The Most Dangerous Problem Facing the World is Iran
May 11th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized“The most dangerous problem facing the world is Iran,” United States Senator Johnny Isakson told an Atlanta Press Club luncheon audience on Monday in downtown Atlanta, adding, “Failure to act will result in a disaster.” The Georgia junior senator said Iran’s nuclear ambitions are “the biggest threat all of us will face in the future.”
Senator Isakson’s comments about Iran came after his prepared remarks were devoted entirely to the nine-month U.S. and global financial collapse that he described as “draconian, severe and it is time to examine how we got where we are so we never go there again.”
Isakson said last fall’s $85 billion federal bailout of insurance giant AIG was “absolutely necessary to keep the (worldwide financial system) dominoes from falling around the world.”
The senator focused his economic remarks around what he described as a “five year climb back to the new normal.” He said Americans must save and reduce borrowing. “The great economy of the United States of America will be as great again as it has always been.”
Isakson supports creating a Financial Markets Commission, similar to the 9-11 Commission, with no political members and full subpoena powers.
Isakson discussed one primarily local issue, the Georgia – Alabama – Florida water wars, which he described as “perpetual lawyer relief.” The case is currently before a Jacksonville, Florida federal judge who will decide whether Atlanta may use Lake Lanier as its primary water source.
“The first species we worry about with regard to water is the homo sapiens,” Isakson said. Alabama and Florida have argued that Lanier water should be sent downstream, primarily to stabilize fish and other wildlife populations.
Delta Airlines was presenting sponsor for the Monday, May 11 luncheon. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia and the European Union Center of Excellence at Georgia Tech were table sponsors. CNN senior national correspondent John King will address the Press Club luncheon on Tuesday, May 12, also at The Commerce Club, 34 Broad Street in downtown Atlanta.
Written by Mike Klein, APC Board Member