How should the U.S. prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons?
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Although the European Union has been getting a lot of press of late for standing up to Iran by imposing to an “unprecedented” set of sanctions against Iran – banning importation of Iranian oil to its member states while also imposing currency and commodity sanctions on Iran’s central bank – a closer look at the sanctions show they lack real teeth.
The ban is not scheduled to take effect until July 1, which gives EU nations time to replace the oil imported from Iran and the Iranians plenty of time to find other buyers for their oil. In addition, Europe has already backtracked from the sanctions, releasing a statement saying that if Iran would be willing to negotiate its nuclear policy, the sanctions will be lifted.
Not a chance. For their part, the official Fars News Agency quoted one Iranian official who suggested that Tehran should halt sales to Europe now “so that the price of oil soars and the Europeans … have trouble.”
(The Iranians have also once again threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, but most analysts see that as a bluff since Iran would have to stand up to the U.S. Navy, whose aircraft carrier was recently allowed into the Strait without protest from Iran.)
As Front Page Magazine reports, “Thus, another round of sanctions against Iran, designed to bring Tehran back to the negotiating table in order to convince the regime to halt its uranium enrichment program, continues to reveal the paralysis of the world community in the face of a determined, radical, terrorist state that is undeterred in its drive to possess the ultimate guarantee against mocking the prophet.”
The magazine also reports that there have been 4 rounds of sanctions against Iran passed by the United Nations, each severely ineffective. In December 2006, the Security Council banned the sale of nuclear related materials and froze the assets of some regime officials. In March 2007, the UN expanded the asset freeze and slapped an arms embargo on Iran. In March of 2008, the asset freeze was extended again, and member states were authorized to monitor ships and planes headed for Iran as well as individuals involved in the nuclear program.
The last round of international sanctions passed in June of 2010, froze the funds of individuals and businesses connected to the Revolutionary Guards and went after the financial sector of the Iranian economy.
In addition to international sanctions, about a dozen individual states — including the US, the EU, Japan, and Australia — have added their own national sanctions on everything from penalizing companies that do business with Iran to preventing the sale of oil and gas equipment to replace Tehran’s aging oil infrastructure.
Yet during the time that the sanctions have been in place, the Iranians have installed 5,000 working centrifuges at their main enrichment facility in Nantanz that is busy enriching hundreds of pounds of uranium; completed construction of the reactor at Bushehr and made it operational; constructed at least one and probably more smaller enrichment facilities such as the one built into a mountain outside of Qom; and, according to the nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, are rapidly developing the technical capability to marry a nuclear bomb to their missiles.
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branrules101 2012/03/13 19:03:11Wait for the sanctions to be activated in the summer as planned
+12To the people who said we should use military force: shame on you! Iran has no airforce, so it's not like they can come over here and nuke us. We have more than 8,000 and we're worried about them getting just 1?!?!? Even Israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons! Iran is zero threat!! ZERO! Do you just want to keep putting our troops in harm's way for NO good reason??? What is wrong with you? Do you have no respect for our troops? They are there to defend US and OUR liberties! That's all! Not to be the policemen of the world!
We can't let them get nukes... What part of Jihad do you NOT understand..?
Number 2; I was actually in high school when the Tonkin Gulf incident happened and you weren't even a glimmer in your daddies eye yet. hell, I joined the ARMY when i graduated and you still weren't born and went overseas and you still weren't born... You believe what you want.
Number 3; I know big oil runs the nation and it's running obummer right now.
Number 4; yes I believe in the jihad and think you stupid if you don't.
Number 5; I understand the loss of our freedoms and totally against it. I think it's the dumbing down of America and the candy-a$$ leaders that have sissified the people of the U.S. I think we should take less chit and close our borders and protect ourselves for a while.
Number 6; yes I AM an American. I am a patriot and a conservative and I understand duty, honor, country and God... I haven't clicked on your name to see what or who you are, so I'm guessing that's what you did also, before writing to me. But you insult me by even questioning me...
By the way, nope, didn't watch your second video. I could see from the first one that it was bullchit. If you want people to believe you, then don't mess with things and try to fool them. that my friend is the answer from an American.
The government of Iran is foolish to challenge the U.S. in a military way and they are acting kind of stupid when you observe what the U.S. military system is capable of doing.
I seriously hope they can work things out and the Iranians back down and or the Americans back down because the world order does not need this kind of brinkmenship occuring on a regular basis while the mass of people watch another war develope.
That and less nuclear weapons on hand owned by anyone or any country is better.
You can understand that Iran adamantly believes that it has the right to develope nuclear weapons of its own but it turns out that the rest of the world agrees that there are too many nuclear weapons already and the fact that 90 % of the other nations are NOT building nulear weapons while agreeing NOT to do so ever...but Iran is hell bent on developing nuclear weapons to be used to threaten Isreal.
The Iranians say that is not the case but they are not the most trust worthy group of leaders while the rest of the world has voted against the development of Irans nuclear capabilities.
The U.S. is the main enforcer of the sanctions against Iran trying to force them to stop their development of nuclear capabilities.
I would say it is a case of stubborn brinkmanship on the part of the Iranians and foolish on their part to challenge the military might of the worlds largest military power.
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That and less nuclear weapons on hand owned by anyone or any country is better.
You can understand that Iran adamantly believes that it has the right to develope nuclear weapons of its own but it turns out that the rest of the world agrees that there are too many nuclear weapons already and the fact that 90 % of the other nations are NOT building nulear weapons while agreeing NOT to do so ever...but Iran is hell bent on developing nuclear weapons to be used to threaten Isreal.
The Iranians say that is not the case but they are not the most trust worthy group of leaders while the rest of the world has voted against the development of Irans nuclear capabilities.
The U.S. is the main enforcer of the sanctions against Iran trying to force them to stop their development of nuclear capabilities.
I would say it is a case of stubborn brinkmanship on the part of the Iranians and foolish on their part to challenge the military might of the worlds largest military power.
I know many Iranians and they do not support their governments stubborn refusal to comply with the U.N. backed orders to stop the development of nuclear capabilities in their country.
They would rather see their country get along with the U.S.A. and they do not support many aspects of what their government does and how it confronts the rest of the world while ignoring the problems of the average Iranian citizen who just wants prosperity and peace for the country...but they are more or less stuck with militant and belligerent government officials that speak on behalf of themselves rather than the voice of the people of Iran....as is the case with most countries politicians and leaders anyhow.
But lets hope the Iranians back down because they will get hurt big time IF the U.S decides to make them comply.
There was still good reason for the U.S led Coalition forces to intervene in Iraq regardless of Bush and his lies.
Read your history about everything that lead up to that intervention.
Meantime:Ok your right ..you know better. We will send you to Iran and let you live your life amongst the Iranians.
Meantime this matter is a UN agreeded sanction based diplomatic means of forcing the Iranians to drop their nuclear program along with the rest of the world agreeing that Iran must comply with the rules and regulations and the options that have been given to Iran.
But you think Your right and we should all agree with you while the world lets the Iranians build the nuclear bomb and see what happens when they achieve nuclear status.
Your willing to take that chance.
Ok, you can up and move to Isreal or Iran and wait over there and see what happens in that region of the world.
Ron Paul-2012.
I would surmise that the world is better off with the U.S.A being the top dog rather than the likes of Russia or god forbid China.