Posted on 10/13/2009 7:56:31 AM PDT by Phlap
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday sought to present a united front with Russia on the Iranian nuclear crisis, saying there was not yet any hurry for new sanctions against Tehran.
On her first trip to Russia as chief US diplomat, Clinton praised Moscow for its "extremely cooperative" behaviour in the standoff over Iran's programme, which Western nations fear is a veiled attempt to build a nuclear bomb.
Aides had said ahead of her visit that the trip was partly aimed at winning Russian support for eventual sanctions against Tehran if diplomacy did not work. But Clinton denied she had come to Russia on any such mission.
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So who is lying? Her, or her aides?
I thought it was wrong to impose sanctions on nations. We were told how horrible things had gotten in Iraq and how we had to lift sanctions there without toppling Saddam.
Of course. No real need to consider sanctions.
There is plenty of time for more consultation after Iran unloads a nuclear bomb somewhere.
This is Hillary’s/WH’s spin in order to try and paper over the fact that the Russians flat out told her “no” to new sanctions. What was originally intended by the US to be a meeting to discuss the sanctions Obama wanted turned out to be nothing of the sort. What a failure!
Oh, the (modern) western world; insane by any measure. One must wait until they have the bomb to act. Talk, discuss, make public statments. Complete and total nothingisms...
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