George W. Bush in Time to Get Tough, by Donald Trump

On Energy & Oil: 2008 NOPEC anti-cartel bill would spark retaliatory action

Currently, bringing a lawsuit against OPEC is difficult. A 2002 federal court ruled that "states of OPEC are afforded immunity." Congress should pass the "No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act" (NOPEC, S.394), which bans foreign governments from acting collectively to limit production or set prices. The bill would clear the way to sue member nations of OPEC for price-fixing.

Here's the good news: since 2000, this bill has passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 4 times with bipartisan support, and in May 2008, the NOPEC bill passed in the House. Now the bad news: Pres. George W. Bush got spooked and threatened to veto the bill because he was afraid that, with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan raging, NOPEC might spark "retaliatory action." Bush's fear was misguided. First of all, these oil shakedown artists need and want our money. What are they going to do? Fold their arms, throw a temper tantrum, and refuse to sell us their oil and be out billions of dollars? Give me a break.

Source: Time to Get Tough, by Donald Trump, p. 21-22 Dec 5, 2011

On Technology: Covert program to undermine Iran nukes with cyber attack

At the end of his second term, President George W. Bush authorized a covert program to "undermine the electrical and computer systems" at Natanz, Iran's uranium enrichment facility. What came out of that initiative was the creation of the world's most advanced cyber-weapon ever, With technical support from Israel, as well as technology from other allies, the Stuxnet cyber worm was unleashed against Iran's nuclear centrifuges and made them spin so fast they destroyed themselves. The operation was very successful and destroyed roughly 1/5 of Iran's centrifuges. No one knows for sure how many months or years we put back on Iran's nuclear clock. Some analysts say 6 months, others 1 or 2 years, But that's the point: the clock is still ticking. Source: Time to Get Tough, by Donald Trump, p. 98 Dec 5, 2011

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