U.S. to oppose any compromise on Iran

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=638db8ebbfb7c5ac

The United States said Monday it would oppose any compromise on the Iranian nuclear program that would allow Tehran to have even a small uranium enrichment capability.

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The Bush administration is serving notice it will not be party to any compromise giving Iran a continuing capability to enrich uranium. And it is making clear it expects a referral of the matter to the U.N. Security Council barring a sudden policy reversal by Tehran on its nuclear program.

Talk of such a compromise surfaced Monday in Vienna as the IAEA convened to hear a report on the Iranian nuclear program from agency director-general Mohamed ElBaradei, before the matter is sent to the Security Council under a February 4 IAEA decision.

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However the Bush administration, which maintains that Iran's nominally peaceful nuclear program conceals a weapons project, says Iran cannot be trusted because of nearly two decades of nuclear deception.

State Department Acting Spokesman Thomas Casey said allowing Iran to pursue enrichment on any scale would allow it to perfect techniques needed to build weapons, and that the idea is unacceptable to the United States and broader world community:

"You can't be just a little pregnant," said Thomas Casey. "You can't have the regime pursing enrichment on any scale, because pursuing enrichment on any scale allows them to master the technology, complete the fuel-cycle, and that technology can easily be applied to a clandestine program for making nuclear weapons."

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"you can't be just a little pregnant" what is with Republicans being so fixated...

[FloridaPat]

1. Why am I not suprised.

[Mike Daniels]

5. I could be wrong, but I don't think the public will support an invasion

nor do I think you'll see any other countries offering assistance in a ground war.

If we attack this time around we'll find ourselves on our own in every aspect of that operation.

[Mithras61]

2. This is actually quite typical...

of the W_rong Administration. Every thing is black or white, there are no shades of grey (or gray either :D). It's the same as "You're either with us or against us."

Besides, if we back down.. I mean compromise now, what excuse will we use to bomb them when they open the oil bourse?

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Can't let anything stand in the way of neo-con plans!

[katsy]

4. Okay...

Take your phucking administration, your wife broomhilda, poppy and that witch of a mother of yours, your twin tarts, the gop congress, their families and go fight. Because America will not fight your nightmares.

[Moderator]

6. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2148780