Iranian Sanctions

[delayjf]

I don't get it, the NIE claimed they had stopped their enrichment program years ago - so why the need for sanctions???

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080304/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_080304120614

[riskman]

A game of defiance is being played out by the Iranian regime. It is a game of brinksmanship to see just how much Iran can get away with… and gain in the process.

As a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran has the right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful uses. Israel, Pakistan and India, all nuclear powers, are not signatories. This is the trump card Iran has been playing all along.

Does Iran have a covert nuclear weapons program? Nobody really knows. This is precisely Iran’s idea, to keep the world guessing. The potential of Iran possessing nuclear weapons gives that country clout and leverage in the Middle East.

The possibility of an Iran capable of launching nuclear weapons has much of the world nervous. Previously committed to non-nuclear policies, other Persian Gulf nations are concerned to the point of reversing those policies and have announced their own plans of developing "peaceful" nuclear capabilities.

[Tom]

If they want nukes, I say, send them some of ours. :rolleyes::cool:

[delayjf]

This is precisely Iran’s idea, to keep the world guessing. The potential of Iran possessing nuclear weapons gives that country clout and leverage in the Middle East.
No doubt it does give them clout in the ME, but Saddam thought the same thing and it got him a long drop and a quick stop. That's a dangerous game to play.

[ddog]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/deb43818-eae9-11dc-a5f4-0000779fd2ac.html

Maybe around Aug-Sept ?

Looks better for JMac all the time.

[delayjf]

Hey, it worked in Japan - it will work in Iran.