Monday, September 03, 2012

Israel: On Ground Updates - September 03, 2012


Israel: On Ground Updates
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Urges International Community to get tough against Iran, saying without “Clear Red Line,” Tehran will not halt Nuclear Program
Monday, September 03, 2012
 Image Credit IAF
“I believe that the truth must be said, the international community is not drawing a clear red line for Iran, and Iran does not see international determination to stop its nuclear program,” Netanyahu said. “Until Iran sees this clear red line and this determination, it will not stop its advancement of the Iranian nuclear program.”
Read more at NEWSDAY.com
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* USA Today brings us the following AP report that starts off like this… Israel's prime minister on Sunday urged the international community to get tougher against Iran, saying that without a “clear red line,” Tehran will not halt its nuclear program. The tough language from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reflected differences that have emerged between Israel and its allies, particularly the U.S., over how to deal with Iran…
Read this report in full at link below…
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TimesUnion.com had this AP report posted on their website Saturday… Israeli officials said on Friday that a new United Nations report adds credibility to their warnings about Iran, as tensions grow between the Jewish state and its allies over how to tackle Tehran's suspect nuclear program… The report by the U.N. nuclear agency, which emerged on Thursday, concluded that Iran had stepped up the installation of centrifuges capable of making weapons-grade material in an underground bunker at its Fordo underground facility, safe from most aerial attacks…
Read the full report at link below…
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* AmericanThinker.com has this great read by Leo Rennert…
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* Recordnet.com has this column by Charles Krauthammer posted on their website this Monday morning that starts off like this… There are few foreign-policy positions more silly than the assertion without context that "deterrence works." It is like saying air power works. Well, it worked for Kosovo; it didn't work for North Vietnam… It's like saying city-bombing works. It worked in Japan 1945 (Tokyo through Nagasaki). It didn't in the London blitz… The idea that some military technique "works" is meaningless. It depends on the time, the circumstances, the nature of the adversaries. The longbow worked for Henry V. At El Alamein, however, Montgomery chose tanks…
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* RightSideNews.com had this posted on their website Sunday and it goes in part like this… Each year since the 1979 revolution, the Iranian regime marks international Jerusalem (Quds) Day on the last Friday of the month of Ramadan. As in previous years, the Iranian leadership called for the destruction of Israel and of “world Zionism,” as demonstrating masses shouted: “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” during rallies and addresses by the leadership…
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AubreyJ………
ROMNEY/RYAN2012
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Iran: On Ground Updates - September 03, 2012


Iran: On Ground Updates
Map by RFE-RL
IAEA Reports Iran Steps up its Installation of Centrifuges - Iran's Sole Operational Nuclear Power Reactor reaches full Capacity - Arab Countries Lambasted Syria’s Regime for Deploying Heavy Weapons against Civilians… Tell Iran they would not Tolerate Meddling in their Internal Affairs
Monday, September 03, 2012
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* CSMoniter.com had this very troubling report posted on their website Friday afternoon and it starts off like this… The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency’s latest estimates of progress in Iran’s uranium enrichment program are a guarantee - if there was ever any doubt - that Iran, and Israel, are two foreign policy issues that aren’t going to sit on hold until after the US presidential election…
Read the full report at link below…
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* Philly.com had this report posted early Sunday morning and it starts off like this… Iran's sole operational nuclear power reactor has reached full capacity, a senior official said Saturday… Iran's deputy nuclear chief, Mohammad Ahmadian, said the reactor at the Bushehr power plant was brought to its "full capacity of 1,000 megawatts" Friday evening. The reactor went into operation for the first time last year at minimum capacity…
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* GulfNews.com reports… Arab countries in the Gulf on Sunday lambasted Syria’s regime for deploying heavy weapons against civilians while telling Iran in no uncertain terms that they would not tolerate meddling in their internal affairs… The six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, (the GCC comprises Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait,) at a meeting in Jeddah also urged the international community to “assume their responsibilities and take measures to protect civilians” in Syria, where according to a watchdog more than 26,000 people have been killed in a revolt that erupted in March, 2011…
Read this report in full at link below…
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AubreyJ………
ROMNEY/RYAN2012
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Saturday, September 01, 2012

MITT ROMNEY’s PLAN in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Afghanistan and Pakistan - An American Century
Afghanistan/Pakistan Map courtesy of CENTCOM
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I am here today to tell you that
I am guided by one overwhelming
Conviction and passion: This
Century must be an American
Century. In an American Century,
America has the strongest military in the
World. In an American Century,
America leads the free world and the
Free world leads the entire world.
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- Mitt Romney,
Remarks at The Citadel,
10/7/11
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Enjoying the sanctuary of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, al Qaeda set in motion the conspiracy that killed so many Americans on September 11, 2001. We learned many bitter lessons that day, including that we are not safe from enemies who plot freely against us from the other side of the world. That is why so many of our best and bravest young men and women are risking their lives in Afghanistan. Our mission in Afghanistan is to eliminate al Qaeda from the region and degrade the Taliban and other insurgent groups to the point where they are not existential threats to the Afghan government and do not destabilize Pakistan, with its stock of nuclear weapons. Our objective is to ensure that Afghanistan will never again become a launching pad for terror and to send a message to any other nation that would harbor terrorists with designs on the American homeland.
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OBAMA'S FAILURE
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    Much of the mission has been accomplished through the courage and dedication of our troops. The killing of Osama bin Laden was a landmark in the struggle for which President Obama deserves credit. Much more, however, remains to be done. Unfortunately, President Obama has repeatedly frustrated and imperiled the American mission through a series of unwise decisions.

    After a protracted deliberation process, President Obama in December 2009 announced he would support a “surge” that would entail introducing an additional 30,000 troops into Afghanistan. But in the very same speech announcing the surge, he put forward a timetable for withdrawal. The mixed message left our Afghan allies in doubt about our resolve and encouraged the Taliban to believe that they could wait us out.

    This past June, President Obama disregarded the counsel of his top military commanders, including General David Petraeus, and announced a full withdrawal of those 30,000 surge troops by September 2012. That date falls short of the commanders’ reported recommendation that the troops remain through the end of 2012 and the Afghan “fighting season” to solidify our gains. That date also happens to be just weeks before a U.S. presidential election. There is no military rationale for it. It raises questions about whether the timing is politically inspired.

    Whatever the motivation behind the decision, it means that our military will be compelled to begin moving troops and equipment out of Afghanistan in the middle of the fighting season, taking away forces and resources it needs to combat the enemy.
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MITT'S PLAN
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    Mitt Romney will never make national-security decisions based upon electoral politics. Upon taking office, he will review our transition to the Afghan military by holding discussions with our commanders in the field. He will order a full interagency assessment of our military and assistance presence in Afghanistan to determine the level required to secure our gains and to train Afghan forces to the point where they can protect the sovereignty of Afghanistan from the tyranny of the Taliban. Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan under a Romney administration will be based on conditions on the ground as assessed by our military commanders.
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Ensure Buy-In from Afghan and Pakistani Governments
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    To defeat the insurgency in Afghanistan, the United States will need the cooperation of both the Afghan and Pakistani governments. It is in the interests of all three nations to see that Afghanistan and the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region are rid of the Taliban and other insurgent groups. Mitt Romney will work with both the Afghan government and Pakistan to ensure that those nations are fully contributing to success in Afghanistan. But we will only persuade Afghanistan and Pakistan to be resolute if they are convinced that the United States will itself be resolute. Only an America that appears fully committed to success will eliminate the incentives for them to hedge their bets by aligning with opposing forces.
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    The United States must be clear in what we require of both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai should understand that our commitment must be met with reciprocal efforts to crack down on corruption in his government, respect free and fair elections as required by the Afghan constitution, and coordinate with the United States on fighting the narcotics trade that fuels the insurgency. Pakistan should understand that any connection between insurgent forces and Pakistan’s security and intelligence forces must be severed. The United States enjoys significant leverage over both of these nations. We should not be shy about using it.

Related Issues
- Iran
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Taken from the ROMNEY/Ryan2012 Campaign website
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VIDEOS at AubreyJ.org:
Image Credit Mitt Romney
In case you missed their speeches… here they are again, in full.
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AubreyJ……….
ROMNEY/RYAN2012
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Republican National Convention, Tampa, Florida - Convention kicks off Tuesday night on Prime TV

Original Post Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2012

File photo by Romney Campaign
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POST Last Updated
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Thursday Night’s Program Participants/Speakers
Following not in any particular order…
August 30, 2012
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- Clint Eastwood, (Mystery Speaker?)
- GRANT BENNETT
- JEB BUSH, (FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR)
- TIMOTHY M. DOLAN, (ARCHBISHOP)
- SEAN DUFFY
- JANE EDMONDS, (FORMER MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY OF WORKFORCE)
- MICHAEL ERUZIONE, (OLYMPIAN)
- NEWT GINGRICH, (FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE) and wife CALLISTA
- KERRY HEALEY, (FORMER MASSACHUSETTS LT. GOVERNOR)
- TAYLOR HICKS
- KEN and PRISCILLA HUTCHINS
- CONNIE MACK, (U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATE - FL-14)
- DYLAN NONAKA
- DEREK PARRA, (OLYMPIAN)
- FRANTZ PLACIDE
- TOM STEMBERG
- SEVEN
- BEBE WINANS
- KIM RHODE, (OLYMPIAN)
- CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, (U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - WA-5)
- BOB WHITE, (CHAIRMAN OF ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT)
- CRAIG ROMNEY
- MARCO RUBIO, (U.S. SENATOR, FL)
** MITT ROMNEY **
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* 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION Official WEBSITE here
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In case you missed their speeches… here they are again, in full.
Latest round of Speakers on top…
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Thursday night:
What a Night!!!
Job well done by all…
- VIDEO-Mitt Romney: Introduction
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Clint Eastwood
(Mystery Speaker)
You just got to LOVE Clint!
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- JEB BUSH
(FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR)
Jeb… I’ll be danged if you’re not looking more and more like your Dad!
Jeb gave not so much of a speech but a wonderful presentation…
Can we say next Secretary of Education?
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- NEWT GINGRICH
(FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE)
And wife CALLISTA
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Video: Bain Intro
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- MARCO RUBIO
(U.S. SENATOR, FL)
What a GREAT Speech!!!
And we are so blessed, as a Party, to have the likes like he…
I pray Mitt finds a place for you… Marco is his new cabinet next year.
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--- MITT ROMNEY ---
A new Champion for America has been born.
One who cheers it, loves it, cherishes its history deeply. Not one who tears it down. You’re not a Regan, Mitt… Yet no one else is either. But… you’re ALL, Romney… Our Romney!
The next President of the United States!!!
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Wednesday night:

Senator John McCain (AZ)
Never a disappointment Sen. McCain…
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* Senator John Thune (SD)
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* VIDEO: The Bushes: 41 and 43
Your Party and Country miss you both…
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* Governor Tim Pawlenty (MN)
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* Governor Susana Martinez (NM)
What did I think of Gov Martinez? This lady is something else!!!
GREAT Speech GOV!
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* Condoleezza Rice (Former Secretary of State)
Powerful stuff by Miss Rice Wed night... wouldn’t expect anything else from her.
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* Vice Presidential Nominee Rep. Paul Ryan
This was one very… very… powerful, uplifting speech by Rep. Paul Ryan. Paul knocked this one right out of the Park too!
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Tuesday night:
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* Former Alabama Congressman Artur Davis
I had to add this man… he was GREAT! Powerful…
Ann Romney
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N.J. Governor Chris Christie
Now I must say… BOTH Ann and Chris knocked um out of the park Tuesday night!
Chris was really great, but Ann… she was all kinds of awesome!!!
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Above videos posted on YouTube by gopconvention2012
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AubreyJ……….
ROMNEY/RYAN2012
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Tropical Storm ISAAC forms in Atlantic - August 22, 2012

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Original Post Date:
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
5:00pm CDT

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SLOW-MOVING ISAAC WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF ISAAC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER LOUISIANA TODAY, OVER ARKANSAS ON FRIDAY AND OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI FRIDAY NIGHT.
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MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BY SATURDAY.
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Continue to monitor NOAA Weather Radio and local media for hazards affecting your area.
Keep up with the latest at links below…
This will be my last update on this post
- Latest ISAAC Public Advisory -
* Latest Shreveport, LA weather forecast
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For those in the path of ISAAC’s wrath… buckle up, buckle down… and have a safe ride. Most of all… keep you and yours out of harm’s way at all times.
AubreyJ.........
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Info/Map and Satellite Imagery by NWS TPC - National Hurricane Center, Miami FL/SSD
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