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Old 11-20-2003, 01:05 PM
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And now the people in Iran are powerless as a violent theocracy kills and oppresses. What does the UN do? Not much I guess. The Nuclear inspectors publish a report on clear evidence that Iran is pursuing nuclear weaponry, but under the influence of France and Germany, the new report will not punish them for this. So what if exotic lasers are being used, so what if Iran is oil rich and has absolutely not one incentive to pursure nuclear energy, so what if nuclear facilities for 15 years were not revealed. This isn't a case of what exists and doesn't exist but one of greed by European exploiters, a story of a continent that is taking joy at rubbing their thumbs in American eyes, a story of a continent so irrelevant to the future that they are grasping in every way possible to become relevant.
Uhm, that is incorrect good sir. The IAEA is part of the UN, hence the UN is doing something. The report has found no evidence of a secret atomic weapons programme (MSNBC 20 Nov 2003). The it wasn't under the influence of only France and Germany, but also Russian and England. Which mean they see and opening in negotiation, which has worked so far. Diplomacy at its finest is what you are seeing here. The trios strategy is not to corner the Iranian reformist government which would fall very well in the right wing factions hand. Number one rule of negotiation is to always leave the other side choices. This is what England, Germany, and France has done.

You've only mention the negative in your post. Here are positive development. With the Iranian government agreeing to more checks by the IAEA, it signals that the reformist in the government has won some of the battle. Already, the Iranian has agreed to sign more additional protocol to the NPT to allow for wider, unannounced inspections. ElBaradei himself has said that there is no evidence that Iran has any secret nuclear programs.
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