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Originally posted by moe.ron
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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El Baradei did not say there is no evidence but not sufficient evidence. When pushed by Powell and the U.S. he simply replied "I cannot verify intentions".
Why was there a secret nuclear program for so long? Well how about we just forget about that and forget about a history of deception and just concentrate on this country completly doing an about-face. Let's just forget that Iran only revealed this much after overwhelming pressure from all sides.
And I guess we should forget that a treaty was broken. We should let countries know it's ok for you to create nuclear weaponry in private. Hey North Korea is in complete breach of it, but let's just show the world the U.N. is useless...completely and utterly.
The reformists in the government have won no battle. What battle was won? Who pursued this battle and when? You also totally ignored the comments on the people of Iraq, the Kurds, the students rounded up daily in Iran, the journalist who ends up in an Iranian prison and comes out dead with massive head trauma because, as the Iranians claim, he just banged his own head against the wall. None of them wanted change. Let's also forget that change was imposed on the Japanese and the Balkans unlike any other.
The countries you've mentioned have been the biggest exploiters of Iran - including Britain.
I'm not saying disregard the positive and disregard diplomacy. There should be rewards...a carrot if you will for following the rule but the U.N. must be able to show that it can also carry a stick.
-Rudey
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