Could We Have? Or Fuel For Bush?

Hey Folks,

More fuel for President Bush? This is not a good thing. Could we have the world community getting ready to back us? I doubt it. But this is not a good sign.

President Bush said, “It's very important for the Iranians to understand there is a common desire by a lot of nations in this world to convince them, peacefully convince them, that they ought to give up their weapons ambitions.”

He says he wanted a peaceful resolution to prevail but would, of course, not rule out a possible nuclear air strike. Interestingly enough even FRANCE is on board for this one. The United States is backed by Britain and France for limited sanctions if Iran refuses to shelve enrichment quickly.

What I warned you about before Russia is not. As a mater of fact, Russia and China, the Security Council's other two veto-holding permanent members who want to protect lucrative stakes in Iran's energy sector, have so far opposed such moves. As I pointed out Russia outright warned the US against it.

The report by Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said, “The Agency is unable to make progress in its efforts to provide assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran,” and “The existing gaps in knowledge continue to be a matter of concern. Any progress in that regard requires full transparency and active cooperation by Iran.” They said that not only did Iran ignore the U.N. Security Council call to suspend uranium enrichment, but is speeding up its program instead.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran would disregard any U.N. measure to rein in its nuclear project and withstand its opponents. He actually said, ‘Those who want to prevent Iranians from obtaining their right, should know that we do not give a damn about such resolutions.”

So we have more and more countries lining up against Iran, the UN being ignored, now a dare to see what the lame duck UN will do. If the UN DOES take action, what will be Russia, and China’s response? What will President Bush do? If military action DOES take place, who will jump into the fray? Which side? We DO live in scary times.
Peter