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From engagement to confrontation with Iran
BBC News ^ | February 11, 2010 | Barbara Plett

Posted on 02/10/2010 7:31:33 PM PST by myknowledge

Statements out of Washington and other Western capitals suggest a shift from engagement to confrontation with Iran over its nuclear programme.

"What we are going to be working on over the next several weeks is developing a significant regime of sanctions that will indicate to them how isolated they are from the international community as a whole," President Barack Obama told journalists earlier this week.

The president sounded not unlike his predecessor George W Bush, who worked for years to contain Iran, a sign that Mr Obama's policy to engage with the Islamic Republic has failed.

The question now is whether a new round of sanctions would be any more successful than those imposed under Mr Bush's watch.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: confrontation; iran; irannukes; irantweets; nukeprogram
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To: MarMema

ePersian radio caller: In Tabriz people are starting their protest in the bazaar & Arg square


61 posted on 02/10/2010 9:33:23 PM PST by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: MarMema

Unconfirmed: IRIB (Iran’s radio and TV broadcast) building being protected by the Basiji forces


62 posted on 02/10/2010 9:34:46 PM PST by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: MarMema

people are protesting in Tabriz, their crowd is getting bigger and bigger


63 posted on 02/10/2010 9:35:50 PM PST by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: myknowledge
confrontation

Ah. A new word for bowing and scraping...

64 posted on 02/10/2010 9:36:53 PM PST by EternalVigilance (A vote for McCain is a vote for amnesty.)
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To: MarMema

slogan in Tabriz: today is the day of blood, Yazid will be overthrown


65 posted on 02/10/2010 9:37:12 PM PST by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: MarMema

Shhh528: RT @Persian2English: Infantry Fighting Vehicles Enter State TV Complex #iranelection #iran #22Bahman http://bit.ly/aipDm0
half a minute ago from TweetDeck
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Gunna be a long day for those folks...


66 posted on 02/10/2010 9:37:15 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: rdl6989

Number of Basij in Total is Nothing compared to Millions of Angry People!! Regime Is Over today


67 posted on 02/10/2010 9:38:26 PM PST by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

Tabriz is in turmoil #iranelection anti gvernment slogans around Bazaar


68 posted on 02/10/2010 9:39:20 PM PST by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

Chinese anti-riot vehicles in Jaam-e-Jam Street Jam


69 posted on 02/10/2010 9:39:54 PM PST by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: rdl6989
He's probably keeping a jug handy, too. Bourbon 120 prf or whatever the muzzie drinks. Plus m.j.

Here's an awful thought, as if we didn't have enough: suppose this chatter about nukes, emp, missiles etc. was a cover for a different kind of attack right here at home? Bio, in various cities? (Hard to bring off AFAIK) Knocking out communications with civil disturbances, food/drink contaminations and on & on--all this simultaneous. Resulting chaos from these would be enough for the Diktator O to set Martial Law in place. Sure I'm locked & loaded so are my kids and the rest of us who have a grain of sense. But ....I'm going to shut up now. But why in all these years, have our leaders let this fester and grow? These 7thCentury devils should have been erased (as in HIT) years ago.

70 posted on 02/10/2010 9:42:01 PM PST by molybdenum ((Yes I posted this masterpeace))
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But why in all these years, have our leaders let this fester and grow?

It makes my blood boil.

71 posted on 02/10/2010 9:43:43 PM PST by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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To: MarMema; rdl6989

This could very well be that “punch” that nutjob was

runnin’ his mouth about,,,

Nothing at all to stop him from killing thousands of

his own people,,,

Just like China...:0/


72 posted on 02/10/2010 9:50:34 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: MarMema; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

Thank you both for your posts. I’m waitin’ and watchin’ with you. It’s hard to believe that there isn’t a live thread for this potentially world changing event, or threat. God be with the Iranian opposition.


73 posted on 02/10/2010 9:52:12 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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To: CaribouCrossing

I’ll second that!


74 posted on 02/10/2010 9:54:25 PM PST by mitch5501 (Yeah,but is it shatterproof?)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

I’ve pondered that “punch” and it just doesn’t make sense to me that a punch to the West would be Nutjob killing thousands of Iranians. I’m certainly not an expert, but that threat to the West seemed to me a lot more threatening and personal, if you will.


75 posted on 02/10/2010 9:54:49 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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To: mitch5501

It’s kind of odd to me that there doesn’t seem to be much interest here. I guess I expected several hundred posts by now as we wait and watch what Iran is going to do.


76 posted on 02/10/2010 9:57:39 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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To: CaribouCrossing

Uh, Caribou, me thinks you forget that it’s only 9:00 here in Alaska, but it’s 1:00 a.m. on the east coast. heh heh


77 posted on 02/10/2010 9:58:55 PM PST by CaribouCrossing
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jamieharbor: RT @J1T2: Armed Special Forces are concentrated in Sadeghei 2nd Sq. #iranelection #22bahman
half a minute ago from TweetDeck

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Seems like they had a lot of force inplace...


78 posted on 02/10/2010 9:59:55 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

East part of Azadi square, people are chanting we are countless


79 posted on 02/10/2010 10:04:16 PM PST by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: MarMema
ePersian radio is broadcasting a live feed of greens chanting, apparently in Azadi sq!

I heard it. It was amazing. They are really yelling. There are a LOT of them yelling, not just a small crowd. Very hopeful.

80 posted on 02/10/2010 10:05:38 PM PST by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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