by Russell Berwick As I was reading the headlines of the day, I happen to read about Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, announce new sanctions against Iran. As Rice stated the reason being, that the “Iranian government continues to spurn our offer of open negotiations, instead threatening peace and security by pursuing nuclear technologies that can lead to a nuclear weapon, building dangerous ballistic missiles, supporting Shia militants in Iraq and terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, and denying the existence of a fellow member of the United Nations, threatening to wipe Israeli off the map.” The Islamic regime announced in advance that approval of these measures would be deemed tantamount to an American declarati