Rice Urges U.N. to Confront Iran

[sabra]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/12/national/w101438S58.DTL

Rice Urges U.N. to Confront Iran

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, coordinating with European allies, called on the United Nations Thursday to confront Iran's "defiance" and demand that Tehran halt its nuclear program.

Rice, at a news conference, declined to say whether the the United States has the necessary votes in the Security Council to punish Iran. But she said, "It is very clear that everyone believes a very important threshold has been cleared."

Rice did not spell out other possible moves against Iran. But she said she was "gravely concerned" about Tehran's secret operations and "its dangerous defiance of the entire international community."

"We have to look hard how a strong message is sent," Rice said.

[Deja Q]

1. Gee, the UN is irrelevant they say - now they want the UN to do something?

Talk about your mixed signals...



Off-topic: Act like a leader, but when you lead it's never the correct choice either. Funny, that...

[saigon68]

5. She doesn't want to CONFRONT A MIRROR

With this face

Instant Tsunami

[Connie_Corleone]

2. Votes? We don't need no stinkin' votes!

We'll punish them our own way, by ourselves!

:sarcasm:

[underpants]

3. Can't do it yourself can you?

Gee how did that happen?

[Submariner]

4. Of course Iran wants nukes

With a nuclear-armed Israel next door and the U.S. at there border I'd want nukes too. Maybe Condi-ahole should try some diplomacy rather than spewing the same old shit.

[tatertop]

7. Those nukes don't even matter: Bush is going to war

[oblivious]

10. Ahmadinejad: Iran considers nuclear weapons illegal

He reiterated Iran’s rejection of US allegations that it was seeking nuclear weapons. "Our nation does not need nuclear weapons, nor is interested in having them, and even considers them illegal," he said.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-1982212_2,00.html

[bkcc]

6. Oh boy...here we go again.

Get ready, kids. Lil' Georgie wants to play war.

[spuddonna]

8. I was just about to say the same thing...

Biden was talking to Katie Couric this morning about how the Shrub's lawyers firmly believe he doesn't need to ask the Congress for permission to attack Iran. We are truly hosed...

[HuffleClaw]

9. "It is very clear that everyone believes..."

again with their love of speaking for others. funny how the un is useful when they want it to be and then, at the drop of a hat, they start talking about 'old europe' and the 'un's irrelevence'.

[colonel odis]

11. hmmm.... an invasion timed to the elections next fall?

when is the u.n. just going to declare the u.s. a rogue state and ignore us?

[CatholicEdHead]

15. We do not have the forces for an invasion

without a draft, which is GOP political suicide. All the talk is with air attacks, with possible nuke usage.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

16. Who is talking about using nukes? n/t

[colonel odis]

17. being unprepared has never stopped this administration.

though i do agree, it would probably be air-based.

if they use nukes, we're finished as a country. we'd be shut out by the rest of the world. hopefully, china wouldn't be crazy enough to invade us, because that would be a doomsday scenario. but the entire world would join against us if they were stupid enough to use nukes. it would probably also mean pitchforks and bonfires headed toward the white house.

[David__77]

12. NO! No, to aggression against Iran!

Russia and China must not permit the UN to be used in such a way. There must be no "referral." This "debate" must not be given a single ounce of legitimacy. It is too bad that European imperialism is signing on to this travesty.

[leesa]

13. I urge the UN to confront the rogue United States....SOON

[Media_Lies_Daily]

14. The UN response to Rice should be: "Piss off, Rice"!!

[BiggJawn]

18. Has she said "If the UN won't do it, then *WE* will!" yet?

Same shit Colon Bowell was selling to the UN, just a different flavour....

[Heewack]

19. It sounds like Russia is now onboard.

I wonder what will happen with China?

Russia Won't Block U.S. on Iran
Commitment Is Cited by Officials Pressing for IAEA Vote

By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 12, 2006; Page A18

The Bush administration, working intensely to galvanize international pressure on Iran, has secured a guarantee from Russia that it will not block U.S. efforts to take Tehran's nuclear case to the U.N. Security Council, American and European officials said yesterday.

The commitment, made in a Tuesday night phone call between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, will likely help the United States and its European allies win support from key countries weighing a tougher line in response to Iran's resumption of sensitive nuclear work.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/11/AR2006011102124.html?nav=rss_world