Posted on 10/25/2009 6:45:26 AM PDT by nuconvert
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said Iran must agree to stop all uranium enrichment in any deal with world powers.
The UN nuclear watchdog and world powers headed by the United States are trying to reduce Tehran's stockpile of enriched uranium in return for supplying a medical reactor.
They hope the deal will build trust on the way to persuading Iran to give up uranium enrichment, which they fear is part of an atomic weapons program, even though Iran says the uranium will only fuel power stations.
"The crucial thing is that the international community pressure Iran to stop the enrichment of uranium," Netanyahu told "The Washington Post" in an interview published on October 24.
"The purpose of enrichment is the development of nuclear weapons capability, so any solution has to be accompanied by the cessation of enrichment," he said.
Iran consistently makes clear that it does not intend to give up enrichment, while Israel's leaders see Iran's nuclear program as an existential threat and say all options must be kept on the table.
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If your neighbor states consistently that you are evil and that your house should be destroyed, then builds an underground bunker in his backyard and starts stockpiling explosives, but tells everyone they are for ‘peaceful’ purposes, what should you do?
If you are the West, you give them the foundation plans to your house and also take out a few support beams to show you are a nice guy...
“If you are the West, you give them the foundation plans to your house and also take out a few support beams to show you are a nice guy...”
Unfortunately, you’re right.
Poor Bibi, he will likely have to go this alone.
Bibi is NOT alone.
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