Best Headline of the Day

Thank you, Associated Press:

U.S. exports cigarettes, bras, bull semen to Iran
U.S. exports to Iran grew more than tenfold during President Bush’s years in office even as he accused it of nuclear ambitions and sponsoring terrorists.
America sent more cigarettes to Iran — at least $158 million worth under Bush — than any other product.
Other surprising shipments during the Bush administration: brassieres, bull semen, fur clothing, sculptures, perfume, musical instruments and military apparel.
Top states shipping goods to Iran include California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin, according to an analysis by The Associated Press of seven years of U.S. government trade data.
Despite increasingly tough rhetoric toward Iran, which Bush has called part of an “axis of evil,” U.S. trade in a range of goods survives on-again, off-again sanctions originally imposed nearly three decades ago.

Posted by on July 8th, 2008 at 5:22 pm


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