Rice warns Iran: U.N. action looms

Wednesday, February 9, 2005 Posted: 5:59 AM EST (1059 GMT)

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put Iran on notice Wednesday that it cannot use a European diplomatic initiative to delay indefinitely accountability for a suspected nuclear weapons program.

"The Iranians need to hear that if they are unwilling to take the deal, really, that the Europeans are giving ... then the Security Council referral looms," she said in an interview with Fox News.
"I don't know that anyone has said that as clearly as they should to the Iranians," she said in a strong reiteration U.S. policy that the issue of Iran's nuclear program should be taken before the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions.
"We have believed all along that Iran ought to be referred to the Security Council and then a variety of steps are available to the international community," she said in the interview taped in Paris and released after her arrival in Brussels early Wednesday.
"They need to hear that the discussions that they are in with the Europeans are not going to be a kind of waystation where they are allowed to continue their activities; that there's going to be an end to this and that they are going to end up in the Security Council."
Britain, France and Germany are in talks with the Iranian regime, but the United States kept its distance from that effort and the Europeans has been reluctant to take the matter to the United Nations before making further efforts at a deal.
French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier used a news conference with Rice Tuesday night in Paris to repeat that France and the other European participants are committed to letting the diplomacy run its course.
He said he had asked Rice for American "support and confidence."
Rice told reporters that Iran is already on notice that it must not use a civilian nuclear power program to hide a weapons project.

Any thoughts?

Im for it the middle east dosent need nukes

Nobody needs the nukes.

US does

Why Does the U.S. NEED nukes?

To remind those d@mn terrorist that we can blow them to pieces

"To remind those d@mn terrorist that we can blow them to pieces"

I suggest you look at which country is living in fear of being attacked.

-AC

Personally I really wish it didn't have to be Condoleeza who had to make the statement because it just continues continues to make the U.S. look bad.

I really think the U.S. should do just as the other Euro members of the U.N. and wait longer for a diplomatic resolution to this.

I was really happy to read that Rice was making a legitament step to re-establish the relationship between France and the U.S. after their differences brought about by the Iraq War.

Rice claimed that the whole world is a better, safer place when Europe and the U.S. worked together in order to achieve a common goal. Which is why I find it disappointing that she had to convey the message that if something wasn't done about it....action was going to take place.

And I agree that nobody needs nukes, but to further that....corrupt dictatorship run governments really don't need nukes. The U.S. may have them, but atleast the U.S. fully understands the problems that result from using them.

wonders what the anti gay Bush administration gonna do when Rice comes out of the closet, cause a woman which such a penis envy have to be a macho lesbian

😱 😂 😱

Originally posted by Napalm
To remind those d@mn terrorist that we can blow them to pieces

yes, along with every human being around them, but their lives dont matter
as much as yours right?

and i see our massive arenal has worked so far to intimidate them,
or they would have attacked us by now...oh wait a minute...

Great....another war...
It'll be funny when all the $hit that's been happening in Iraq starts to happen in Iran - NOT! 🙄
This could REALLY alienate me from my Persian friends....scared

Wow this really looks like a cursade. YEah let the lying begin. Countdown to war!!!! WOHHHH! LETS BLOW SOME INOCENT PEOPLE YEP.

Stupid bush!!!!

Originally posted by Napalm
To remind those d@mn terrorist that we can blow them to pieces

I think they will take that as a threat.JM 😕

Originally posted by Jackie Malfoy
I think they will take that as a threat.JM 😕

That's exactly the point. 😛
His point, at least. 😉

Bush is clearly going for every country beginning with I.

Iraq, Iran, India will follow. Then if he's illiterate to, Ingland.

-AC

INDIA!!!, he is stupid but why would he! Take that over you have millions shooting at you. THat would stupid and i can't see what America would get.

what about UN action ?

will UN action be consistent in policy as it is on paper ?
Has the UN finally decided to pull up their socks ?

As for Iran developing Nuclear warheads, did anyone ask the US and the USSR to stop developing their own personal arsenal of nuclear weapons in the Cold War?
of course they did ; popes & world leaders asked them to STOP but they couldnt care less.
so why should Iran listen to the US, if the US & the Soviets didnt listen ?

solid point GCG

what kind of wordly role models are we?

Someone is clearly gonna have to drop the pride and realise that we all live on this planet and even if we don't like each other it's gonna take swallowing pride to make things safer.

-AC