Posted on 10/13/2009 9:56:02 AM PDT by fiscon1
Russia pushed back Tuesday at U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, a setback to the Obama administration's desire to present a united front with Moscow.
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In the words of Gomer Pyle, “Sooprise! Sooprise!”. And it only cost us throwing two of our Allies and a defensive missile screen under the bus.
Commander-in-Chief: my arse. A dangerous fool.
But...but, we had a robust debate! A vigorous debate! A robust and vigorous debate!!
/sarc
from reading the BBC article I get the idea the US has given up on sanctions for now.
I think that I read somewhere that the Israeli defense minister said that unless new sanction are in place against Iran by Christmas time, Israel will have to use military force on the Iranian nuclear installations. Has anyone heard this?
i heard it. counting on it, too.
Thanks, I didn’t know if the statement was true.
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