Following yesterday’s comparatively brief speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today belonged firmly to the anti-Iran crowd, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu getting the ball rolling on what was a day of calls for harsh action against the nation.
Netanyahu’s rancorous address to the UN General Assembly was punctuated by demands for the body to harshly punish Iran for its civilian nuclear program, saying the nation was a threat to the entire world and the UN had to stand up to their “barbarism.”
But the calls for action didn’t stop there. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, citing a UN Security Council resolution calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons, demanded “immediate” actions against the Iranian government to prove the group was serious. France, as with all the permanent members of the UN Security Council, has a significant nuclear arsenal.
The UN rhetoric was followed by an announcement from Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on behalf of the G8. The group is demanded that Iran abandon enrichment of uranium even for civilian purposes within three months and is threatening harsh new sanctions if they don’t comply. Despite the demands, Iran has every right to a civilian nuclear program as a member of the non-proliferation treaty and has ruled out abandoning the program.
At any moment Bibi will pull off his shoe and beat the podium with it.
I'd like to see Bibi eat his shoe and die after choking on it.
Is that a picture of the Dimona facility in the article?
Just what exactly is the rationale for the demand for a freeze on the civilian nuclear program? Some technicality in the NPT or is it something else? Finally, it seems odd that Netanyahu would lead the call for sanctions against a nation with a rogue nuclear program in view of its massive arsenal of nukes and its failure to ratify the NPT or to permit IAEA sanctions. I suppose it goes to demonstrate that the best defense for the indefensible is a good offense.
The rationale is that "we say so" so do it. The pro-Israel faction used it's clout to get a UN Resolution passed that says there are "unresolved questions" about your civilian nuke program so freeze everything. While technically a legal action, it is highly unusual to demand a nation that is totally in compliance with IAEA inspectors and regulations completely halt it's nuclear activities over a few unresolved discrepancies. But when Israel is involved, the normal rules simply do not apply.
Netanyahu: shut the hell up. The American economy has imploded and the value of the dollar is dropping like a lead balloon. Close to one out of five Americans can't find enough work to pay their bills. The American people are groaning under the burden of supporting a wasteful, worldwide empire of military bases and constant warfare. We can't afford our empire, or the ongoing and perpetual wars for the benefit of Israel and American oil companies, anymore. Got it son?