Posted on 06/30/2009 3:33:04 PM PDT by RobinMasters
This article, from a Naples-based Reuters correspondent, appears to suggest that some European countries want new sanctions on Iran in response to its crackdown on protesters, but the Obama administration does not, though maybe this is the correspondent putting words in the president's mouth.
The relevant section:
As Italian prime minister Berlusconi is acting president of the G8, but it remains to be seen how much support there is for a tightening of sanctions already adopted against Iran over its nuclear programme by the United Nations, the European Union and the United States.
US President Barack Obama is trying to engage Iran over its nuclear programme and he and some allies could consider new sanctions counter productive.
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This wouldn’t surprise me. Obama wants to be friends with Khomenei, Ahmadinejad and the mullahs.
hsd O joined the Axis of Evil......
Forget Iran. It’s more likely he’ll ask for sanctions on Honduras.
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