Posted on 07/11/2009 2:37:49 AM PDT by Strategy
WASHINGTON - After a half-year of extending patient feelers to Iran, President Barack Obama has set a timeline -- warning Tehran it must show willingness to negotiate an end to its nuclear program by September or face consequences.
If the West weighs new moves against Iran this fall, as Obama suggested Friday, it will likely mean new U.N. sanctions or unilateral U.S. penalties, rather than military strikes.
Obama told reporters in Italy, where he met with other world leaders, that there is now a September "time frame" for Iran to respond to offers to discuss its nuclear program. While he did not call it a deadline, he said the world cannot afford to wait long for Iran to make its intentions clear.
"We're not going to just wait indefinitely and allow for the development of the nuclear weapon," he said.
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Wouldn’t that by definition be meddling in the affairs of Iran?
And then we will fart in their general direction!
Ouch!
Any sanction will be via the UN....Has Congress said one word???
Just as cynically mendacious and as easy to believe.
Birds of a feather...
Wow. Sanctions! I’ll bet the mullahs are defecating on themselves as we speak!
A warning followed by possible sanctions, that should work...next problem! His intelligence continues to awe the world.
I’m sure the Iranians are impressed by this (empty) threat.
that is about all we will do, yes
“Oh c’mon . . .it was just a SUGGESTION”
Otherwise, Obama will send a letter, with a LOT of CAPTIAL LETTERS.
Double secret probation?
Dear Iran, Iran leaders and Arachmaloonyjad and your loving friend 0bama,
We are so disappointed; if you act out of accordance with our phoney U.N. sanctions again...
We will write you another letter just like this, until we no longer can write letters because we are all dead from your bombs.
Love,
The U.N.
Next he’ll announce that the US is going to boycott the Olympics.
Next he will announce globalization. (As Al Gore did) No one wants to talk about this or face it’s reality because if it does actually happen there is no more hope of anything. 0bama will be in permanent power via the U.N. and our elections will mean nothing but a figure head unless 0bama makes his position permanent. Think about it... it is not so far fetched.
This isn’t really much different from the “action” that GWB carried out re: Iranian nukes.
oooo- that’ll teach them not to hate us! By golly, I’ll bet they are quaking in their boots at Obama’s ‘tough talk’!
I say point the Enola Gay in their direction and state “Shape up or ship out scum!”
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