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2003-09-12 Iran

Atomic Board Favors Giving Iran Deadline

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Posted by Steve White 2003-09-12 9:47:53 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 tick tock...

Posted by .com (Abu This RoPâ¢ Asshats) 2003-9-12 12:02:48 PM|| 2003-9-12 12:02:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Simple equation. What is worse: (1) UN does nothing and Israel destroys nuclear sites creating fallout.(2) UN puts pressure on Iran to dismantle program.
I guess it depends on if you live downwind or not.

Posted by Yank 2003-9-12 12:27:25 PM|| 2003-9-12 12:27:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 While not outlining consequences, the resolution sets up the possibility of U.N. Security Council involvement.

Then this doesn't mean diddly-squat. Iran ain't gonna give a shriveled turd anyway, but a demand made without a clearly defined consequence for not meeting that demand isn't going to carry any weight. At least, not where it counts. And then there's another largely ineffective element, the UN Security Council.....

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-12 12:34:18 PM|| 2003-9-12 12:34:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Yank - In your wildest dreams you don't believe the Black Hats will voluntarily dismantle, do you? I'll wager on "Not a Chance" - and give you 10-1 odds for the UN horse. UN. Pfeh. It only works when the UNSC is united (rarer than verified Elvis sightings), the US agrees to foot the bill, and ... Aw fuck it. It doesn't work - and hasn't worked in forever. What works is following our own foreign policy. Everything else is just fluffing the limp lolly.

Posted by .com (Abu This RoPâ¢ Asshats) 2003-9-12 12:43:17 PM|| 2003-9-12 12:43:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 After all these kind of things have been so effective in N Korea... oh.. wait...

The UN wont do anything no matter what.

Tell them if they dont behave they will have to take...france...

Posted by CrazyFool 2003-9-12 2:31:29 PM|| 2003-9-12 2:31:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Ooooooooo...a deadline! Is this a deadline for when they will be extending the deadline or the first deadline in a series of deadlines they'll need when the Iranians tell them to go fuck themselves and they won't want to look like the useless saps they are?

Posted by tu3031 2003-9-12 4:58:25 PM|| 2003-9-12 4:58:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I think Iran would play the Saddam game of bait and switch and Israel will bomb the sites anyway. The real hope is that with enough international noise the student movement in Iran might gain some traction, overthrow the Mullahs, and end the problem for good.

Oh, and the question is what people will vote for in the UN, not what Iran will actually do. The UN has had many votes that were not based on reality. They might want to set up an Oil for food program with Iran and everyone get get rich while the Mullahs hide their WMD.

Posted by Yank 2003-9-12 5:49:28 PM|| 2003-9-12 5:49:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 As a US taxpayer, I want to see a UNSC resolution to assign a rotating intimidator who has to mass 200,000 troops on the border of prospective nuclear poliferator in the middle of the desert summer to convince the perpetrator to accept inspections.

Can Canada be assigned the next poliferator, please? ... Anybody listening?

Russia would like the deadline to be two years out or so. They still have quite a bit of construction to accomplish. None of these three month push-push deals. They can't have this weapons program up and running in less than 8 months. Stop pushing. They need more time.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-9-12 9:05:44 PM|| 2003-9-12 9:05:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 "Russia, whose vote carries substantial political weight, had initially opposed the concept of a deadline but now was leaning toward abstaining instead of opposing, said the diplomats. China was also expected to abstain, though a member of the Chinese delegation said it was still awaiting instructions from Beijing on how to vote.

Well, duh. They both want to see:

1) If the US can support another major
operation without the UN. (Who will, as
pointed out earlier, be setting "Final"
deadlines into the year 3999.)

2) Russia's blood bath in Chechnya will continue
to be page 31 news.

3) China will wait until it knows for sure the
US is at it's operational limit before
launching on Taiwan. (I wonder why it hasn't
happened already.)

4) Neither of them will send troops to support
any actions anyways.

Solution: As previously stated. Don't sweat them
silly Iranians. The world will know
when they've gone to far, before the
Israeli jets land back at their home
base.

Israel...you gotta love'em. They're like (in bad
Mexican/Jewish accent)

UN? We don't need no stinkin' UN.

...and them the problem is solved. (No
Frogs required.)

Posted by Paul 2003-9-12 10:48:37 PM|| 2003-9-12 10:48:37 PM|| Front Page Top

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