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2008-07-25 Home Front: Politix

Obama urges Iran to accept EU nuke proposal

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Posted by tu3031 2008-07-25 13:24|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Barry should learn to use Google...

Western diplomats and nuclear inspectors who frequently travel to Tehran as part of the international effort to persuade the Iranians to halt their uranium enrichment activities report that a sense of paranoia appears to have gripped the regime in recent months.

There has certainly been a change of mood since the start of the year, a Vienna-based official told me this week. In the past they always appeared very self-confident and sure-footed in their dealings with foreign officials. Now they come across as very suspicious, and watch our every move.

Tehrans changed political atmosphere might be explained by the fact that President Ahmadinejad and his senior officials realise they are running out of time in their negotiations with the West. After more than four years of painstaking talks with the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran is continuing to enrich uranium at its underground facility at Natanz, a clear breach of its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Even senior officials at the agency, who have gone out of their way to accommodate the Iranians concerns, have little confidence that the Iranians have any intention of reaching a compromise. All they seem interested in is extending the talks as long as possible while all the time they continue with their uranium enrichment programme, said an official close to the talks. Their entire strategy appears to be based on playing for time.

Posted by tu3031 2008-07-25 15:06|| 2008-07-25 15:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Do you suppose Commmander nutjob wet his pants laughing at this latest beatitude from the chosen one?

I wonder what Obamaramalamadingdong is going to say when a city somewhere disappears courtesy of the Iranian Mullahs? Is he going to want to negotiate? Threaten them with another letter? Maybe we'll really get tough and ask for a non binding resolution from Congress or the UN?

Posted by James Carville 2008-07-25 18:32|| 2008-07-25 18:32|| Front Page Top

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