"This nation will not negotiate with anyone over its obvious and legal rights," Ahmadinejad told student members of the Basij religious militia, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Ok, it sounds like Iran has made up it's mind. But yet, Russian President Putin has this to say:
Russia says dialogue, not more penalties or military action as mooted in the United States, is the way to ease an escalating international stand-off over Tehran's atomic ambitions.
Well Russia, Iran seems to have made up it's mind about what it wants and does not want to do about it's nuclear program. I fail to see the point of negotiations if Iran isn't willing to come to the table over those negotiations.
China has already rejected sanctions that Israel is asking for. It's almost as if Russia and China WANT Iran to be attacked over their nuclear program.
We've asked politely for them to stop enrichment. We've been going through the UN for sanctions, and yet, we have foot dragging on the part of Russia and China:
Responding to Livni's message, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman underscored his country's stance that a negotiated settlement was still viable.
"We believe that a peaceful resolution of the Iran issue through negotiation is the best choice," spokesman Liu Jianchao told a news conference. "China has always maintained that in international relations sanctions should not be rashly applied."
China and Russia both agreed to more sanctions if Iran didn't stop enrichment. Iran has said "no". Therefore, if the Russians and Chinese were men of their words, they'd back tougher sanctions.
And how are sanctions being "rashly applied" since we've had a problem with Iran's nuclear program for YEARS now. Even the IAEA recently said:
"We have information that there has been maybe some studies about possible weaponization," said Mohamed ElBaradei, who leads the International Atomic Energy Agency. "That's why we have said that we cannot give Iran a pass right now, because there is still a lot of question marks. "
Yet, China and Russia are STILL foot dragging. There were experiments with weaponization. Why? If Iran's nuclear program was strictly for "peaceful purposes", why the experiments? What about the radiation contamination found at Tehran University by the IAEA?
There's simply something fishy going on here and Iran needs to be brutally punished for it. If the UN's permanent Security Council members cannot be trusted to fulfill it's duties to clamp down on proliferation of nuclear weapons and materials, then maybe they shouldn't be on the Security Council.
There's a reason why even Europe is backing more sanctions.
Travis
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