US could seek Iran sanctions outside UN: Bolton

[dogday]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With no clear sign the United States can win U.N. support for sanctions against Iran, the Bush administration said on Tuesday it could work instead with like-minded nations to punish Tehran for its nuclear programs.

The United States, which has its own sanctions on the Islamic republic, is lobbying for the United Nations Security Council to impose international sanctions on Iran but faces resistance from veto holders Russia and China.

If for whatever reason the council couldn't fulfill its responsibilities, then I think it would be incumbent on us, and I'm sure we would press ahead to ask other countries or other groups of countries to impose those sanctions," John Bolton, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, told a House of Representatives government reform subcommittee.

Diplomats have said the United States could seek to persuade Iran's European trade partners to sanction Tehran if it fails to win support for wider sanctions at the council

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/02/AR2006050200952.html


Same thing they did last time-go around the U.N. to get to war

[paul_fromatlanta]

1. Anything except actually talking to Iran....

[dogday]

2. This is the same pattern they followed

when they invaded Iraq.. Randi Rhodes is talking about this now...

[Supersedeas]

3. another coalition of the billing