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Following on the heels of identifying himself as the
“Commander-in-Chief of a nation in the midst of two wars” and moreover
the head of state of no less than “the world’s sole military superpower”
while being presented with what is still curiously called the Nobel
Peace Prize, U.S. President Barack Obama in his first State of the Union
address on January 27 asserted “the international community is more
united, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is more isolated” and
threatened: “As Iran’s leaders continue to ignore their obligations,
there should be no doubt: They…will face growing consequences. That is a
promise.”

Two days later his secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, delivered an
address at a major French military academy, revealingly enough, and
while there she coupled excoriation of Iran with an anything but
diplomatic dressing down of China, stating “China will be under a lot of
pressure to recognize the destabilizing impact that a nuclear-armed
Iran would have in the Persian Gulf….”

Pressure from Washington, of course. On the very day of Clinton’s
speech in Paris the White House confirmed the completion of a $6.4
billion weapons transfer to Taiwan.

On February 9 U.S. Department of Defense spokesman Geoff Morrell
told the press... >>>