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US: Deal Reached on Iran Sanctions
Members of the UN security council have agreed on a package of strong new sanctions to impose on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, announced.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the V-sign for victory as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks on after the Islamic republic inked a nuclear fuel swap deal in Tehran on May 17. (AFP/File/Atta Kenare) Clinton told a US Senate committee that the permanent members of the
security council along with Germany would send a new draft resolution to
the entire council on Tuesday.
Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane, reporting from Washington DC, said the Senate hearing was supposed to be about a nuclear deal between the US and Russia.
"But then all of a sudden [Clinton] announces that the security council has worked out this round of sanctions, and that in her words it would send an unmistakable message to the developments in Iran."
Clinton said the deal had been reached in cooperation with China and Russia, who have previously resisted calls for a new round of sanctions.
"We don't know what's in these sanctions but we do know that they're going to circulate around the UN," our correspondent said.
"The fact that [Clinton] pointed out that China and Russia were on board is a big deal for the US, because that was the biggest concern for the Obama administration."
'Deflecting pressure'
In her comments on Tuesday, Clinton said Iran was trying to deflect pressure with the fuel swap deal it agreed to on Monday.
Iran and non-permanent security council members Brazil and Turkey said they had agreed on a confidence-building plan for Iran to swap nuclear materials that many believed would blunt the US-led drive for a fourth round of UN penalties on Iran.
The agreement calls for Iran to ship 1,200kg of low-enriched uranium to Turkey, in return for higher-enriched nuclear fuel for a medical research reactor.
Clinton's announcement on Tuesday came despite an appeal from Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, for the international community to support the fuel swap deal.
"I urge the international community to support the final declaration for the sake of world peace," Erdogan told a press conference in Spain.
"There is a unique chance before us and I believe we should take this chance."
But Clinton said it was not an "accident that Iran agreed" to the fuel swap as the US was preparing to move forward with sanctions.
"This announcement is as convincing an answer to the efforts undertaken by Tehran over the last few days as any we could provide,'' Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
"There are a number of unanswered questions regarding the announcement coming from Tehran.
"While we acknowledge the sincere efforts of both Turkey and Brazil to find a solution regarding Iran's standoff with the international community over its nuclear program, we are proceeding to rally the international community on behalf of a strong sanctions resolution that will in our view send an unmistakable message about what is expected from Iran."
The US and its allies say that Iran wants highly enriched uranium to make an atomic weapon, but Tehran says its nuclear programme is simply designed to meet its civilian energy needs.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
55 Comments so far
Show AllMaybe all of us should tilt toward windmills. Coal, oil and nuclear energy need to be gone.
Meanwhile, I am sad that once again our nation has embarrassed itself by acting like a sneaky bully, sidestepping positive attempts at conflict resolution and using the pretext of nuclear arms control to slip sanctions on Iran through the back door. This can called a "deal" in the same sense that it is a deal to give your wallet to someone holding a gun on you in a deserted street.
Any other countries that go along with this move deserve the contempt of their own people.
Joe
hi jclientelle.
if we consider humanity as a whole - it's probably impossible to say that no "nation" or culture has had something NOT to be ashamed of. after all -- if "goodness" is not the monopoly of any person or culture or nation or even "time" ....so is evil NOT a monopoly of any one of these. and therefore - so would be the SHAME.
brutality, cruelty, injustice, unfairness - especially when a nation's people or leaders ought to know better - is the same anywhere, even if some nations probabably have committed such things more forcefully or habitually and broadly than others...
in the case of the USA - all the injustices and hypocrisies we and so many around the world have known for a long time about the USA is all too clear.
BUT that does NOT MEAN that EVERY american should , by the SHAME of what the USA has done for such a long time in such a broad, habitual manner, be DEFEATED by that shame -- but instead, in his or her own way and capacity - CONTINUE to be as good, conscientuous, humane, ethical a person that he or she can be.
just the fact that there are so many of you HERE that show your concerns is proof that no matter how dire things can be -- there ARE many americans that will always be the BEST reasons to HOPE that somehow -- things will find a better path.
there are beautiful souls among many americans --- and many of you here are among them. and i think that it is in times like these that that "american" expression MOST FITS:
"be the best that you can be"....for all the BEST reasons of humanity. and I am SURE that there are many here and elsewhere that at the very LEAST - TRY to be "the best that" they can be for those same reasons.
Sounds like a face-saving lie to me. Iran only has a small amount of uranium enriched to 20% for its specialized medical isotope producing reactor. The remainder is only enriched to 5% for use as reactor fuel. The specific machines needed to enrich uranium to 95% weapons grade do not exist in Iran; and given the IAEA's monitoring regime, it is close to impossible for LEU to be diverted for such enrichment IF the machinery was available. Reality is Iran can barely enrich to 20%, and the distance from 20-95% is a very huge jump.
Clinton's bullshit is also part of the spin control needed to mask the announcement that the USA GAVE Israel weapons grade uranium in GROSS violation of the NPT--an act that ought to cause severe consequenses and UNSC sanctions given the bar set for others, http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25457.htm
Further proof the nuke issue is bullshit. The US/Israel want regime change, plain and simple. The PNAC continues.........
Even though she is just another puppet of the MIC
GOD, that woman makes me sick....
but then, so does Obama, McCain and all the rest.
"But then all of a sudden [Clinton] announces that the security council has worked out this round of sanctions,...
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If Al Jazeera's correct it looks as if the Obama adminstration was caught off-guard by Iran's move to ship it's nuclear materials to Turkey.
Clinton and company had to scramble to regain control of the narrative.
I've noticed for the past couple days the media has been under orders to dismiss the Iranian/Turkey/Brazil deal and obfuscate the specific details.
Expect a new propaganda push to begin in full force, starting this afternoon.
The claim will be that Iran has nuclear weapons ambitions and their deal with Turkey was simply meant to provide cover for it.
One has to wonder what Russia and China were promised to get them on board so quickly.
From my investigations of the Russian and Chinese press, they are NOT on board; indeed, their positions haven't changed at all. Russia certainly lost face as the deal says it is an untrustworthy partner as a result of its hemming and hawing over selling the S-300 air defense system and starting up the nuclear power station it was contracted to build, and Medvedev seemed genuinely surprised that the deal was consummated. China is still standing by its "discussions, not sanctions" position. So as I stated, Clinton is lying--again.
Perhaps this is the key:
"We don't know what's in these sanctions but we do know that they're going to circulate around the UN," our correspondent said.
medical research reactor?
It's a nuke reactor!
look out for Iran's hidden agenda, they might put that reactor in a big cannon and shoot it at you know who.
Hillary, spokesperson for the UN commission, yea.
Paranoid neocons win again!
Hmmm, "look out for Iran's hidden agenda, they might put that reactor in a big cannon and shoot it at you know who." And, who is "you know who?" Might not "you know who" "put [a] reactor in a big cannon and shoot it at" Iran? Or does "you know who" not have a "reactor in a big cannon" to shoot at Iran? Indeed, why should we be so concerned about "you know who?" Relevantly, it would seem best to reveal who "you know who" is. Like myself, perhaps many do not know who is "who."
The only country Iran has attacked lately was Saddam's Iraq. That was a setup.
So who would Iran lob a dirty bomb at? Wow I leave that up to YOUR imagination, because this whole campaign is to paint Iran as the boogieman set on destroying Israel while the United States sits idly by and files a grievance with the U.N..
Iran is a threat to no one.
Ha Ha! Good joke. You couldn't possibly be that ignorant.
Could You?
I your question an underhanded compliment?
Tilting towards windmills is a good approach, as it was first developed in Iran back when it was Persia. They also developed some underground canals that helped with irrigation and kept down the amount of evaporation.
It is just too bad that we think that we are the only ones smart and wise enough to have nuclear weapons. We are way ahead in that game, leading the world 2 to 0 in number of bombs actually used to kill people. We wouldn't want anyone to give us a little competition in that field.
The usa wants war, and war it shall have. Despite any efforts to avoid war by the other 'side' they shall not succeed at preventing the usa from doing its godly given work of sending the infidels to hell. All praise the Glorious war president Obama, he shall prove himself to be a real man by going to Tehran and spending another few trillion dollars in support of our godly corporations.
(barf.)
The U.S.A. don't want no stinkin' Nukular agreement. It wants submission. Russia and China may also have agreed to a face-saving announcement for the U.S.A. to prevent a temper tantrum.
I'd like to know what she gave away or pulled out of a hat for the Russians and the Chinese to get their agreement and agreement to what?
I, and I'm sure millions of other reasonable thinking people in this world would love to see this blow up in America's face and especially leaving this women Clinton, with much egg on hers. That China and Russia have agreed to support another round of sanctions against Iran and thereby American hegemony and bully tactics is beyond my comprehension, but as they say "everyone has their price".
She keeps referring to the "international community" as if she represented it, whereas what she represents is the New World Order of tyranny.
So much for G 20, BRICS, UN reform and any other idea of a more representative and wider application of consensus power sharing in the world, we are back to "UNSC veto holders rule the earth" (one more than others) and the rest of you can get stuffed. Especially ironic that the power is in the hands of those countries that will wage wars of aggression even without UNSC sanction, when defeating such a situation was why the organization was formed.
Ah, screw the world. When America speaks, that is the international community’s word. Hail Obama, and God bless America, freedom and democracy, and we thank Him for the great weapons, wealth and human sacrifice he has bestowed on that the greatest of all countries (apart from Israel of course) to enforce those ideals in whatever manner America (with the advise of Israel) thinks best.
This kind of thing usually backfires. Sooner would be better than later, please!
"I'd like to know what she gave away or pulled out of a hat for the Russians and the Chinese to get their agreement and agreement to what?"
Nothing, the Russians and Chinese probably did this on their own. It wouldn't be the first time. Whenever Iran has "stepped out of line", as a very very junior member in that triumvirate, especially the Russians have hinted at supporting sanctions. When it comes down to it though, they never do. This is most probably a warning from Moscow and Beijing that any policy of this order will have to go through them, or at least countries closer aligned to them than Brazil and Turkey. Not to say that they will insist the enrichment deal is canceled, but they have themselves a lot at stake in the energy sector in the Middle East and Central Asia.
It is significant that the Iranians chose Brazil and Turkey though, as it may be an indicator that Iran doesn't want to dance to the pipe of their big brothers, but it's hardly indicative of a rift in their relationship. My best guess is that they all posture to clarify where they stand with each other, on what basis their relations will stand in the near future in regards to trade negotiations. Brazil and Turkey gains international attention and credibility in the process.
Exactly what the US and their "international community" has to do with it all is at this point not clear, at least in regards to this specific deal. In the end they're irrelevant and inconsequential. Despite rhetorics, there is little the US can do as long as Iran complies with the IAEA, which it has always done. Irregularities, sure, but nothing serious.
I think your guess work is probably spot on. You have hit on the most likely explanations.
You may be right but I think that also we may have under estimated the orchestration, or at least the accompaniment. When you say :
“This is most probably a warning from Moscow and Beijing that any policy of this order will have to go through them, or at least countries closer aligned to them than Brazil and Turkey.”
I think you may have forgotten that Lula went to Moscow before he went to Tehran. On this it is interesting to read the Russian report on that : http://rt.com/Politics/2010-05-14/brazil-russia-meeting-moscow.html
Having had a day or so to reflect and now hearing more detail on the “draft” proposal it appears more obvious that America, in doing the Zionists bidding is yet again making its own position weaker. The Russians and Chinese appearing as reluctant partners to a “draft” have just reaffirmed the US’s weakness, while the US will still have to coerce or bribe in heavy measures to get a majority in the UNSC in a vote, by which time, the circumstances and the draft may be much changed, meaning China or Russia may abstain. Their comments after the announcement should not inspire confidence for the US’s position.
Clinton’s idea of an “agreement” and her crowing about it is not only premature, but totally out of place and indicative of weakness and frustration in an unwinnable situation. Even if the sanctions were to pass in the vote of the UNSC they do not resolve the underlying problem.
With their intractable view it seems to me that it is America that is putting itself into an ever tighter corner while with each step isolating itself not only from support but from fundamental reason. The US cannot accept Iran’s inalienable right to enrich uranium and as in the case of Iraq it is asking Iran to “prove a negative” to allay America’s own suspicions which are of course a fabrication of rough cloth stitched together in Tel Aviv for other ends. Both positions being unreasonable and unjustifiable especially in the perspective of America’s defence of Israel’s wholly untenable position as a nuclear armed non-member of NPT and a proven threat to its ME neighbours. And therein lays America’s inability to deal with this matter directly, honestly or head on with Iran in a clear diplomatic manner which entails mutual respect.
Hoping for, or even working towards the other party’s “regime change”, is in diplomatic terms the height of disrespect. But the rotten eggs are still in flight and there is still much more damage Hillary Clinton and the US can do to themselves on this issue before the next sanctions vote in the UNSC.
Hmm yes I suppose I did overlook that visit. I'm not quite sure what to make of it. Is it Russia bringing Lula over to be tricky in regards to the UN, or was it Lula coming to ask for permission? Clumsily worded, I know, but as Russia has provided Iran with its' nuclear hardware as a part of their trade relationship, it could be a factor in the equation. I say could, as it still is dwarfed by the Russian oil extraction technology and offshore platforms, if old, in exchange for Russian companies overseeing many of the fields. Why China wasn't involved (or if it was, how?) is also a nut to crack. I can't see them having a need to play a low profile, but then again it may suit them better to be the sort of silent partner they've been this far, at least in regards to media coverage.
America is running out of enemies, and if it can no longer make them up, then there is no justification for the Pentagon budgets. The military industrial complex gets downsized, and soon gone are the days of the self-proclaimed global Pax Americana (which in any case is laughable and delusional), American Exceptionalism, and a final nail in the coffin of the PNAC.
How about this hypothetical scenario possibly proposed at the meetings between Lula, Erdogan and Medvedev:
By the way on 12th May Russia and Turkey signed a 20 Billion dollar nuclear deal too:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/05/2010512162730899387.html
While on the same day Mediedev was in Ankara to sign a visa free travel arrangement between the two states.
http://rt.com/Politics/2010-05-12/russia-turkey-visa-regime.html
Turkey has been offering to act as intermediary on the Iran nuclear issue for a long time now, and because of its location, NATO position and trade of about 10 Billion with Iran, and other various policies it is trusted by Iran and the West to hold the kitty, so to speak.
Lula is in Moscow on 13th and 14th. Why it looks pretty well coordinated to me.
Russia wants to break the log jam to get back to business with Iran, as does China for that matter. Both would like to see Americans shut out of Iranian resources.
America’s position is untenable and their path shows no positive exit to compromise, but paves a way to an Iraq style escalation and possible aggression through Israeli involvement.
So, Lula is good cop, Medvedev bad cop, and Hillary is the screaming, out of control Zionist sergeant on crack and steroids banging on the wall in the room next door, with Israel, being her pusher just down the hall.
Lula Madvedev figure they can lay the ground for the silly bitch next door to out herself if they can get Iran to make an agreement to enrich their Uranium for the experimental medical reactor abroad thereby removing the false bone of contention at least in the short term, enough to prove cooperation on the level of the IAEA, where it counts. The rest of the sergeants incoherent argument then becomes moot, then sanctions (other than US unilateral sanctions) are dropped or just ignored.
As I said I think there is plenty of room for the US to damage itself further on this issue, and all the other players are just holding their breath. It’s not over till the fat lady sings, but so far the orchestra is playing the right tune.
I am so tired of hearing America wants war! Isreal wants Americans to fight a war with Iran to neutralise another one of thier threats. Our government is held hostage by zionist forces who make the calls and pull the strings. The people of America DO NOT WANT WAR ANYMORE! tHIS IS BULL SH^T propaganda.
zionist forces = lobbyist with lots of clout/money.
The people do not want war! Too bad should of thought of that before.
When you remove the "dogs" that keep the peace; war runs rampant. At least that what history tells us.
The rush to punish Iran for–what? They are within their rights to develop nuclear power, which is all they are doing despite the neocon rumor mill running overtime. The hypocrisy between calling for sanctions against a non-nuclear Iran, while keeping silent about a fully nuclear armed Israel–whom no one in their right mind should trust–is blatant. Just shows again that the US government, from Obama to the Congress, is totally corrupt and not working in the interests of the American people. Iran is no threat to the US. If it may become a threat to Israel sometime down the road, it’s only because Israel has chosen to commit war crimes against the Palestinian people. You can’t steal your neighbor’s land for 60 years, murder their children, and demolish their houses, and still expect to live in peace. Just once I would like to see the US government do the right thing and take the right side–instead of always propping up dictators, apartheid states, and war criminals.
"The rush to punish Iran for–what?"
* For not having a US puppet government, or a government totally dependent on US military support, like the Saudis.
* For having lots of oil under their sand, and not awarding all of the oil contracts to corporations owned by the USA.
They all need to gag and choke - slowly and painfully - on their vile hypocracy!
Energy security has large national security implications. All states are going to be attempting to install new sources of energy, either nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal or ocean thermal conversion (OTEC).
As oil becomes less abundant and the price increases, we may find that energy sources become conflict triggers.
On the bright side the ... See more International Energy Agency has just released two reports that sees great potential for solar, providing up to a quarter of world electricity by 2050. See www[dot]iea.org/press/pressdetail.asp?PRESS_REL_ID=301
We all need to start looking for other sources of nuclear energy such as the traveling wave reactor, as nuclear is going to be a necessary component of the energy mix for many years tom come.
Let us there migrate to technologies with very low proliferation risk.
All that transpired at today's closed-door session was agreement on the language for newly proposed sanctions, NOT a vote approving same. I think it's clear given the language used in the proposal that the USA does want war with Iran. Iran will NOT suspend its NPT right to enrich uranium. It looks to me that Iran was backstabbed by China and Russia. China needs Iran's oil and NatGas, but Iran doesn't need to sell to China that badly. If war breaks out between Iran and the USA, China and Russia will be to blame, along with the USA, of course.
I expect to see oil rise in price quickly and the drumbeats for war by the Propaganda System to greatly escalate.
The world would be a lot better off if all the top honchos of the G-8 countries's governments and corporations would drop dead.
I AGREE with you. IF China and Russia "agree" with the USA (as members of declared Nuclear ARMS powers themselves) - SHAME on them.
it seems the ONLY ADULT in this case is Brazil.
"it seems the ONLY ADULT in this case is Brazil."
Don't forget Turkey. Ever since the denial of their land and airspace for BushCo's escalation of the Iraqi Holocaust, the Turks have become players for the first time in almost 100 years. Lucky for them they were shut out of the EU or they'd be getting the Greek and Baltic treatment by now.
I seriously doubt that China has not insisted in serious loopholes.
Clinton's dismissal of the Brazil-Turkey-Iran deal - another sickening example of the US fellating the vile AIPAC and Israel.
I dreaded the thought of that woman becoming president. Then I prayed that Obama would not select her as his VP, and wasn't particularly wild about him making her Secretary of State.
Face it, she's just got a big mouth. And one that apparently wasn't satisfying to Bubba or he wouldn't have had to turn to Monica to get "serviced".
I'm sure this announcement today can't be anything more than pure coincidence. No one should consider the possibilty that the U.S. is upset that this uranium exchange could be cooked up by a coupla piss-ant countries like Brazil and Turkey. Hence, we must upstage them and what better way then to play the sanctions game.
I've said it before and I guess I have to keep reminding everybody. The possibility of a war between the U.S. and Iran is something we need not be at all concerned with, UNLESS we let Obama's asshole buddy Netanyahu goad us into it and it's quite obvious that he's doing his best to steer us in that direction.
While Ahmadinejad constantly denies that their uranium enrichment is for the development of nuclear weapons, I assure you that if I was in his place, I'd be racing to build them as soon as possible. Both Israel and the U.S. might think twice about attacking them with the knowledge that they are nuclear armed.
As to Hillary roping Russia and China into agreeing to the latest sanctions, I don't know about Russia but she probably told China that if they didn't get on board with it, the U. S. might stop borrowing money from them
"The possibility of a war between the U.S. and Iran is something we need not be at all concerned with..."
I don't even think there is an UNLESS clause. check out this article:
A Timetable For War
By Philip Giraldi
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25393.htm
and yes, Clinton is no doubt evil. but then again, so is Obama. and then again, so is this entire system of empire and capitalism.
on the face of it -- this is my position:
1) IF russia and china INDEED are conniving with the USA towards something that isolates iran in this manner leaning towards the way the USA -- and REALLY primarily the USA - wants...then I say :
SHAME ON THEM. for they will only have shown iran and the world that iran and others would be RIGHT in NOT trusting them EITHER.
2) if russia and china are merely using this as brinkmanship - and as some pointed out well:
"to remind of THEIR importance"....that's understandable because of self-interests as would-be "new centers of power" - along with iran itself and brazil, etc.
3) it should be recalled, as recently as a few weeks ago ...that Clinton and the USA -- ONCE AGAIN -- "jump the gun" - ANNOUNCE "concluded" matters only to be proven to have tried to decide FOR china or russia what should be said , as if to put THEM in an obligatory mode of "confirming" US positions....we have seen this with the USA some weeks ago stating that the chinese and russians were "on board"
in much the same way as today - only to be corrected that the other positions had not changed fundamentally.
it's almost as if the USA now is habitually putting itself forward as THE spokesman for China and russia or anyone else.
only time will tell - what's the real story here..and consequences.
as of TODAY - this is what China official news online says:
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China hopes tripartite deal will help solve Iran nuclear issue: FM
08:30, May 19, 2010
China hopes that the deal Iran struck with Brazil and Turkey will help advance the process of resolving the Iran nuclear issue through dialogue and negotiations, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Tuesday.
Yang made the comments in telepone conversations with his Turkish and Brazilian counterparts, Ahmet Davutoglu and Celso Amorim.
Yang said that China has always sticked to the "dual-track" strategy in seeking a solution to the Iran nuclear issue and China appreciates the mediation efforts made by Turkey and Brazil.
China attaches importance to and welcomes the agreement the two countries signed with Iran on supplying nuclear fuel for the research reactor in Tehran, he added.
Davutoglu and Amorim briefed Yang on the efforts Turkey and Brazil have made concerning the Iran nuclear issue.
They stressed that the deal the two countries reached with Iran is an important and positive step, which offers a new chance for the international community to peacefully solve the Iran nuclear issue through diplomatic means.
Iran signed an accord with Turkey and Brazil in Tehran on Monday under which it will ship most of its low enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for the 20-percent uranium fuel needed for its Tehran reactor.
Source: Xinhua
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question:
with China and Russia having big investments ALREADY in iran apart from the importance of iran's energy deals with both (often as US expense as these two other countries would of course know) -
WHY , if the chinese and russians "agreed" to "sanctions" in whatever manner the USA demands to give itself "victory" (as contrast to the 3-partite iran just entered) ,
why would china and russia SHOOT THEMSELVES in the foot by doing so?
they only undermine THEIR own positions , separately and otherwise, as "rival poles" to american power - and instead be seen and in FACT be "USA" lackeys themselves....using a weaker country like Iran - as the 'sacrificial goat'.
what does THAT say about their supposed claims to be "alternative leaders"?
1. Clinton is a lying Neocon.
2. US imperialism wants war with Iran, sanctions are only a prelude.
3. There is no evidence that China and Russia will actually vote for sanctions on Iran. They are only allowing a draft resolution to be discussed.
4. Washington is sinking deeper and deeper into the Afghan quagmire. Will USA wake up before it is too late? We all know that the answer is: NO!
The USA is the quagmire. There is something wrong in the USA. The entire structure of understanding needs to be revised. The propagandists from the Pentagon and the CIA have been heavily involved, not so much internationally but in in domestic affairs since before the 2nd World War. It is a tradition structured on the noble preacher, the man of God, the prophet. The revision required has to go to the roots.
War and radical destruction revises countries but there must be a better way.
PS In the east The Way does not exist. They only say Way. The result is they do not waste time breaking down The Way, such as democracy or communism or capitalism or socialism or whatever. Way happens with honest effort is the closest I can the express the mentality.
You remark about "way" sounds like something from one of Alan Watts old books on Taoism and Zen.
this is from RUSSIAN news -- RIANOVOSTI website...
as of 2:20 A.M. Russia time . AFTER hillary clinton's announcement of a "deal reached" with russia and china...
it seems , either way, Clinton is trying again to put words in the mouths of the russians and chinese.....seems to be a typical american habit coming to the fore MORE and MORE nowadays....
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the article is titled "RUSSIA CONCERNED about US/EU UNILATERAL Sanctions against Iran".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed concern over reports that the U.S. and EU are preparing unilateral sanctions against Iran in addition to a draft Security Council resolution currently being discussed.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said earlier in the day that Washington, Moscow and Beijing have come to an agreement on a new Security Council resolution, thought to impose another set of sanctions against the Islamic Republic. She also said that the U.S. would push for the soonest adoption of the new resolution.
"[In a phone conversation] Lavrov also expressed concern over coming reports about the intentions of the U.S. and the European Union to go beyond a collective Security Council position on Iran and to impose unilateral sanctions," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The Foreign Ministry said the unilateral sanctions would include measures "of extraterritorial nature, beyond the agreed decisions of the international community and contradicting the principle of the rule of the international law, enshrined in the UN Charter."
The exchange of opinions between Lavrov and Clinton on Iran's controversial nuclear program came a day after the Iranian, Brazilian, and Turkish foreign ministers signed an agreement on the exchange of low-enriched uranium to fuel Tehran's scientific research reactor. An Iranian Foreign Ministry official representative said that Tehran had agreed to swap in Turkey most of its 3.5%-enriched uranium for 20%-enriched fuel.
"The minister and the secretary of state exchanged opinions on how this move might influence the new draft Security Council resolution on Iran," the Foreign Ministry said.
The Iran Six (France, Britain, Germany, the United States, Russia and China) began discussing on April 19 the text of a draft resolution to impose sanctions on the Islamic Republic, which the United States and other Western countries suspect of developing nuclear weapons under the guise of a civilian nuclear energy program.
The Security Council currently holds a closed session in New York to discuss the draft resolution. Brazil, which along with Turkey is among non-permanent members to the UN this year, abstained from the discussions, the country's UN ambassador, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, said.
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti)
Interesting article teddy that shows how our leaders say things and expect everyone to believe they are true. Thanks. WMD, clean coal, safe oil rigs, dangerous Iran, Russia and China support our resolution.
My hope is that some people in other parts of the world have not parked their brains in lalaland.
Joe
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/05/18/world/international-uk-iran-nuclear.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
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above is the latest New York Times "confirmation"
of Hillary Clinton's increasingly shrill farrago screeching about "russia and china agree" to the "deal of sanctions".....
a close reading shows - NOTHING NEW THERE....
just that hillary couldn't hold herself from trying - TRYING - to dramatize her OWN announcement as IF something NEW happened ....
supposedly the "new" things are :
"inspecting ships going to iran"...
"preventing iranian banks from opening overseas if shown to be supporting the Iranian Nuclear program"........
uh---- like THAT MAJOR from what the USA ALREADY has been doing in its usual "prelude" to WAR (as with iraq).
so - bottom line:
from the USA "what else is new?"
Its not 'a deal'. It is a deal to allow a proposal and consequent discussion.
As it sinks in: My God, this woman is a fraud!!!
Does she really speak for the USA?
What on earth is the matter with the USA?
Can it be that the huge population of the USA is by and large insane?
What have they been smoking?
I thought she was Republican until AIPAC picked her, then I knew she was Israeli.
Humbaba -- that is SO FUNNY!!! yeah - Hillary CLinton :
the IRISH ISRAELI...lol. maybe her "adam" bill betrayed her so much -- she swore she'd become the Best Whore she can be !!
she'd show that philandering Bill she's MORE desirable than MOnica Lewinsky -- "that jewish woman" ....and show Monica
"how to be a REAL jewish girl"!!!
The USA has so abused its power within the UN that it deserves to be booted from the organization. Everyone understands that the UN charter means little to the USA and that it mostly exploits the UN to advance its imperial interests. When Hellary Clintok announces a UN aggreement favorable to the USA we ask "but your colleagues want to destroy the UN", and "what about your persistent refusal to uphold the UN charter?"
"we are proceeding to rally the international community on behalf of a strong sanctions resolution"
Balderdash. The USA cannot rally the international community any more. The international community fears and loathes the USA.
Does Clinton have a forked tongue, do you think?