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2004-11-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran Rejects EU-3 'Automatic Trigger' on Enrichment
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Posted by Capt America 2004-11-24 10:44:15 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Looks like the Mullahs want a buffer against the probability of another damaging "walk-in" or "leak" in the future. Look for continuing stall tactics from the Iranians as they fight to avoid the old Reagan "Trust But Verify" pressure the US will insist on!
Posted by smn 2004-11-24 12:13:30 AM||   2004-11-24 12:13:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, however the "trust but verify" Reagan doctrine would would only apply when nuke weaponry is known to already exist.

We are playing the dance of the seven veils here, a proverbial shell game if you like. The EU-3 are playing the flutes and tambourines.
Posted by Capt America  2004-11-24 1:49:54 AM||   2004-11-24 1:49:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Somehow I believe that the idea is to make the Europeans drag out the negotiation process until the U.S. is ready to intervene. At this time, Iraq needs to be pacified first.

I don't think the Iranians have nukes already, they have at least one or two years to go. If we can delay them even further and Iraq stabilizes, 2006 might spell out the end of the mullahs, after they broke the deal and genuinely pissed off the EU-3.
Posted by True German Ally 2004-11-24 1:54:32 AM||   2004-11-24 1:54:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 TGA: What does it take to make the EU-3 "genuinely pissed off"? From this vantage point patience looks like acquiescence.
Posted by Classical_Liberal 2004-11-24 3:14:44 AM||   2004-11-24 3:14:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Or a willingness to sell out Israel for Iranian oil.
Posted by anon 2004-11-24 7:49:36 AM||   2004-11-24 7:49:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Everything coming from Turbanland is designed to buy themselves time. Not even worth reading about the matter. A lotta BS.
Posted by Wo 2004-11-24 8:36:42 AM||   2004-11-24 8:36:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 In particular, Iran wants to avoid “an automatic trigger” that could lead to the country being referred to the Security Council if it were found to be in breach of the resolution.

Ooooh, it's the big, bad Security Council!!!!
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-24 1:57:08 PM||   2004-11-24 1:57:08 PM|| Front Page Top

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