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2006-05-31 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Tehran's Atomic Plans Irreversible, Top Diplomat Tells Rice

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Posted by Steve 2006-05-31 16:14|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Tehran's atomic plans are irreversible"

By Tehran, maybe - but not necessarily by us....

IfyouknowwhatImean

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-31 16:26|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-05-31 16:26|| Front Page Top

#2 I dunno. I bet several well placed bombs would do wonders for the reversal of their plans.

Posted by DarthVader 2006-05-31 16:34|| 2006-05-31 16:34|| Front Page Top

#3 If only Hitler had been so clear.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-05-31 16:34|| 2006-05-31 16:34|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't really see much of a problem here. If Iran does anything to us, we can always turn Iran into a parking lot. I think it would be amusing to see Europe ringed by nuclear states, as the Arab world follows Iran's footsteps. It should be fun to see the European states agree to take in tens of millions of Muslim immigrants and pay out tens of billions of euros in aid annually in response to pressure from the new nuclear powers. It might even rock the European world view, which appears to be that the US is root of all evil in the modern world.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-05-31 16:43|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-05-31 16:43|| Front Page Top

#5 You should be watching John Bolton being interviewed on Fox by Cavuto.

He said that when Bush says Iran having nuclear weapons is "unacceptable" that means it is unacceptable. Believe it.

Then reiterated Bush statedly flatly that no options are off the table. And then reiterated that Bush is a man of his word - so what he says should be believed and taken at face value.

It could not have been any clearer.

Posted by Chang Ominesing2659 2006-05-31 16:44|| 2006-05-31 16:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Forgot one thing - earlier in the interview he emphasized that Iran should view the Rice offer their last chance for a cooperative solution. He implied clearly that everything after this point would be punitive.

Posted by Chang Ominesing2659 2006-05-31 16:47|| 2006-05-31 16:47|| Front Page Top

#7 "Iran and the US have only had limited contact with Iranian officials..."
Ain't that the truth.

Posted by Darrell 2006-05-31 16:47|| 2006-05-31 16:47|| Front Page Top

#8 The work at the French built Osiraq facility in Iraq was also said to be ..... "irreversible."

Posted by Besoeker 2006-05-31 16:53|| 2006-05-31 16:53|| Front Page Top

#9 It might even rock the European world view, which appears to be that the US is root of all evil in the modern world.
When he's right, he's really right.

Posted by 6 2006-05-31 16:58|| 2006-05-31 16:58|| Front Page Top

#10 A noble wish but unlikely. The Europeans seem by and large to be nearly as reality-challenged as Teheran.

Posted by lotp 2006-05-31 17:23|| 2006-05-31 17:23|| Front Page Top

#11 If Iran is left a single piece, it would have to be utterly destroyed to keep it from reconstituting its nuclear weapons programs. However, once partitioned, it would no longer have such a capability.

The Iranians, I think, are starting to realize this, as just today they announced unconventional training, which by all appearances intends to keep this from happening.

However, it is very hard for a minority, in this case Persians, to keep control over a renegade province strongly dominated by a hostile majority when they hostile minority has the strong backing, i.e. forces on the ground, of a major military power.

And once pushed out of the provinces back into Persia, any concentrations of Iranian military or Revolutionary Guard would be sliced and diced.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-05-31 17:39|| 2006-05-31 17:39|| Front Page Top

#12
Easy solution. Partition into a gazillion fiefdoms.

Nukes require large organizations, water plants do not.

Posted by Master of Obvious 2006-05-31 19:07|| 2006-05-31 19:07|| Front Page Top

#13 Iran's officios and MadMoud has said or inferred that Iran will not accept limited uranium enrichment, and what levels it MAY/MIGHT ACCEPT is sufficient over time to develop low-grade nuke weapons or so-called "dirty nukes". In reality, the diplomats aretalking only about delaying by likely a few years only Iran's dev of nuke weapons, NOT PREVENTING IRAN FROM HAVING ANY OR ADVANCED NUKE WEAPONS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-31 21:16|| 2006-05-31 21:16|| Front Page Top

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