Posted on 01/17/2006 2:00:21 PM PST by Flavius
Iran Focus
Brussels, Jan. 17 – Belgium and Denmark called on Tuesday for Iran’s nuclear file to be sent to the United Nations Security Council because of Tehran’s decision to resume nuclear enrichment-related activities.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had repeatedly asked Iran to refrain from recommencing work at its uranium enrichment site in Natanz, but the calls fell on deaf ears in Tehran, and after resuming its activities the Islamic Republic vowed that its actions were “irreversible”.
Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht aligned himself with a statement that had been released by the European Union last week denouncing the Iranian action.
In a statement, De Gucht said that as a member of the Board of Governors of the IAEA Belgium has carefully been following the development of the Iranian nuclear dossier.
“Minister De Gucht regrets that Iran seems unwilling to comply with the Board resolutions calling for full transparency and cooperation with the IAEA and the numerous appeals to remedy the confidence deficit stemming from its past clandestine nuclear activities”.
The Belgian Foreign Minister said that since a resolution adopted by the IAEA Board in September 2005 found Iran to be in non-compliance with its safeguards agreement and declared that the Iranian nuclear file gave rise to questions that were within the competence of the UN Security Council and “since Iran continues to challenge the authority of the IAEA and its Board resolutions”, he agreed with the rest of the EU that “the time has come for the UN Security Council to become involved and to use all the potential of its diplomacy”.
Separately Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen added his voice for Iran’s referral to the Security Council.
“[The] time has come to get the UN Security Council involved in this case”, Fogh Rasmussen told reporters, the Associated Press reported. “It is important that we put the greatest possible international pressure on Iran”.
Denmark, which holds a non-permanent seat on the Security Council, is “co-responsible that maximum pressure is put on Iran”, Fogh Rasmussen said at his weekly news conference.
Well,that'll sure have Iran quaking in its boots. Heh, indeed.
Wait till the ragheads get their first visit from Hercule Poirot. They'll learn to take Les Belges more seriously.
Tehran isn't leaving us many options, are they? As for Belgium and Denmark, I believe that the case of War without France v. Hunting without Accordion is the controlling precedent here.
As for the Danes, they've always been on our side and have shown more grit in standing up to Islamo-fascist censorship lately than any American university.
As if Belgium and Norway were not enough, I see that the Belgian foreign minister has suggested that UN Security Council become involved and use all the potential of its diplomacy. Talk about piling on.
They'll still be merely issuing condemnations and calling for negotiations, when their countries are blackmailed into utter dhimitude or systematically nuked at the islamofacists whim.
And Denmark is definitely cool. They're a small fish as far as things go, but their support is definitely appreciated.
Yawn
The French military tradition is similar to the US Southern military tradition. VERY religious (tho Catholic, of course and not Protestant), pro-family, pro-Western, right-wing and anti-French politician. This officer corps is not to be confused with the average French conscript from WWI or WWII - or the French political class which the sheep elect.
They'd LOVE to fight with us and LOVE to have the toys that we have to play with. They despise the leadership for taking that away from them.
That'll show Iran! They'll feel like they're being nibbled to death by ducks. Well, probably ducks are meaner.
I bet that is true with most of the militaries in Europe.
Undoubtedly. Unfortunately, while what Rummy called "the new Europe" has no qualms about these values, they lack the cash. And "Old Europe", because we've been providing their defense for 50 years, spends their cash on "social" programs.
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