UN Security Council Readies Lame, Toothless Sanctions on Iran, but Tehran is Still Building the Bomb:  God help us all.

* Fmr. Delta Force commander Lt.-Gen. Jerry Boykin to speak at 2010 Epicenter Conference.

By Joel C. Rosenberg

(Washington, D.C., May 19, 2010) -- One day after Iran and Turkey announced an agreement in the hopes of thwarting any international economic sanctions against Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a 10-page resolution with new sanctions had just been agreed to by the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (the U.S., Russia, U.K., France, and China), plus Germany. That's the good news: the world's major powers didn't completely cave into the Iranian regime's latest round of deception and trickery.

The bad news: the world's major powers have mostly caved. The resolution abandons any hope for the "crippling sanctions" President Obama and Secretary Clinton once vowed to impose. Instead, we're about to see another round of lame, toothless sanctions even as Tehran continues building the Bomb, prepares to annihilate the U.S. and Israel, and prepares for the arrival of the Twelfth Imam and the end of the world.

"This policy is unlikely to succeed," said former U.N. weapons inspector David Kay at a panel discussion in Washington, reported AP. "The real question is what if sanctions fail? What are we to do?"

AP also reported that "Richard Perle, a former Pentagon official, said he doubted sanctions would be effective in stopping Iran and recommended the U.S. back the Iranian opposition as a way of pressing regime change."

War is coming and once again the U.N. Security Council is doing precious little to stop it. God help us all.

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What are the implications of a regional war with Iran? Former Delta Force commander Lt.-General (ret.) Jerry Boykin will provide analysis at the the 2010 Epicenter Conference. Please be sure to register today at www.epicenterconference.com to join us in Philadelphia June 25-26. Pastors, please visit the same site to sign up to show the live webcast to your congregation. Thanks and God bless you.

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* Analysis: Iran's nuclear deal with Turkey raises chance of war with Israel
* New York Times: U.S. Is Skeptical on Iranian Deal for Nuclear Fuel
* AP: Britain, Germany skeptical of Iran deal
* Jerusalem Post: Netanyahu meets with senior Israeli leaders to discuss response to Iran's nuclear deal, brokered by Turkey and Brazil
* Washington Post: Iran creates illusion of progress in nuclear negotiations
* Wall Street Journal: Iran's Nuclear Coup; Ahmadinejad and Lula expose Obama's hapless diplomacy

(Photo: Reuters/Lucas Jackson)


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