Minister Al-X

Am I having Deja-Vu? Good Morning Iran!

From the Washington Post- In Europe, Rice Issues Warning to Iran

Here we go again. How long do you think we are from major military operations when the secretary of state says this:

"'I believe that everyone is telling the Iranians that they're going to have to live up to their international obligations, or next steps are in the offing,'"

Hmm. I wonder what those next steps could be?

And I think everyone understands what next steps mean." She added that under International Atomic Energy Agency statutes, Iran "has to be referred to the U.N. Security Council" if it does not meet its obligations.

"The Iranians should take the opportunity that the Europeans are giving them," Rice said. "I think the message is there. The Iranians need to get that message. And we can certainly always remind them that there are other steps that the international community has at its disposal should they not be prepared to live up to these obligations."

Anyway, Condi must have forgotten that the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty is a voluntary treaty, because Iran could just pull out if the US really pushed Iran to the Security Council. And why should anyone in the world believe that the US would act in good faith in going to the UN? I mean how many more power-point and 3d Modeling presentations are our technically advanced "intelligence" community capable of (I mean the assholes who feed Bush their BS, not those members who are actually doing their jobs. But, since the purge is on at the CIA I have my doubts about how many of the later are even left). Besides that, the Bush Administration knows full well that France, Russia, and possibly China would veto any measure which could be interpreted as giving the US the blessing of international law that the US attempted to railroad through the Security Council.

The countdown has begun, and that means it's time to start taking bets. I'll take late September as the time the first American bombs will fall on Iranian targets. Anyone wanna bet?

posted by Anonymous @ 11:11 AM