Let's Sanction Iran and see what happens next.

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The House just passed HR 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2009. Once again, Congress has surrendered its duties to the President. It authorizes the President to sanction Iran as he sees fit, take measures to respond to violations of human rights and religious freedom in Iran, and impose additional measures to prevent the diversion and transshipment of sensitive dual-use technologies to Iran
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...94&tab=summary

The nuclear genie is out of the bottle. It is not 1948 anymore. With so much knowledge on the internet, unemployed Russian scientists looking for some good pay, and Pakistan sharing information with N. Korea, it has become almost impossible to stop the spread of this technology. This sounds like a fools errand and will probably cause increased levels of hostility with not only Iran but probably Russia and China.It does not lend itself to a speedier withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan and Iraq because the President has now been assigned another mission in that part of the world.

The Senate voted unanimously for this bill. Only 12 Representatives, 3R and 9D , voted against this measure. As of April 22, the Senate and House were working out their differences to send this bill on to the President.

Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich address this bill as something akin to an act of war.