Russia warns against attacking Iran

The Hindu ^ | 19SEP07 | Vladimir Radyuhin

[familyop]

MOSCOW: Russia has warned against the use of military force against Iran and criticised Western sanctions imposed on Tehran outside the United Nations.

“We are worried about increasingly frequent reports that military action against Iran is being seriously considered,” Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after talks with his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner here on Tuesday.

“It’s hard to imagine what that could do to the region where there are already grave problems in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

Mr. Lavrov strongly backed the efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear programme.

“Russia is against attempts to pressure the U.N. Security Council to go beyond agreed support for IAEA,” the Russian Minister said, adding that the U.N. nuclear watchdog was “satisfied” with Iran’s progress in complying with IAEA’s demands.

He echoed the U.N. nuclear chief ElBaradei in urging the West to learn the lessons of Iraq. “No military solution”

“We are convinced that no modern problem has a military solution, and that applies to the Iranian nuclear programme as well,” Mr. Lavrov said.

“We know the consequences of ignoring the professional view of IAEA in Iraq four years ago.”

He criticised the idea of unilateral sanctions by the E.U. or the United States.

“If we agreed to work collectively and that is reflected in consensus decisions made by the U.N. Security Council, then what purpose do unilateral sanctions serve?” he said.

Mr. Kouchner climbed down on his earlier statement that the world should prepare for war in Iran.

“The worst thing to happen would be a war, and in order to avoid it, we need to talk, talk and talk,” he said, shifting the emphasis of his previous statement and calling for more sanctions against Iran.

[EGPWS]

EGPWS states:Cyphered, "we need time to get our ducks in a row and hopefully when Iran is put to rest for the sake of humanity, we will be maybe as strong as the U.S. by then and tote some weight and be a part of it and take our chunk when it happens and have a say in post war".

Map Kernow replies:Talking about wiping out an entire nation

If so, I wouldn't speak of "humanity" if I were you.

Nice try Map Kernow....your dingy attempt in misconstruing speak would make you a formidable liberal MSM editor.

[redgolum]

Yep, and they have been the driving force behind the Iranian nuke technology.

Which hasn’t been paid for yet. Unlike the SAM stuff they sold Syria (which is now scrap metal).

[pctech]

Russia has the driving force behind a lot the turmoil in the middle east. Syria, Iran, Iraq, all of them were being funded and equipped by Russia. Russia was also behind the 1967 7-day war in Israel.

[jonrick46]

Russia is being bought off the same way Saddam Hussein bought off the United Nations with the oil for food scandal. These Arabs have this tactic down to an art. This time Iran will really get their nukes before anyone has the courage to do anything about it. As with Iran as with Iraq, those clandestine nuke programs had one purpose: The nuclear weapons were being built to be used against the United States. Someday we will be faced with the economic consequences of a nuclear detonation in a large U.S. city.

[Map Kernow]

Nice try Map Kernow....your dingy attempt in misconstruing speak would make you a formidable liberal MSM editor.

I'll try again then: were you, or were you not, calling for the genocide of the Iranian people? A simple "yes" or "no" will suffice. And by the way, I don't consider humanitarianism at all incompatible with true conservatism - in fact, I consider it a prerequisite.

[Map Kernow]

So you think people in Islamic countries are human? NOT!

I must commend you for your candor, if nothing else.