Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a speech at a press conference in Tehran on Saturday. (Hasan Sarbakhshian - AP)
Posted on 01/16/2006 11:23:36 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
LONDON, Jan. 16 -- China and Russia agreed with the United States, Britain, Germany and France on Monday that Iran must completely suspend its nuclear program, the British Foreign Office said. Although the countries failed to agree on whether Iran's case should be referred to the U.N. Security Council, the Europeans applied new pressure on the Iranian government by calling for an emergency meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency on Feb. 2.
With all six nations declaring that they sought a diplomatic solution to the escalating confrontation with Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered a glimmer of hope for a compromise. Putin said the Iranian government was considering a proposal from Moscow that Russia would produce enriched uranium for Iran, to ensure the material could be used only for peaceful purposes.
Iran has adamantly reserved the right to develop its nuclear program, stating that its intention is to produce peaceful nuclear energy. But many world leaders are increasingly alarmed by the attitude of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- who has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map" -- and fear he could be trying to build nuclear bombs. Intense deliberations began last week after the Iranian government ordered the removal of seals on equipment at an enrichment plant where it had ceased operations two years ago.
"The onus is on Iran to act to give the international community confidence that its nuclear program has exclusive peaceful purposes," said British Foreign Minister Jack Straw. Straw added that confidence in Iran has been "sorely undermined by its history of concealment and deception."
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Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a speech at a press conference in Tehran on Saturday. (Hasan Sarbakhshian - AP)
dang. too bad that thing wasn't loaded. lol
So what? Seriously. Outside of the United States, Great Britain and Australia, the international community is capable generating nothing but lukewarm air.
LOL...so much for the RICE BASHERS. This girl's got game. She has done more internationally in 13 months than Powell did in four years.
Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.
Amen. But what's the next step?
Get her on the ticket.
A wake-up and goodnight call, violent and precise beyond their ability to grasp.
Then he went on to talk about how we men tend to waste too much time playing games (ping pong, billiards, poker, etc.), procrastinate, and generally don't get essential work done fast enough. He was right....lol.
Spoken like a real man..Congrats! The nags and PC crowd have not daunted your spirit. (wink)
The real question: How much is this costing us?
Wow...those boots are made for walkin'. You know the rest of the song.
"Your post reminds me of a comment made by one of our teachers at a seminar at one of those think tank places in the SF Bay Area many years ago. It struck me as a significant comment at the time and it turned out to be true. He said simply, "women get things done."
Then he went on to talk about how we men tend to waste too much time playing games (ping pong, billiards, poker, etc.), procrastinate, and generally don't get essential work done fast enough. He was right....lol."
Perhaps..just watch out for what we do when we 'get things done'..lol. Sometimes it is a disaster. Women waste lots of time playing games. I guess you have never been a 'bow head' at a PTA meeting...LOL!!
I think women waste time too, especially talking on the phone, but my observation is that men procrastinate more. BTW, what is a "bow head" ?
yikes..it dates me. Bow-Head was a term used to describe mothers at school/PTA meetings in the 1990's that were clueless and often wore bows in their hair. Their concerns seemed to center on their children's position/social standing at school and not their education. They tended to vote for Clinton.
Oh heck, I'm probably a lot older than you. The other day I was posting about how far network TV has declined since I was a kid growing up in the 70s. (Network TV is now in an alternate universe from where it was in the 70s.) The 90s wasn't so long ago. That's funny, that term "bow-head." Never heard that one before.
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