Greece is pleading with its allies in the European Union to ease the forthcoming complete ban on Iranian-imported oil, complicating a U.S.-led international sanctions regime aimed at crippling Iran’s economy and political leadership.
EU diplomats are confident that the measure to phase in a total embargo on Iranian oil will be agreed to on Monday, but the move would seriously harm the struggling economies of of Europe like Greece, Italy, Spain, and others who rely on Iranian oil.
The EU has been struggling with the question of whether to impose additional self-inflicted economic pain by cutting off a significant source of oil, primarily for the politics of the U.S. and Iran. The Obama administration has also been pressuring Asian allies like South Korea to participate in the sanctions, despite self-interested concerns for their own economic well-being.
The sanctions are supposedly aimed at curbing Iran’s alleged ambitions to attain nuclear weapons, an ambition Iran denies they harbor. There is no evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapons program, and the opinion of theU.S. intelligence community, the Obama administration, and the latest IAEA report is that Iran’s enrichment is so far civilian in nature.
These bozos have already made quite clear that they are willing to hurt the economies in the US and Europe in order to play their macho games with Iran and move another step closer to war.
And remember, 'hurt the economies' really means more lost jobs, everyone paying higher prices to drive to and from work, less money for each family's budget, higher prices on almost everything you pay, more failed businesses and empty storefronts, higher unemployement and bigger deficits as tax revenues drop even further.
That's what these bozos are willing to risk over a fictional nuclear weapons program that's as imaginary as Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction. Except, it isn't over that. Its over them trying to crush any part of the world that doesn't bow down to them and kiss their feet. They are willing to bankrupt us in order to do it.
Please vote for someone different this year. Pleeeeeaaaaassse!
Get Barbara Boxer, Kerry "the ketchup man", Rockefeller, Finstine and rest of the falsified democrats out of the senate send them to Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia or UAE, for they are good for that kind of democracy.
I seriously doubt that anyone else (with a chance to win – slim tho that might be) would be doing anything different – they might even be worse. They are all the same. There is no difference.
If the sanctions break up the Evil Empire's NATO hit squad, it will be worth it…. Otherwise can I please just puke…!!!
Holy crap Greece, don't "plead." Stand up and tell the EU and the US of Amerika to piss off! With emphasis of course, on Bar Obama. Bar Obama's craven lickspittle pandering to Israel is disgusting if not out right treasonous.
Anyone anywhere on or around Planet Earth is dying for affordable fuel. If Iran can supply? Buy their fuel by the tanker load.
DISCLAIMER- Iran is NOT working up nuclear weapons and the US military and CIA (difference?) said so.
This chain of events is a study in sycophancy. American sycophants are pressuring their European sycophants in order to satisfy the insatiable Zionists.
"EU diplomats are confident that the measure to phase in a total embargo on Iranian oil will be agreed to on Monday"
What utter rubbish !
Seems John Glaser has been fooled. What EU diplomats ? Oh Yes speaking on condition of anonominity. This is the usual media tactic employed usually by Reuters to make it seem that the majority are all in agreement so that others will be swayed. Sadly the tactic often works particularly with UN diplomats.
What also works with swaying recalcitrant UN diplomats over to "our" side is stealing their credit card numbers
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/11/28/hillary-clinto…
time for the world to tell america to take a hike. you want to invade other countries, you are on your own.