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| Rice to press Security Council to take up Iran |
| 2005-09-13 |
| Stuff about UN reform and Paleos deleted. The assembly of more than 170 world leaders to mark the United Nations' 60th birthday gives Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice a unique opportunity to advance U.S. foreign policy goals on several difficult fronts. Success is by no means assured. While the United States is the largest contributor and the world's only real superpower, it cannot count on the United Nations for automatic support. But the UN can count on US money, unfortunately. Rice's drive to pressure Iran to resume negotiations on its nuclear program is a key test. Any U.S. resolution in the U.N. Security Council to censure Iran or to impose sanctions runs the risk of being vetoed. So Rice is appealing openly to China and Russia, which have veto power, to join in sending a "unified message" to Tehran. Secretary of State Sisyphus Russia remains dubious about having the council take up the issue. On Friday, Deputy Foreign Minister Hroom. Hum. Mustn't be hasty. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #3 Texas two step: only US and UK on SC step up. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-09-13 20:34 |
| #2 I mean, isn't it obvious...CONDOLEEZZA RICE HATES BLACK PEOPLE!!! What this has to do with anything in this story, I don't know, but it has to be said over and over and over and over again... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-09-13 16:15 |
| #1 "Deputy Foreign Minister Treebeard Alexander Yakovenko called it a hasty step" Translation #1: The checks haven't cleared. Translation #2: We haven't finished fleecing these clucks. Fuck everyone else's security. Translation #3: We finally find an endless source of hard currency and you do-gooders wanna screw it up. Translation #4: Translation #5: We worked it out with the ChiComs during our recent group hug - we'll Good Cop / Bad Cop you suckers over the MM and NorKie thingies until we figure we've milked you, too, for everything we can get. Translation #6: Va te faire foutre. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-09-13 15:09 |