Diplomacy sidelined as US targets Iran

[G_j]

just posted this in GD, I figured it had been posted in LBN already.
on searching it hadn't yet, so here it is..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4989636-103681,00.html

Diplomacy sidelined as US targets Iran

Simon Tisdall
Tuesday August 10, 2004

The Guardian

The US charge sheet against Iran is lengthening almost by the day, presaging destabilising confrontations this autumn and maybe a pre-election October surprise.

The Bush administration is piling on the pressure over Iran's alleged nuclear weapons programme. It maintains Tehran's decision to resume building uranium centrifuges wrecked a long-running EU-led dialogue and is proof of bad faith.

The US will ask a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency on September 13 to declare Iran in breach of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, a prelude to seeking punitive UN sanctions.

Iran's insistence that it seeks nuclear power, not weapons, is scoffed at in Washington. John Bolton, the hawkish US under-secretary of state for arms control, says there is no doubt what Tehran is up to. He has hinted at using military force should the UN fail to act. "The US and its allies must be willing to deploy more robust techniques" to halt nuclear proliferation, including "the disruption of procurement networks, sanctions and other means". No option was ruled out, he said last year.


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[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. bush*s speech today he said he will continue the wars....

he is fucking INSANE!!! God help humanity

[Elidor]

8. Yes, indeed, the wannabe "peace president" must be resolute and make war

What a dangerous fucking moron he is.

[IA_Seth]

9. Link?

Hi. I am at work and can only log in and out briefly so I can't do much looking (prefer to spend what time I get here at DU!) Can you provide a link to Bush's speech today?

Thanks!

[Bo]

20. I wonder who really is in charge...?

Bush is to stupid.

[lazarus]

2. better link

Can't get that one to work.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1279747,00.html

[G_j]

3. link is fixed now

thanks for the heads up! :-)

[stlchic]

4. Like * has any room to lecture on the NNP treaty...

From last year....

“The Bush administration is proposing to spend billions of dollars rebuilding the country's nuclear weapons manufacturing industry, resuming the production of nuclear components and materials halted after the end of the Cold War.”

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/05/11/MN16775.DTL

:nuke:

[G_j]

10. great point

and welcome to DU stlchic !

[newyawker99]

15. Hi stlchic!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[BlueEyedSon]

5. No one wants to be a war president....

except GWB

[denverbill]

6. Kerry: "Me too!" </sarcasm>

[UpInArms]

7. new book due to be out

by GWB entitled "Endless War Forever"

[glitch]

11. Bush/Cheney

For More Wars

[BeHereNow]

12. Holy Crap- here comes war with

Russia and China...
"Bring it on" cried the cowardly corporate cowboy.
They are actually going to try it.
We are SOOO doomed.
I want my mommy.
BHN

[G_j]

13. seriously

this is scary alright! Maybe we still need to impeach the bastard soon, because as a lame duck he could continue to scew the world so badly we may never fully recover.

[BeHereNow]

14. It will never happen...

...and even if it did, it would not
alter the course the REAL "powers that be"
have set for our future.
Unfortunatey, the monkey with the clanging
symbols it the not the actual power grinding
the organ.
The music is getting louder and more crazed.
Prepare for deafening crescendos...
These people are truely INSANE.
BHN

[WEagle]

16. yes, they are too smart to

let a few "little" things mess up their plans
these folks mean business

[agincourt]

17. We must stop him,

An Iranian war may be Bush's ticket to permanent government.

[Tellurian]

18. If they're talking about it...that means, they've already started in...

with bombing and an invasion of troops on the ground.

[Name removed]

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[oasis]

21. PNACer John Bolton "hints at using military force". Noooo kidding.