Rice urges U.N. to be tough on Iran

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17200564.htm

Rice urges U.N. to be tough on Iran

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the United Nations on Saturday to be tough with Iran which she said threatened peace hopes in the Middle East after walking away from nuclear talks.

In her first address to the U. N. General Assembly, Rice said that when diplomacy was exhausted on Iran, then "the U.N. Security Council must become involved."

"It must be able to deal with great challenges like terrorism and nuclear proliferation, especially when countries like Iran threaten the effectiveness of the global nonproliferation regime," she said. Tehran insists its atomic program is for purely civilian energy purposes. She was speaking a few hours before Iran's new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was due to unveil new nuclear proposals to the same forum.

[dchill]

1. "Rice urges U.N. to be tough on Iran"

And I urge the U.N. to be tough on Rice. It's only fair...

[ixion]

2. nuclear proliferation...

yeah, they should be tough on countries who do that...starting with the largest offender: the US.

[fortyfeetunder]

3. Rice pot, meet kettle.

I find it incredulous she is going to recommend being tough on countries who have had human rights violations.

Guess she was too busy looking for Ferragamos when there were human rights violations right in her own backyard!

[hadrons]

4. "Rice urges U.N. to be tough on Iran" ... 'cause the US can't be ...

blow the wad back in Iraq

[DELUSIONAL]

5. Oh, just go shop for more shoes -- is what the UN should tell her.