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Britain expects no military action against Iran: Straw
2006-01-11
LONDON - Britain does not envisage military action against Iran, by Britain or any other country, Foreign Minister Jack Straw said on Tuesday after the Islamic Republic restarted nuclear fuel research work. “Military action is not on our agenda, I don’t believe in practice it is on anyone else’s agenda,” Straw told parliament.
Except for the Israelis, and perhaps the US, but certain on no one else's mind ...
“This has to be resolved by diplomatic and other non-military means and that’s what is on our agenda at the moment.”
Because that's worked well so far ...
Straw said he was concerned about Iran’s resumption of research into nuclear fuel and was consulting his EU colleagues on how hard to push for a referral to the United Nations Security Council.
Where, of course, nothing will happen.
“Reference to the Security Council has always been on the agenda,” said Straw. “The issue of whether we formally propose a referral to the Security Council will be a key subject for discussion when I meet my colleagues in the next few days.”
Posted by:Steve White

#2  One thing you can say about Iran nowdays...they're not pussyfooting around when it comes to making those hard decisions to go forward in the quest to having The Bomb! At this point, it seems obvious, the US is employing the strategy of "walking softly and carrying a big stick" approach with Iran. But when are they going to put the little chip on lil bro Israel's shoulder?
Posted by: smn   2006-01-11 13:11  

#1  I agree that no military action should be taken, apart from dropping a few hundred MOABs and bunker busters onto the Iranian nuclear facilities. Other than that, I am totally against any military action whatsoever.
Posted by: Wheper Crains7926   2006-01-11 10:04  

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