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Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez joked about having “a big atomic bomb” and mocked US disapproval during a meeting between the two allies in Caracas. – The Telegraph

Iran has expanded its economic, political and military influence in Latin America, taking advantage of an upswell of anti-American sentiment in the region led by Chavez and his eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas. – Bloomberg.com

While Obama delays the American oil pipeline and drilling for domestic oil the threats from Iran are expected to drive up the price of gasoline and oil. Thank an environmentalist wacko and Obama for $5 gas.

It’s pretty clear that we’re going to see some sort of military action against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, either by Israel, the United States or even NATO. Recent words from Israeli policymakers, U.S. military action and even signals from the markets made that abundantly clear.

Obama is pressing Congress to release the remaining 147 million from the previous budget cycle, in which US aid to the Palestinians was to be $545.7 million.

Here we go again. Didn’t we just have a fight about increasing the debt over a trillion dollars?

Violence escalates in Iraq and much more is on the horizon. Three years of neglect by the Obama administration have turned a win into the loss column.

18 pieces of radioactive metal found in luggage of passenger bound for Tehran at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, Russian customs service says; material identified as radioactive isotope of sodium. -Jerusalem Post

In another watch what he does not what he says moment, the administration said they were going to impose “crippling sanctions” on Iran but are attempting to thwart the most significant sanction that congress is considering.

Decrying the US lack of influence in Iraq, Charles Krauthammer worries that 16,000 embassy personnel in Iraq will be tempting targets and poorly defended. Why do we need such a big embassy when we have lost our influence by pulling out?