Action on Iran must be "proportionate": Russia

[madokie]

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-10-18T075842Z_01_N17213525_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN-RUSSIA.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C2-TopNews-newsOne-10

I don't think Russia will allow us to bomb Iran or that they will retaliate in force should the glad happy basturd do it.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - International action over Tehran's nuclear program must be in proportion to the real situation in Iran, RIA news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday.

"It is necessary to act on Iran but that action should be in direct proportion to what is really happening," the agency quoted Lavrov as saying.

"And what is really happening is what the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) reports to us. And the IAEA is not reporting to us about the presence there of a threat to peace and security."

[malaise]

1. Thank you Putin n/t

[Theduckno2]

2. No WMD's in Iraq has really come home to roost; Huh Georgie?

It is nice to someone contradicting neocon talking points.

[magellan]

3. Oh great.

When are people going to remember to attach a concise definition of terms when referring to the US and military action? Now the Dim One gets to decide what "proportionate" means while Rover manipulates the public perception of "what's really happening".