Rice Rejects Renewal of Talks With Iran

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060118/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iran_1


WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday brushed aside suggestions about a possible resumption of negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program.

"There's not much to talk about," Rice said during a photo session at the State Department with the European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana.

Rice noted that Iran recently broke a suspension on research into atomic activities.

Solana agreed that "there is not much point" in resuming talks if there is "nothing new on the table."

[ixion]

1. well, there it is then

the "Battle of Iran" is coming up, mark my words. :-( :cry:

[frylock]

17. operation irani freedom..

learn it. love it.

[yurbud]

37. We must liberate them from the euro and their oil....

[dysfunctional press]

40. A question re: the iranian oil bourse, and timing...

If the anticipated march opening of the iranian oil bourse would lay a smack-down on the dollar, and obviously in turn- the u.s. economy-

WHY would Iran choose now to start the shit about the nukes..?????

WHY not wait 6-9months/a year or so to do that?

it just doesn't make any sense to me.

anyone else?

[yurbud]

43. they are working on civilian applications with IAEA approval

Essentially, they have done nothing wrong and we are brow-beating our allies to get in a lather about it.

[dysfunctional press]

44. but why NOW?

why give the Americans an excuse to whip up a frenzy, and get the U.N. to impose trade sanctions, essentially shutting down the oil bourse before it starts.
i realize that iran feels they have the right(and ultimately, they do) to break the U.N. "seals"...but why now? why not wait until the bourse is up and running and the dollar is on the way down?

it all just seems suspicious to me...

[tatertop]

19. I have to cry along with you

:cry:

[VegasWolf]

I guess that Bush could still tap the Salvation Army. Pure posturing.

[Earth_First]

2. If that's not the grin that knows what's about to happen...

I don't know what else is.

IT is already in the works. It'll be hard to derail this one.

[Eurobabe]

18. Bu$h/Cheney: FOUR MORE WARS

didn't we already know it?? It's getting drafty again...

[Canuckistanian]

3. Mark this day on your calendar

This is officially the start of hostilities against Iran.

[Stephanie]

4. Nice shoes.

Are they made from baby-skin?

[Benhurst]

13. I never notice shoes on a woman unless they are

(a) sexy, as in the sort worn by Marilyn Monroe, or
(b) silly, as in the sort worn by Condoleezza Rice.

So it has come to this: the Secretary of State is a silly fascist bitch with a shoe fetish.

[0007]

29. Abu Ghraib's finest, kind of like those Nazi lamp shades with

esoteric tattoos.

[Straight Shooter]

5. I loathe that woman. n/t

[SpiralHawk]

6. "What's to talk about? We already know what WE WANT." - Condi

So screw the rest of that shit.

[LeftHander]

7. Iran - Iraq Redux

What worked for Iraq appears to be working for Iran.

Publicize a threat that is based on cherry picked intel.

Make public statements frequently.

Ramp up the fear machine with doomsday rhetoric.

Demonize the leadership.

Create urgency.

Close all doors to diplomacy.

Start the killing.

Cash the checks.

[kineneb]

35. more for your list...

get butts wiped by locals

completely bankrupt country financing wars

[DELUSIONAL]

8. Oh yes she's a real diplomat -- NOT

Damn -- it is like watching a train wreck happen again. We know it's going to happen -- we've seen the reruns.

[VegasWolf]

9. China will not allow Bush to attack Iran. nt

[CrazyOrangeCat]

10. Not much to talk about??!!!!!!!!!

Well try harder, BITCH!

This is unfuckingbelievable.

[Betsy Ross]

11. Is it time for the military coup in the US? n/t

[stepnw1f]

12. This Administration Has To Go (nt)

[cliss]

14. Love that oriental carpet under their feet....

If I'm not mistaken, I'd say that was an Iranian handmade carpet. Nice, huh?

OH, how I'd LOVE to be a fly on the wall in the White House today. At long last, these clowns are backed into a corner. Let's look at the facts: the Japanese stock market is in limbo. Iraq is a disaster: I just read an article that said that "at this moment, U.S. officials are begging on their bended knees for the Shia's to help them get out of Iraq".

This administration is full of maggots; corrupt every one. The courts are starting to catch up.

Meantime, their desperation is reaching a fever pitch. Bush wants to bomb Iran. And he can't because his Creditor, Big Daddy China, won't let him. MY GOD these are exciting times in Washington.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

21. Yeah, looks like a real Iranian carpet to me.

Iran (Persia) is a proud, ancient civilization, Condasleezy! It predates Islam. The reason there is now a theocratic dictatorship, is because we propped up the Shah and his nasty little version of the SS. Instead of allowing the country to evolve, we suppressed intellectualism and free speech. And now you want to bomb them instead of talking. Great.

[daleo]

24. Condi plans to get them at Salamis

She is a student of history and knows all their weak points.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

25. She and her husband . . .

. . . love Salamis on onion rolls.

[acmavm]

15. There's just no talking to some people. They just have to be

bombed into submission. Especially when the news is so damn bad on the home front.

[pinniped]

16. Nice diplomacy, slimeball.

When is the military going to cart these thugs away?

[Julius Civitatus]

20. It's on!!!

That seals it. Now it's countdown to the bombing.

:scared:

[BrotherBuzz]

22. In a Parallel Universe, the boss fires an employee....

that can't get the job done. I'm just saying.....:shrug:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

23. I know . . .

Imagine being a lifelong diplomat, like Jimmy Carter or Madeline Albright. Give everything you've got for years and years to get people to peaceably talk to one another about their differences.

And in five years time . . . it all goes down the crapper, thanks to a handful of incopmpetent, sociopathic shitheads with no concept of history. Or love of self or other people.

It's a good thing I don't drink. I'd be blotto, and it ain't even noon!

[BrotherBuzz]

28. Yep, and no to mention the career member of the Diplomatic Corps...

forced to sit back and watch the likes of Condi Rice and Karen Hughes trash all the hard work they've accomplished over the years. It all went down the crapper, indeed.

It's noon somewhere in this world. :shrug:

[wordpix2]

26. what a disgrace. Now that * has wrecked and outsourced our military

Bu$hCo can't play the military card so easily. How the hell do they think the U.S. will have any influence now?

[nautibits]

27. why talk when you can bomb instead

:toast:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

30. Welcome!

[0007]

31. The Vulture has spoken

[OneBlueSky]

32. US foreign policy: "We're right, you're wrong, fuck you" . . . n/t

.

[tabasco]

33. I'm ashamed to be a citizen of the USA.

I served proudly in the military but I am now ashamed to be part of this fucked-up nation that allowed these assholes to seize control.

Anyone that supports this criminal cabal is just as criminal as the cabal itself.

Will there be another civil war here to restore rational government?

[feminazi]

34. but i thought bush wanted a diplomatic resolution?

:shrug:

more lies as usual, as if we didn't know.

[leveymg]

36. Wow. Two calls for a coup and one for a military arrest of *

The mesage is catching on: Book'em Danno

[Rex]

38. She had to...the plan to attack in March

means that they have moved way past the diplomacy stage.

[cosmicdot]

39. condi's march to military action check list

diplomacy

perhaps the culture of corruption revelations (aka 'the heat')are expediting matters

[f-bush]

41. Sure she rejected it-this administration just wants war!

[Englander]

42. Crusadin' Condi -