The EU vs The USA over Iran?

Question

It would seem that Iran are again prepared to enter into talks with the EU regarding their nuclear programs and that President Ahmadinejad is open to new conditions and strongly believes that this can be settled amicably. The EU welcomes this and wants to use diplomacy to end this argument and to reach a satisfactory outcome with Iran.

Now the Americans on the other hand, have come back on the attack still accusing Iran of aggressively pursuing atomic bombs. Is it time for the Americans to just simply butt out if they are not prepared to enter into diplomatic discussions.....

Or was there some kind of vote I slept through when the world voted for the US to become the worlds law enforcement agency?
They don't exactly have a great track record in their own country... how the hell do they think they can solve the worlds problems?

Stifle you.... spoken like a true soldier that doesn't want the rest of his buddies to be out of job.. heaven forbid we explore diplomacy..... go back to playing with your action men.

Entwined, I agree...... what's good for the goose... is certainly good for the gander.... either we all lose the capability to make these weapons or we stop bleating on about other countries doing what we are doing.....

Answer 1

America doesn't understand the word Diplomacy!
They don't like the idea that Europeans are actually capable of averting crisis.
To them, Europe is a "Wimp"
Time they got real!

Answer 2

At this moment it is not EU that is the weak point but China (and a little bit Russia) who are blocking firm resolution. Without the full support of UN Safety Council, diplomacy can't use his full power.
Since the US are the 1st economic partner of China, they should make some pression onto the Chinese. If Iran sees that it has no more friends than they will really start listening.

About bombing by the Israelis, problem is that the installations are spread out in the country and difficult to eliminate by a surprise attack. Even the US with al their power shall have a big job with it (this is not against the US, simply strategic fact).

Answer 3

It seems absurd for any nation already in possession of nuclear weapons (eg US, Britain, France) to complain when other nations attempt to develop them for themselves. It's indicative of the way that, when it comes down to it, the militarily powerful Western Nations (those mentioned above) seek to prevent other nations from encroaching on that power.

Personally, I think the whole world should be rid of nukes. They're terrible things which serve only to destroy humanity on an unprecedented level. But the fact remains that neither Britain, France, Russia or China and CERTAINLY not the US are willing to give theirs up. Until these nations (and India, Pakistan and Israel) give up their nukes, there is no reason to assume that other nations won't want to develop their own and, both morally and rationally, absolutely no sense in saying that they can't. There is no argument. If the west still wants to "lead" the world, then maybe leading by example rather than diplomatic bullying will have more success. As long as nations like Iran feel threatened (primarily by the US), they are quite understandably going to want to protect themselves.

Answer 4

Ahmadinejad is playing the EU vs. the USA. But remember, its the UN who is pressuring Iran about its nuclear program. Iran is in violation of UN regulations, not a US mandate.

But its predetermined that the EU will side with Iran for the same reason it was against the Iraq war, business dealings and of course oil. So hopefully the US will yank its military bases from Europe and let the EU face the prospect of defending itself while the US uses those billions every year here at home.

Answer 5

Sooner or later we have to decide whether to reach an accommodation with Iran or to fight them.

I prefer the idea of an accommodation, but I don't think that the Iranian President & Mullahs are of the same view.

I think he is very probably the most evil man on Earth. I think, most reluctantly, that we may have no choice but to attack Iran.

Before we do this we need to handle the Iraq issue.

With Iran the first step would probably be to get the Israeli airforce to bomb nuclear facilities so that research comes to an end. This will give us time to plan.

I write this answer more in pity than joy.

Answer 6

Let's all hope we can come to a peacefull solution in this one before the US find the mony to start another invasion. Unfortunately I think they wouldn't be prepared to talk if they didn't keep an ace up their sleeve. They would not have been boasting and showing their military strength if they didn't have the nuke technology allready. i'm not saying that they have a nuke ready. But If they had sufficient knowledge and had stashed away a few pounds of weapons grade plutonium. a weapon could be assembled in a short matter of time. That only means one thing. We should calm them down before they get aggrevated enough to assemble their stuff.

Answer 7

The vote you slept through was the one two months ago when all nations gave Iran until August 31st. to accept the terms or be subject to sanctions.

Maybe you were also asleep when western Europe did nothing after the time had passed. Sanctions are a peaceful way of dealing with the problem, but they do no good if all countries do not support them.

Odd that you mention "Slept through" Europe has a history of sleeping through problems and appeasement of tyrants.

Maybe we should negotiate with this mad man for another year or so until he gets his hands on a nuclear weapon, I am sure he will be a lot more reasonable then?

If he has them he has pledged to use them. Europe is a lot closer to Israel and Iran than the US, Nuclear fallout will hurt you more than us.

It is time for Europe to wake up.

Peace!

Answer 8

The Iranians are just trying to squeeze as much as they can out of the UN.They have no intention of making the bomb,they know if they did,Israel would launch a pre-emptive strike,with American support.Bush wants to up the anti,because he wants an excuse to invade Iran for the oil.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

The US haven't yet awoken to the fact that their self immolation in Iraq has made them the former global superpower. They should butt out while the big boys continue with the job of international diplomacy.