Posted on 04/12/2006 9:13:55 AM PDT by Quilla
Denouncing Iran's successful enrichment of uranium as unacceptable to the international community, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday the U.N. Security Council must consider "strong steps" to induce Tehran to change course.
Rice also telephoned Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to ask him to reinforce demands that Iran comply with its nonproliferation requirements when he holds talks in Tehran on Friday.
While Rice took a strong line, she did not call for an emergency meeting of the Council, saying it should consider action after receiving an IAEA report by April 28. She did not elaborate on what measures the United States would support, but economic and political sanctions are under consideration.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, announcing on Tuesday that his country had crossed the line into enrichment, said Iran's objectives were peaceful. Iran is said by many analysts to lack the equipment, including a nuclear reactor, to make nuclear weapons.
But Rice brushed aside suggestions Iran was far from the goal the United States and its allies suspect _ nuclear weaponry.
She said the world believes Iran has the capacity and the technology that lead to nuclear weapons. "The Security Counil will need to take into consideration this move by Iran," she said. "It will be time when it reconvenes on this case for strong steps to make certain that we maintrain the credibility of the itnernational community."
"This is not a question of Iran's right to civil nuclear power," she said while greeting President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Moasogo of Equatorial Guinea. "This is a question of, ... the world does not believe that Iran should have the capability and the tehnology that could lead to a nuclear weapon."
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Tuesday, "Defiant statements and actions only further isolate the regime from the rest of the world."
"This is a regime that needs to be building confidence with the international community," McClellan said. "Instead, they're moving in the wrong direction. This is a regime that has a long history of hiding its nuclear activities from the international community, and refusing to comply with its international obligations."
At the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said he would not engage in "fantasy land" speculation about a possible U.S. attack on Iran, though he said the administration was concerned about Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
"The United States of America is on a diplomatic track," Rumsfeld said.
Stop, or we'll say stop again.
How about the cha-cha?
Please stop doing this. Thank you, USA.
From Ogeretla on Rantburg :
Sung to :
"I Am the Walrus"
Lennon-McCartney
I am he as you are he as you are me,
and we are all together.
See how they spin, centrifuges now!
U-two-thirty-five
I'm cheering.
Waiting on some yellow cake.
Waiting for the van to come.
Isotopic distill, holy missile launch day
Man its been a long time,
So let your beard grow long.
I am the madman
they are the launch men
Ahmadnejad-man!
Goo goo g' joob
Religious rockets sitting
pretty little missiles in a row.
See how they fly like birdies in the sky
See how they sail
I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying
Yellow cake ore-man
Put out the blasphemer's eye
Stone the little harlot
Pornographic priestess
Boy, you've been a naughty girl
you showed your hair to all
I am the madman
they are the launch men
Ahmadnejad-man!
Goo goo g' joob
Sitting in an Persian garden
waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come, you get the sand
from standing in the Persian wind
I am the madman
they are the launch men
Ahmadnejad-man!
Goo goo g' joob
Expert, UN, inspects equipment,
Don't you think the imam laughs at you?
See how they smile knowing what's coming
See how they sneer!
I'm cheering
Rocket that's launching
climbing up the Persian sky
Elementary children singing Allah Akhbar
Man, you should have seen them reading
Omar Khayyam too
I am the madman
they are the launch men
Ahmadnejad-man!
Goo goo g' joob
Goo goo g' joob
Goo goo g' goo
goo goo g' joob goo
juba juba juba
juba juba juba
juba juba juba juba
juba juba
Yup.....If they don't stop...we will, umm, we will, umm, Yeah, we will send you to the UN and they will show you. We are busy teaching 11 MILLION Illegals how serious we are.
"It wasn't D'Italia...D'Italia is a pimp!"
"It was Barzini all along."
Everybody knows where this is leading..........Absolutely nowhere........
"Tattaglia's a pimp; he never could have outfought Santino. But I didn't know until today that it was Barzini all along."
It's time to get serious and pass a bunch of resolutions!
Artist: Supremes Lyrics
Stop! In The Name Of Love
(Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Edward Holland, Jr.)
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
Baby, baby
I'm aware of where you go
Each time you leave my door
I watch you walk down the street
Knowing your other love you'll meet
But this time before you run to her
Leaving me alone and hurt
(Think it over) After I been good to you......
(Think it over) After I been sweet to you....
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
Think it over
Think it over
I've known of your
Your secluded nights
I've even seen her
Maybe once or twice
But is her sweet expression
Worth more than my love and affection ?
But this time before you leave my arms
And rush off to her charms
(Think it over) Haven't I been good to you ?
(Think it over) Haven't I been sweet to you ?
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
Think it over
Think it over
I've tried so hard, hard to be patient
Hoping you'd stop this infatuation
But each time you are together
I'm so afraid I'll be losing you forever
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
baby think it over
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
think it over baby
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
Baby, think it over
Think it over, baby
Ooh, think it over baby...
The hottest songs from Supremes
I kind of prefer Creeping Death or Damage Incorporated by Metallica, for this situation.
Only a massive air campaign will work.
Every day, the Iranians learn more and our security is further jeopardized.
We should already have gone in.
I had a mental picture of Condi as Diana Ross at the UN Security Council..........
This is getting old. Rice seems to be nothing more than another Marxist type CFR minion doing what she has been programed to do.
So far it's all babble and no willingness to act. Why don't we just wait until they blow up a couple of our cities. [sarcasm/barf]
From Dr. Spock's guide to international relations; remember - no spanking allowed.
Reminds me of the British Police Officer telling an armed criminal to stop. They billy-club just won't suffice. Bring on the Thermonuclear glass makers.
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