to prevent future recruits, supporters, and facilitators.

RECOMMENDATION 13:
The next administration must work to openly and honestly engage the American citizen, encouraging a participatory approach to meeting the challenges of the new century.

MY GOD WHAT A COUNTRY WE LIVE IN. WHERE ELSE COULD A FORMER PESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ASK THE ELECTROTE TO HELP HER PAY OFF MILLIONS THAT SHE OWES. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS OUT OF WORK, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES BEING FORECLOSED ON AND THIS MULTI-MILLIONARESS WANTS THE MAN IN THE STREET TO HELP "HER" PAY OFF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SHE LOST WHILE TRYING TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!! ISN'T AMERICA JUST GREAT!!! HEY WHO KNOWS SOMETHING MIGHT BE DONE FOR THE WORKING STIFF!! WORKERS BE SMART THIS ONCE. DON'T GIVE HER A DIME.

wow they must be kidding me. bombing North Korea would mean a really mad China and retaliation by North Korea. you're not gonna bomb a country that has nuclear weapons because they'll most likely use them to attack you back. Besides, North korea uses most of its GDP to develop its military capabilities and they're very strong. Iran is also very strong. bombing Iran would mean oil prices would skyrocket and Israel would be rained by Iran's long ranged missiles. it will also unite Iran against US and israel in a time that Iranians want friendly ties with US. Those war mongerers should look at realities before deciding who is going to die and who lives. Although, if anyone else was being paid thousands of dollars by Israelies to write a report in their favour, they would do it too. Most reports are calling for more diplomacy with Iran and it's not a surprise that right wing war mongerers would want a childish report like this.

As you said, this is absolute spin on the authors part.
Most BS you hear out of nations capitals hostile to Iran are. Bottom line, Israel cant bomb Iran, and we will not be that stupid to do so. It is all psychological warfare. Leave people alone, and stop fear mongering. Who in their right mind would intentionally mess with the US. As far as weapons getting in the terrorists hands, Dont forget that Iran was at war with the Taliban and Al Qaeda and Saddam long before the WEST caught on. Iran's leaders are ultra conservative .so to all the bible pushers advocating war, well they are you, and have much more in common with you and your views than "Liberal Europe", or "Secular Israel". Do some reading and educate yourselves so that your views are not made for you.

Enough with Iraq already. Bomb the piss out of Iran, they are the biggest threat now. And let North Korea know that they are next, if they don't knock it off!!

This whole article is pretty silly. It's pointless. There's no need to pick out certain features of Obama's foreign policy and the Commission's Report, ignoring the greater part of it, and make an issue of them, as though they haven't already been covered. Doesn't anyone listen?

Obama's approach is MULTIFACETED. That words would always be backed with military strength is a given, as are economic and regional solutions.

I wonder why anyone thinks it necessary to rehash this. Hoping to make people not hear what Obama's
been saying?

For those still challenged by the concept: PRECONDITIONS are not PREPARATIONS. The preparations bit has always been in there, it's not an 'amendment'. This is like talking to a first grader.

People Obama's chosen to work with him on foreign policy, like Gates and Jones, agree with the need to sit down with enemies WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS.

Gotta love those tough guys who want to bomb everyone who doesn't do what we tell them. I wonder if they've ever thought more than one step ahead in their lives, or understand consequences. They certainly don't understand the intelligence and skill required in such incredibly complex situations, nor would they recognize complexity if it bit them. The instinct to squash someone like a bug isn't tough nor is it effective. Merely childish and stupid.

And shameless spin on this issue is a waste of time and space.

OBAMA SHOULD NOT LISTEN TO THE ISRAELI LOBBY FOR ATTACKING IRAN. RAHM EMANUEL ESCORTED OBAMA TO A MEETING WITH AIPAC (AMERICAN ISRAELI POLICITCAL ACTION COMMITTEE) FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT THEY WANTED DONE. TWO LEADERS OF THIS CROUP HAS BEEN INDITATED FOR STEALING SECRETS FROM THE US FOR ISRAEL BUT PROBABLY WILL NEVER BE TRIED.

IF AMERICA BOMBS ANY COUNTRY IT SHOULD BE ISRAEL AS AT THE PRESENT TIME THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAS A NUCULER DEVICE AND WOULD USE IT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IF WE DO NOT DO AS THEY SAY. THAT IS WHY ALL OUR CONGRESSMEN ARE NO AFRAID OF NOT BACKING ISRAEL BECAUSE OF FEAR OF ATTACK OR LOOSING THE JOB......................

People interested in the actual report can get it at

http://www.preventwmd.gov/report/

You can get the executive summary from

http://documents.scribd.com/docs/l7hyr7mop79ym2nmyrq.pdf?utm_source=PreventWMD&utm_medium=Preface&utm_campaign=pdf%2Bdownloads

If you care to read the executive summary you will see that the report is much wider in scope than you might be lead to believe, based on Mr. Impomeni's eye-catching 'summary'. If you read all the recommendations (see the entire list in my previous post), you will see that the Commission emphasizes the need to rely on DIPLOMACY and on international cooperation.

In fact, nowhere does the Commission recommend to 'bomb' Iran. That's just the kind of spin Mr. Impomeni has gotten us used to.

Please people! Do you really think Obama would Bomb Iran? He wants to sit down without precondition with the new Hitler of our time enjoying a nice cup of coffee with the leaders of Iran...

Maybe Obama, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Kim Jong Il could all get together and go bowling... That is a more likely scenario....

You should know that this is not the first time that islamic fanatics get angry at weak democratic presidents.Remember N0.2Al-Qaeda, Al-Zawahri already ridiculed Obama because he is weak and is a warning.In 1978-79 during the weak democratic president Carter the Iranian revolutionary guards stormed the US embassy in Iran and held hundred of Americans inside hostage for more than a year. Carter did his best diplomatically but they never released the hostages. When Reagan was elected in 1979, the terrorist released the hostages before Reagans inauguration because they were afraid of being bombed, The Iran -Contra affair was just a cover to not make Iran look bad. Eve the then Soviet Union was afraid of Reagan and Libya's Khadafi palace was bombed.It missed him but killed his son and Khaddafi stopped terrorism.Bill Clinton could have prevented 9/11. He had plenty of warnings and opportunity to get Bin Ladin but did not. He was responsible for the Massacre of the 3,000 innocent civilians on 9/11.

People should know that the Europeans have been negotiating with Iran for 5 years without success and now in anticipation of a weak Obama presidency is even more defiant.Islamic extremists from the very beginning only respect power and strenght. You can never change their religion and they will always kill all infidels.That is also the reason we were forced to invade Iraq after Saddam's refusal for WMD, s search.

Fred-You want to bet? An Iranian nuclear weapon is an existential threat to Israel and Iran have vowed to wipe Israel off the map.Expect an Israeli bombing of the nuclear facility in Iran soon. Remember this is not bombing the people of Iran. Saddam's nuclear facility was bombed in 1983 by the Israelis and Syria's nuclear facility was bombed in September.

If Iran does not stop its plan on making a bomb,Isreal will take care of business...Irans people do not want this , they are stuck with a Government that is going against the will of the people.Iranians like Americans. America no longer wants war but is being pushed to do so as long as Iran wants war.
And lets face it, America could turn Iran into a swimming pool

Living with acceptance and peace is the only way

Living with hate and fear will not work anymore.

Look here, America is the Super Power so if you want to go against that fact expect to go down HARD and you will, even if an Iranian strike hit targets Iran will never know about it as Iran will be returned to dust.
If America wanted to you would have been dusted anytime, so get over it and live in peace.