Chavez provides Iran with gas
Image via WikipediaVenezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez has again frustrated the world’s attempt to derail Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Evidence now clearly shows that he’s been sending gasoline to Iran in defiance of U.S. sanctions that sought to deprive the regime of that commodity and bring them back to the negotiation table.There is more.
On July 1, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA). The act was a consequence of Iran’s continued defiance in the face of international pressure to halt its uranium enrichment activities and return to the negotiating table over its controversial nuclear program. One of the key components of CISADA was to penalize companies who export gasoline or provide Iran with capabilities to aid gasoline production.
Even though Iran is the world’s second largest oil producer, it currently does not have the capability to satisfy almost 40% of its internal gasoline demands and is, thus, dependent on imports to satisfy those needs. The passage of the CISADA was hailed as a powerful measure to exert pressure on Iran. As a matter of fact, immediately after its passage, there were signs that it had indeed created significant problems for the government of Iran and that its continued implementation would have very desirable effects.
Alas, after months of denial, we’ve now learned that one company has defied the act and has been secretly selling gasoline to Iran. That company is none other than Venezuelan government-owned petro-giant Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA). Documents obtained by credible sources close to the matter clearly show that as recently as last December, Venezuela was sending reformate to Iran’s government. Reformate is used in the production of very high-grade gasoline.
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Chavez is committed to helping our enemies and being a friend to evil both in Iran and possibly in Libya. We should be developing our own resources rather tahn buying them from someone like Chavez.
It is one of the major wrongheaded moves of this administration to strangle the domestic production of oil and gas which would allow us to cut off despots like Chavez. Obama and the Democrats need to get over their domestic carbon phobia and put the interest of the country ahead of their globo warming concerns which are not being met by denying domestic production of oil and gas.
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