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Iranian President Ahmadinejad 'Rules Out' Nuclear Negotiations
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected a Western proposal for it to 'freeze' its nuclear work on Monday and ruled out any talks over the issue.
Speaking on a day that North Korea conducted a second nuclear bomb test in defiance of international warnings, Ahmadinejad was asked whether his country has cooperated with Pyonyang on nuclear efforts.
"There is no cooperation between us," he said. "We're opposed to nuclear proliferation; we're opposed to storing nukes. We have announced this repeatedly."
This stance will likely disappoint US president Barack Obama, who has broken from standard US policy in attempting to engage Iran diplomatically. The US, Russia, China, France, Germany and Britain stated they would invite Iran to discuss the nuclear issue.
The United States, Russia, China, France, Germany and Britain said in April they would invite Iran to a meeting to try and find a diplomatic solution to the nuclear row.The West accuses Iran of secretly developing atomic weapons. Iran, the world's fifth-largest oil exporter, denies the charge and says it only wants nuclear power to generate electricity.
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at 08:03 on May 25th, 2009
i am not surprised. We need to disarm all or we never get any where.
at 10:42 on May 25th, 2009
I am not surprised. We need to arm the rebels inside Iran to overthrow the mullahs and let them join the world.
After Iran, then North Korea and then the authoritarian monarchies of Saudi Arabia and all the other plutocracies of oil will have to go. Castro and Chavez will have to be history as well, but the Cubans and Venezuelans will take care of those tyrants themselves.
Obama is helpless and hopeless when it comes to realizing his stated goals. Israel will attack. Obama will defend Israel if he wants to be re-elected and we will be back to Square One, having run after the Fool's Gold that the attitude of Protestant, Euro-American capitalists with their demonic propensity to expand, expand, expand, was behind hostility of the Muslim world to the West.
So, we substitute a half-black man for Bush, put in a democrat, a "Christian" who follows Rev Wright ("God dam America"), a community organizer who follows Saul Alinsky ( someone I actually do admire) and someone whose program is pure European Social Democrat, and, hey, guess what?
They still hate us and they still plan to arm themselves while bragging about how they will wipe the "stinking corpse" of Israel off the map.
So, given that all these "changes" and "hope" have rendered nothing, we should double-down and disarm.
It works in all the movies, doesn't it!?
The cop surrenders his weapon and talks and the bad guy gives up. A lot easier in our case since the "bad guy" is actuallly us.
at 12:14 on May 25th, 2009
Somebody needs to hire you Roy for real in depth analysis/commentary. This is really good. Disarm everybody? We have tried that! As long as there are people like this we will have to still fight and protect ourselves. Blaming the U S and thinking we do this for the oil is not why people want to kill. Until all people which only the return of another powerful being.. higher power such as Christ can come.. which is a totally different subject we have to be street smart.
Actually 12 step programs everywhere would be great too for it embraces everyones thinking of redemption, recovery and HONESTY IN ALL AFFAIRS. If we deal with a snake we have to strike back like a snake. We are not the snake. ..except to anyone who does not live here and cannot think with objective morality. It all goes back to grade school mentality of the archetypes ...right there...p ointing fingers.."he did it".."it is his fault"....childre immediately start acting out from their dysfunctional parents perspectives which usually results from lack of love and pain. Defense...denial..
A new World is coming and it ain't "'a gonna" be like so many people predict. The newworld will be inside us first and foremost and then radiate to affect others. We are witnessing truly, truly the end of the world as it has been run. There are many wolves in sheeps clothing.
at 22:26 on May 25th, 2009
Good post and I think before these countries ask Iran to disarm there Nuclear stuff, they should first destroy there stuff.
US and rest having the most leathal weapons and atleast Iran using it for elctricity. Iran have a right to continue there work unless US and other countries too stop there tests of nuc.
West is always dislike if someone developing and coming closer to there level as they cant do all the acts after that. Mainly they cant sell there garbages and dominant in these countries.
Thanks for sharing it.
at 02:05 on May 27th, 2009
Ahmadinejad is completely out of control. He has threatened his neighbors stating he would wipe them off the map, much like Hitler tried. That's completely unacceptable, and for that remark alone, all super powers should closely watch this heavy handed loudmouth, and take defensive military posturing positions.
Israel will take care of this problem with a continued strong defense and be ready with a massive offensive plan that will include equal and or greater force. Hopefully Israel will strike him and the people that allow themselves to be ruled by him down before any harm comes to the Israelis. Israel has a right and a responsibility to defend herself from this loudmouth bully. So let him refuse to talk now, at least he was given the opportunity, maybe in the future he will not get a vote and he will not be asked, he will be told what he will do with the point of a gun in his miserable face! He only understands violence and the United States and her allies will give him what he desperately wants and needs (a good swift kick in the pants) to straighten him up.
If they use, or it appears they intend to use weapons capable of mass destruction they will be spanked and spanked hard. I completely support a quick an surgical strike to disable his offensive weapons that would end the lives of so many people in this region if he continues to act like a bully. This action should be followed up by a massive shadow of powerful fighter and bomber fly over's of his house and his place of government to let him know that he is not the one in charge and if he continues to act like a fool the next planes sent over will do what there best at (destroy him).
Threats like this need to be closely observed and put in there place quickly if it seems they are getting out of control. My government (US) is far from perfect, but we have the force and the voice. We have lots of special forces and so do our allies, we should use them to stop this nut before he can do any new damage.
at 07:24 on May 27th, 2009
Yes, Albany Paul I agree with you. I am no savy military or political person but it seems to me that striking the bully leaders personally instead of all the people would always be better..We do have the power but we have too many little chiefs that want to make decisions in our country ...and now a leader who wants to win the popularity of the world. It would also be the message that the next one in power would have in his mind. We wait far too long and let people suffer way too much before anything is done. War can be fought in a much more sophisticated way.
Plus the UN should be removed from our country. They don't give a toot about us. We should have just attacked Saddam personally too period instead of that forever trapsing around with the castrated UN people trying to find weapons that were constantly moved. It was a circus of leadership.