France, Britain, and Germany issued a joint statement on Monday endorsing the US accusation Iran attacked Saudi oil refineries earlier this month, saying there is “no other explanation.”
The three nations had previously not endorsed the allegations, and France in particular expressed some doubts, citing the lack of actual evidence. Yemen’s Houthis have insisted they launched the attack, not Iran.
While signing off on the idea of an Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia, the statement also came with a call for a push for new diplomatic engagement, saying the world must prevent further escalation.
This sort of endorsement of the attack may have been seen as necessary to get to the diplomacy call, as Saudi Arabia had said that their visit to the UN General Assembly was going to focus on selling those nations on Iran’s blame for the attack.
Satraps genuflecting to power … What a pathetic display.
“It is clear for us that Iran bears responsibility for this attack. There is no other explanation,”
Sure, other than someone else claiming responsibility and no hard evidence but what the hell.
Like I said before, the EU simply wants to avoid *blame* for an Iran war. Once it starts, they will pile on and NATO will join the US in attacking Iran.
“Diplomacy”? That’s been a joke so far. The EU hasn’t done anything concrete to help Iran. INSTEXT is a joke since the US can sanction EU corporations directly for trading with Iran.
The UN General Assembly will be just another propaganda show by the US and Israel to hype a war with Iran, just like the one before the Iraq war.
The Saudi’s never said Iran attacked them. They said Iran “sponsored” the attack.
And U.S. sponsored the attack on Yemen too. So what?