Lawmaker wants review of US exports to Iran

Excellent article

So we're selling cigarettes to terrorists? Good deal! ;-)

Another case of hypocrisy by the Bush administration.

Just like Bush. Says one thing and then does another behind America's back. Good job!

U.S. exports to Iran increased under Bush!! Yeah so, how many jobs were sent overseas under him as well? How many soldiers have died under him? BUSH is a redneck moron.

What they really want is that other countries don't trade with Iran so that the American companies can have the market to themselves. Another technique is to maintain sanctions officially while telling American companies in advance that sanctions will be lifted at a certain date. Thus American companies will be prepared while others are caught flat footed. Non-American companies that do business with Iran are constantly under threat of being declared terrorist helpers. and thus banned from doing business with and in the US and with American companies anywhere. It's a chain reaction.

Those numbers may seem small, but military items can sell for pennies on the dollar compared with what the Pentagon paid. Last year, federal agents seized four F-14 fighter jets sold to domestic buyers by an officer at Point Mugu Naval Air Station, Calif., for $2,000 to $4,000 each, with proceeds benefiting a squadron recreation fund. When F-14s were new, they cost roughly $38 million each.

Wow! That seems like a pretty solid deal for an F-14. I'm gonna check out ebay!

"Szubin said it was unlikely exports of military gear occurred". We're expected to believe this in spite of the fact that the military recently flew nuclear weapons across the country and didn't even know it. Right!

Ah, our government at work...again.

The global economy is becoming increasingly capitalistic despite the best efforts of governments to stop it. Trading commodities is good for Iran and the U.S. Trading weapons... well, that's a different story.

What a shame that we now expect our own government to be as corrupt as the mafia..This is another reason why you can not trust this government. If I hear any report from this group, my first thought is what lies are they spinning now.

It isn't Bush; loyalty, ideology, and ethics be damned as long as there's profit to be made.

MSNBC is so far left it makes me want to puke. I cannot believe that this article is even hinting that the Bush Administration is responsible for shipments being sent to Iran. What does President Bush have to do? Stand in front of the docks and jump in front of the ships so they don't leave port? It is not his fault that American companies like GE are so greedy that they will do business with anyone regardless of who it hurts as long as they make a buck. I wonder if MSNBC will go back to the Clinton years and do a report of how many shipments were being made to Afghanistan or Iran even as they were attacking us then?

it seems to me companies such as 'GE" which you failed to mention need to get their priority straight and stop doing business with IRAN...It's these companies not the government....We can stop it if We the people, just stopped buying their products. I have already sent an E-mail to GE concerning this, and my next purchase will not be a "GE" product...

War is business and tabacco industry always makes biggest profits during war times.And trusting our politicians not to send our kids to die for someone`s profit is a wish.I`d rather pay $50.00 a gallon than see another limbless young soldier who was told, we are bringing "democracy" to middle east.Instead of telling them AMOCO funds this war too, so they could get richer and you should be happy with $35,000 a year and maybe some benefits to go with that.
LEAVE IRAN ALONE.
Enough of blood money.!

I cannot believe that this article is trying to make it look like the Bush administration is responsible for greedy American companies like GE who will do business with anyone regardless of who it hurts. Does President Bush have to stand at the docks and jump in front of the ships to keep them from going overseas? I wonder if the FAR LEFT MSNBC will do a follow-up report of how many shipments went to Afganistan and Iran while Bill clinton was getting blow jobs in the oval office?

One thing we shouldn't be selling them in any shape, form, or capacity is rifles, rifle parts or anything related to weapons. Its one thing for the Administration to be hypocrite, but another to send them weapons when we accuse them of helping the extremists in Iraq of kill our own soldiers.

This article is so ridiculously distorted that it damages the reputation of the reporting organization. This is also an insult to the readers who are obviously assumed to be stupid enough to accept the implications of the embedded data as intended by the writer rather than apply a reasonable level of intellect and extract a realistic perspective. A pathetic example of what often currently passes for news and reporting.

Mark,

Your facts?

Haha! As if this isn't the kettle calling the pot black? MSNBC's parent company GE has been doing business with Iran through international subsidiaries for years! In fact, for all we know those are probably even GE refrigerators shown in the photo that accompany the story. Hmm....interesting how MSNBC does not mention their own parent company GE as one who does business with Iran. The hypocracy here kills me.

now we know what we exported to iran.what i want to know now is what we import from iran.export we make money,import they make money.I can think of one thing is iran very big with pomegranate concentrate but of course our juice makers are not disclosing where they get their concentrate.......Hellooooooooooooooo wake up

This article is more of MSNBC spoon feeding the cool-aid. It is not about Bush! The article reads as though George Bush is doing all of the trading. Was it about Clinton in the 90's? No mention whatsoever about the Clinton administration! You idiots on the left have nothing! Democrats are ruining our country and all you can do is whine about Bush. Meanwhile the entire government is corrupt to the core and you still think everything is Bush's fault and Democrats will save us all. Socialism is not the answer to anything. At least Iran is smart enough to drill for freakin oil!

Last time I looked Haliburton was not making bras or cigarettes. The companies doing the business with them are the ones at fault , you can't blame everything on Pres. Bush. OH that's right , you do, Time to get your facts straight and full.

I have absolutely no problem with sending food, medicine, bull semen, perfume, makeup and other commodities to improve the lives of Iranians--even cigarettes. If we didn't do it, someone else from Europe, China, Russia, etc. would!!!!! If this ensures that our people keep their jobs, that's fine with me. It would give me great pleasure to find out that the grand ole' Ayatollah smokes American weed or that his concubines wear American phumph. We would then be justified in calling HIM a hypocrite. And all of this would go to prove that even the great Ayatollah has to make space for the great Western Satan in his marketplace. As long as we don't send those people the kind of junk we often wind up buying, many of whom are hard pressed to be able to afford our products. However, used or refurbished F-14 parts, rifles or weapon parts aren't exactly on the list I would approve. They can get those from Russia!! After all, I doubt they would want Russia's bulls' semen.

bushes grandaddy help nazi germany build up their army even after 12-7-41 so why would his grandson be any diffrent, just like his daddy supplied both sides of the iran iraq conflict of the 80s most threats would not be the threats they are today with out the help of bush and his cronies, you just have to follow the money