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| Europe |
| France gets tough. No, really |
| 2003-09-30 |
| Domenic de Villepin throws the gloves down: The French foreign minister says Iran must cooperate fully with international inspectors by the October 31 deadline or Or what, de Villepin? or face possible U.N. sanctions. That’s not good at all. What do you want Iran to do? Speaking to reporters, Dominique de Villepin urged Iran to comply with the request of the International Atomic Energy Agency and sign an additional protocol to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty by the end of October. He said he delivered the same message to Iran’s foreign minister. What’ll happen if they don’t, de Villepin? Mr. Villepin said if Iran does not meet the October deadline, then the IAEA board of governors will have to decide whether to refer the matter to the United Nations Security Council. He said it would be up to the international community to decide if sanctions should be imposed on Iran. So. If Iran doesn’t give in, you’ll refer the matter to some organization who’ll refer it to another organization who’ll impose sanctions. Maybe. This should bury once and for all the idea that the French are wimps. |
| Posted by:Christopher Johnson |
| #5 Ok, De Villepin.......you and what army? 'Cause ours is kind of busy right now. Another good reason to add two additional active duty divisions and four to six reserve/guard divisions, plus supporting units and military air (transport/cas/attack/air superiority) |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-9-30 11:04:12 PM |
| #4 Ok, De Villepin.......you and what army? 'Cause ours is kind of busy right now. Maybe the Belgians are available.... |
| Posted by: Baba Yaga 2003-9-30 7:31:56 PM |
| #3 I'm hoping the matter has already been referred to the IAF. |
| Posted by: Matt 2003-9-30 7:25:16 PM |
| #2 Ah! The Inspections Schedule and Demands Subroutine! So if the logical conditions are not met in the subroutine, it kicks it out into the UNSC Sanctions Subroutine, which threatens Serious Consequences™ if conditions are not met. Once the UNSC Sanctions Subroutine is done, then it is kicked back to the the Inspections Schedule and Demands Subroutine, and so on, until......... The Iranians build a Nuke and threaten it on Israel, The Iranians use a Nuke and there is glass as far as the eye can see, The good olde USA has to step in and kick some ass and get blamed for everything. Hokay---I'm in. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-9-30 7:21:34 PM |
| #1 M. de Villepin said if Iran does not meet the October deadline, the ayatollahs can expect to receive an official French >:-( in their courriels. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2003-9-30 6:02:59 PM |