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2006-01-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran may accept Russian enrichment proposal for now

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Posted by Steve White 2006-01-17 00:58|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 AGREED - Russia's and China's own history in antiquity shows that neither Moscow nor Beijing will ever tolerate any lessor power capable of challenging them or destroying them. Iran = North Korea's ultimate utility is to frighten and intimidate Clinton-led America unto anti-American anti-sovereign American Socialism, besides of course the usual geopol econ concessions. China will never allow NorKor to possess any independent nuke arsenal sufficient enough to destroy or challenge Beijing, and neither will it nor Russia allow a host of Iran-style nuke Islamic "wild cards" on their peripheries. Iran-NK , etal are safe from Russia-China as long as the USA, and afterwards NATO-EU, is the main target. OTOH, ONLY THE USA HAS GMD - Russia-China knows that Dubya & Company knows that the sword tip of a poten nuclear "wild card" Iran, etc. also points ags them. DUBYA > HOW LONG CAN RUSSIA-CHINA WAIT FOR A US-IRANIAN = US-NORKOR =... WAR(S) BEFORE THEY MOVE TO PROTECT THEIR AMBITIONS FOR NEW HEGEMONY.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-01-17 01:46|| 2006-01-17 01:46|| Front Page Top

#2 This is what I would do, say yes to the deal, then just screw on them down the road. And I'd say that is what Iran is doing too. Buying themselves a little breathing room. We have just managed to prolong this crisis for another several years so that Iran can enrich in secret or extract plutonium from the spent fuel rods in a last minute deal breaker.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-01-17 05:12|| 2006-01-17 05:12|| Front Page Top

#3 I dont think the US and UK will say this is unacceptable - and I dont think Russia will vote for sanctions as a first step in any case. They dont even seem to be completely on board as voting for referral to the UNSC yet. If the Iranians reject this, then that does give Putin cover to suppor the West and thats good. The bad is if the Iranians use this to drag things out, arguing over the details of the Putin proposal for months, then rejecting it. And if in the meanwhile the UNSC has dithered. Which gets to the question of just how close Iran IS to a bomb, and how much it a lost few months (while they enrich) costs us.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-01-17 12:13|| 2006-01-17 12:13|| Front Page Top

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