Ready for the sanctions, Ahmadinenukehead?
Qom nuke site.
Posted on 10/06/2009 5:48:54 PM PDT by myknowledge
Obama administration officials at a Senate hearing Tuesday refrained from backing proposed Iran sanctions legislation or giving a deadline for Teheran to halt uranium enrichment during its negotiations with the US and other world powers.
Yet US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said that "we would be prepared to move ahead swiftly and effectively with additional [sanctions] measures" if the talks, which he stressed were not open-ended, failed to bear fruit.
He expressed skepticism over Iran's intentions, saying the administration was "realistic" about the prospects of engagement; he later said that Iran's initial gestures are "the first concrete evidence we've had during this administration of serious negotiations."
When pressed by Democrat Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, though, on how long Iran has to halt its uranium enrichment - a demand of the international community which Iran has yet to adhere to - Steinberg said instead that stopping uranium enrichment is "the requirement of the UN Security Council and it's the priority in our negotiations."
Menendez responded, "You don't want Congress to pursue the legislations, but at the same time you don't give us a time frame - that makes many of us uneasy."
When asked pointedly by other lawmakers whether the administration supported the sanctions legislation that Congress is considering, Steinberg did not give a clear response. And when asked his thoughts on a central tenet of the legislation - blocking refined petroleum imports to Iran - he said, "We still have not reached a firm judgment on whether that would be the best way to go, in part because we need a better understanding of what the efficacy would be; in part because it would depend on the degree to which others participated in this."
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Ready for the sanctions, Ahmadinenukehead?
Qom nuke site.
No TV for a week. That will show him.
[Yet US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said that “we would be prepared to move ahead swiftly and effectively with additional [sanctions] measures” if the talks, which he stressed were not open-ended, failed to bear fruit.]
This will happen when monkeys fly out of my butt. Obama, the Beta Male.
Who are they kidding? The ObaMugabe administration is not going to do a damn thing re: Iran. Unless Israel knocks it out, Iran’s nuke program will continue apace.
ZERO is stalling, as he doesn’t know how to handle this.
Maybe he should ask Valerie Jarrett?
Right...and as soon as anyone proposes any meaningful sanctions, all Barry has to do is give them the Afghanistan treatment, and study the entire strategery for a while longer...
We are so screwed...
Obama administration officials at a Senate hearing Tuesday refrained from backing proposed Iran sanctions legislation or giving a deadline for Teheran to halt uranium enrichment during its negotiations with the US and other world powers. Yet US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said that "we would be prepared to move ahead swiftly and effectively with additional [sanctions] measures" if the talks, which he stressed were not open-ended, failed to bear fruit.Ya want sanctions? Deploy the missiles in eastern Europe, and tell the Soviets, whoops, the Putin dictatorship that they stay there until they get behind sanctions and stay behind them.
I call BS. Somebody post one thing the nobama administration has done that was realistic. They live in an alternate universe.
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