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"Iran War Resolution" Shelved
September 26, 2008 - by Donny ShawThe House Democratic leadership has effectively shelved a resolution calling for what critics say would amount to a naval blockade of Iran because of concerns that it could provoke another war, officials on Capitol Hill said.
Even though the document would not be a law but a “statement of policy” aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, the Democratic leadership is worried that it could be viewed by the Bush administration as a green light to use military force against Iran, officials said.
The draft “demands that the president initiate an international effort” that would impose “stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains and cargo entering or departing Iran.” It would also ban “the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products.”
The resolution, H.Con.res.362, has raised serious concerns on OpenCongress and elsewhere that enforcing its demands would require a naval blockade of Iran, a move regarded internationally as an act of war.
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They still have 37 days to bring this to the floor for a vote. But perhaps the CEO bailout bill will pay for enough vacation homes that a war with Iran won't need to be provoked this year.
I can just imagine the reaction if this were a piece of Iranian legislation that enacted a "statement of policy" that the Iranian naval forces prohibit the export to the US of all refined petroleum products.
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