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or how the crazy fuckers in the GOP are going to attack with or without approval? I have? Oh. Because they are. And they’re totally a bunch of crazy fuckers.

House approves Iran Freedom Support Act

The House voted Thursday to impose mandatory sanctions on entities that provide goods or services for Iran’s weapons programs. The vote came as U.S diplomats continued to press the U.N. Security Council to penalize Tehran if it fails to end its uranium enrichment program.

House sponsors of the Iran Freedom Support Act said they had hoped for Senate action as early as Thursday night, sending it to President Bush for his signature. But they said there was resistance from Senate Democrats to passing it without a debate.

The bill, passed by a voice vote, sanctions any entity that contributes to Iran’s ability to acquire chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. The president has the authority to waive those sanctions, but only when he can show that it is in the vital national interest.

Reading the article, my question is – if these are codifying the sanctions in place for the last 27 years… why now? Why voice vote only? What possible reason could you have for creating a false urgency for a situation that will be at least 10 years in the making?

This totally doesn’t remind me of the runup to Iraq. At all. For one, they’re not releasing bullshit “intelligence” leaks of the DANGER we are in. Where are the anthrax-spraying drones/barnstormers?

Shit, if we’re going to nuke a country without pretext, causus belli, a declaration of war, or any rational justification, at least give me a fucking show.