Posted on 02/08/2010 1:20:18 PM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
I think it will be either a joint defense pact with Russia or China, or a deal with these nations to trade oil in a non-western currency.
The only other thing that would have significant impact would be a verifiable nuclear test.
How about an A-test ?
Suddenly, Hollywood Knights comes to mind.
You wacky Iranians should be very careful. Right now our manchild p-Resident needs a good distraction for us peons. You may just be it. The full attention of the US Military might me a big surprise to your bowels.
I miss that man.
LOL!
"no name...just...punch"
Place your bets folks, what will the punch be?
hen asked by the presenter whether enriching uranium to a grade of 20
er cent would enable Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, Arbatov said:
By the standards which have been drawn up by the international atomic
nergy commission, if the Iranians have uranium enriched to 20 per
ent and higher, this is deemed weapons-grade uranium”. While he
cknowledged that the current nuclear powers enrich uranium to 90 per
ent or higher for their weapons, he said that “already with 20 per
cent you can create quite a primitive, but nevertheless functioning
nuclear device”.
“Therefore the fact that despite all the beneficial proposals that
Russia, UN and the international community have made, Iran has
nevertheless started enriching to 20 per cent shows that Iran is
simply moving step by step towards nuclear weapons, is playing for
time and is using the talks as a screen,” Arbatov said. He also noted
that one day in the future, in the same way as Tehran announced its
intention to enrich higher-grade uranium, “it will be announced that
Iran has after all decided to create a nuclear weapon, citing all
kinds of threats”.
In response to the presenter’s subsequent question of how justified
the talk of a war in the region was, Arbatov said: “This probably is
the case. The thing is that Iran’s current ruling regime, made up of
the Ayatollah [Ali Khamene’i] and the guards of the Islamic revolution
led by President [Mahmud] Ahmadinezhad, feel very uncertain. The
domestic situation in Iran is becoming more difficult. Mass opposition
has appeared and the regime has become unstable, and I think that what
they are now doing is a deliberate course towards provoking a military
“The Iranian leadership is proceeding from the fact that the United
States will not launch a strike in upcoming months, primarily for
political reasons. President [Barack] Obama is a president of peace,
he has received a Nobel prize, and it is now just absolutely
unacceptable for him to start his actions by launching a third war
along with Iraq and Afghanistan,” Arbatov concluded.
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