Speaking today to France’s Agence France Presse (AFP), a top French official says that they believe the West has run “out of options” on Iran’s civilian nuclear program, with officials increasingly recognizing that idle threats aren’t working.
The official, who was not named, said that the military option has been virtually ruled out despite the number of US and Israeli hawks who continue to present it as a possibility.
But if threats don’t work, what’s left? “We have no other tools,” he warned, adding that “the only alternative would be to make concessions, and we’re not ready to do that.” The situation indeed appears to be stalemated, with Western officials demanding Iran abandon its civilian enrichment program entirely, and Iran insisting that they won’t do that.
New nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 are expected soon, with Iran saying they favor holding the meeting in Istanbul. But once again, the point of these talks must be questioned, since they seem certain to end with the US reiterated demands and threats and Iran rejecting both, a process which has played out regularly.
Napoleon iv (sarkozy),i hope,is in his way to the dust bin of history.together with all the generation of the actual leaders of the "free world".
WORLD WAR THREE — EXIT STRATEGY
The destiny of Empire USA Israel being to expire in a grand and violent convulsion, to reach the ultimate conclusion of Empire, with all its brutal imperialism and plunder, hopeless is any expectation that they will see the light. So, let us for a moment reflect on what just might get this planet of the ingrates out of harm’s way.
(1) Russia, China or both could agree to buy all the crude oil and natural gas Iran could pump out of the ground.
(2) Russia, China or both could park a fleet of battleships next to the Strait of Hormuz and declare to the world, “Iran shall block the Strait if and when it so desires. That is absolute!”
(3) Russia, China or both could have a dozen submarines with nuke warheads open the sea ports of Gaza, being sure to give little puppet Israel fair warning that dropping another bomb on Gaza, Lebanon or Iran was a red line.
Of course, before we could bank on any of the three options being more then fantasy, the Three Empire Agreement entered into just after World War Two would have to be declared null and void. For not once since 1945, have the three greatest imperial powers in world history moved a single piece of military hardware on to another empire’s turf.
China only has one aircraft carrier , that i know of . It is a pretty big one , and operates as a submarine base between it hulls under the flight deck . Neither China or Russia would be expected to help us in anyway in Iran . After the United States humiliated both of these counties in Yugoslavia . We forced them to befriend Iran . Both China and Russia consider NATO to be the same force as NAZI . The only difference is NATO lies more and has better propaganda machinery.
Both of these countries have been working to upgrade their military power ever since Yugoslavia was destroyed . I'm positive they have much new technology they would like to demonstrate to us .
Pardon my ignorence but exactly which option did the did exercise besides exercising the very case to bring the world to the truth out of the persistent lies at the end of which the wohle world expect another Imperial Disaster and dustruction a country that has never agressed any country since centuries.We konw what this is all about so please no more BS, as you simply want to exercise MIGHT IS RIGHT''.thing once again.
Russians have made it plain and clear that they regard Iran as an essential feature of Russian alliance structure, ie Russia will use so-called "tactical" gadgets (these run up to something like 100 kt – 5 times Nagasaki…) in order to protect this vital relationship. Some think that's a bluff.
I suggest that a tool that has not been sufficiently explored is the expansion of IAEA inspections that would provide assurance that uranium enriched to 20% U-235 is not being diverted to weapons applications. There are provisions for such inspections by the IAEA, but Iran has rejected such inspections in the past in the face of the non-negotiable stance by the West that Iran must cease enriching uranium, even though Iran has the legal right to do so. A change in that Western position could persuade Iran to allow inspections that would satisfy Western concerns.
Nothing, NOTHING, will satisfy the criminals in the West. They only want to destroy Iran.
Time is reaching a critical juncture. The divine timetable will trump all others. These are the options re. Iran…
(a) Further delaying/stalling tactics are used such as : "Whack a Mole" operations against the brains of the outfit; Stuxnet viruses and their ilk.
(b) The Israelis/Americans launch a preventative strike against the nuclear facilities, Osirak fashion. The Iranian public will rally to nationalistic cries and a war will break out in the Middle East, whether via proxies in Syria, Lebanon or via Iranian troops spilling into Afghanistan and/or Iraq. Iranian sleeper cells will also be activated around the world and terrorist acts will be carried out. Pro-Iranian lone terrorists will also be motivated to launch attacks. The Straits of Hormuz will be closed and oil will skyrocket. This will dramatically affect the global economy. Whatever the extent of the war thousands will die. Even if the ratio of dead Israelis and Westerners compared to Iranian losses is 1:100 it will still be a travesty of justice.
Here's another option for the geniuses of French foreign relations (and who better than they)…leave the Iranians alone. Worry about your impending bankruptcy, get your feces together. Then and only then go ahead and pretend you are some big shot on the world's stage. The same goes for the US of course.
(d) Israel and the West allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon and hope for the best. Either the Iranian leadership clique joins the nuclear club in a non-belligerent manner or they are aroused to attack other nations in a pan-Persian/Arab/Muslim plan for regional domination. In either case it goes against the vision presented below. No more new members are needed for the “Missile Envy Club”.
(e) Supreme efforts are made at employing the sefirotic tools so that diplomacy prevails. The Iranians are persuaded to attend a reconvened NPT conference in Jerusalem on April 23rd, 2012 with all other nations in attendance. A twelve year track for nuclear disarmament is agreed to and followed. A "Committee to Oversee the Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons by 2025" is established with its HQ in Jerusalem. The IAEA or similar agency is boosted in manpower to facilitate the plan. Even if its budget is $5 Billion p.a., with all nations contributing, it will be worth it. This overarching global "Peace Initiative" becomes the fulcrum/umbrella/pivot/template from which other international co-operation and trust building moves are made.
As the right moves are made at the right time and in the right order peace unfolds in the Middle East and the World. Isaiah’s “Swords into Ploughshares” prophecy becomes a reality. It becomes possible to drive on a road from Jerusalem to Tehran by 2019. Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the USA play off in Group D of the 2022 Qatar World Cup. An Iranian and Israeli compete in a play off for a gold medal at the 2028 Israel/Palestine Olympic Games. Children from 2025 grow up in a world free of the threat of the ultimate weapon of violence hanging over their heads. They applaud the vision, courage and trust building shown by certain people in late 2011/early 2012.
Obviously (e) is the divinely mandated scenario. Why is such a biblical scene as this, i.e. two ancient proud nations at loggerheads presenting itself at this time ? Divine intervention peut etre ?
Which narrative should prevail ?
Uplifting thermals or a downwardly spiralling satanic vortex ?
Prayers for the Middle East.
Which leader will be remembered as having been a great leader? The one who brought prosperity to his and other people's life.
Sadat, Begin, Rabin gave up everything for the most valuable thing there is: life.
If Ali Khamenei wants to be remembered as having been a great leader then he should talk directly with the chief rabbies of Israel.
it's just the truth. the self-ordained "west" is running out of options.