How many times is Iran gonna flip flop...?

Question

on their decision to either work or not work with the U.N.?

At what point should the U.N. take a more direct approach with harsher penalties, or even military action? Since Iran is obviously just stalling and buying more time to enrich more uranium.

Answer 1

he isn't flip flopping... he's a moron.

he knows he has nuclear powerplants and uranium-enriching centrifuges.. and he knows that the UN, America and Britain knows he has nuclear powerplants and uranium-enriching centrifuges...

we have even found some of them!

Iran is running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to make up lies and cover stories for all of its WMD related factories and enrichments...

like all dictatorships, he is also trying to make himself look like the good guy, and any1 against him the bad guy.. (ie the USA)

He claims, just a day before a hearing to halt uranium enrichment in Iran, to have invented the first herbal, symptomless cure for AIDS. Bullsh*t, just trying to make himself look like god.

He claims America is threatening him with missile attacks and war. He jumps on the defensive, making him look like a cowardly 7 year old, clinging to his sheets after awaking from a scarey nightmare about ghosts... he does this to make himself look like the innocent victim and America the big bad wolf... more lies and misinformation. propaganda. America never threatened Iran.
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But Bush said any notion that the United States wanted to widen its military campaign beyond the borders of Iraq "simply is not accurate." The president and his top aides have said several times in recent weeks that there are no plans to pursue Iranian agents into Iran.
~Herald Tribune
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he uses this to gain support for Iran...

Iran is like a computer addict that wont get off of the computer for sleep... except Iran won't let go of its nuclear campaign and it wont accept the UN sanctions.. and its willing to fight them...

lately, Iran has gone as far as to interrogate and imprison 15 british sailors sailing in legal waters... reports even show that Iran may keep the detainees as a result of several Iranian officials gone missing (some investigations suggest that they ran away on their own, America nor Britain reportedly have them) and in protest of the sanctions... Iran even claims that the sailors admitted to their interrogators that they were there to attack Iran...

ITS SO MUCH BULLSH*T...

Ahmadinejad is trying to play Saddam's card of denial and propaganda to buy time to build up WMD's...

America won't let what happened between 1997-2003 happen again...

and America certainly won't allow what happened between late 2002 and March 2003, when Saddam sold his WMD stockpiles to Syria, happen again...

Atleast, with Iraq, we assessed the situation when it came clear to us what we were overlooking and not seeing.. and we dealt with it before it established itself enough to pose a great threat to America...

America solved the crisis before it was forced to learn a lesson about dictators and WMDs first-hand...

Maybe some people need to learn a lesson first-hand in order to learn a lesson...

Maybe thats why some people continue to buy into these bullcrap statements by Iran and continue to not allow President Bush to do his job as President.

Additional information::

in 2005, Russia sold Iran 29 medium-ranged Tor-M1 air defense systems... these air defense systems, which are expected to be imported in full by 2008/2009, are reportedly going to be installed around Iran's nuclear powerplants...

So when Iran violates UN sanctions by not shutting down these powerplants, etc.. and the UN strikes back by launching missiles at these specific nuclear powerplants... expect Iran to use these to stop the missiles from reaching their target... possibly sparking a war with Iran.

Fun, Fun! Lock and Load!!

Answer 2

The UN can do nothing because Russia and Red China are permanent members of the security council. So when the UN wants tougher sanctions China and Russia veto it. This means nothing will stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons unless someone drops a bomb down the smoke stack. No one has the will to do it.

Answer 3

William Odom-Retired Lt General
How to cut and run
http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_details&id=4278
"First, the U.S. must concede that it has botched things, cannot stabilize the region alone and must let others have a say in what's next. As U.S. forces begin to withdraw, Washington must invite its European allies, as well as Japan, China and India, to make their own proposals for dealing with the aftermath. Russia can be ignored because it will play a spoiler role in any case.

Rapid troop withdrawal and abandoning unilateralism will have a sobering effect on all interested parties. Al Qaeda will celebrate but find that its only current allies, Iraqi Baathists and Sunnis, no longer need or want it. Iran will crow but soon begin to worry that its Kurdish minority may want to join Iraqi Kurdistan and that Iraqi Baathists might make a surprising comeback.

Although European leaders will probably try to take the lead in designing a new strategy for Iraq, they will not be able to implement it. This is because they will not allow any single European state to lead, the handicap they faced in trying to cope with Yugoslavia's breakup in the 1990s. Nor will Japan, China or India be acceptable as a new coalition leader. The U.S. could end up as the leader of a new strategic coalition — but only if most other states recognize this fact and invite it to do so.

The second initiative is to create a diplomatic forum for Iraq's neighbors. Iran, of course, must be included. Washington should offer to convene the forum but be prepared to step aside if other members insist."

Two quotes:
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"It is somewhat ironic that we are again meddling in Iranian affairs. Students of history will recall that the US government's ill-advised coup against Iranian leader Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953 and its subsequent installation of the Shah as the supreme ruler led to intense hatred of the United States and eventually to the radical Islamic revolution of 1979. One can only wonder what our relations would be with Iran if not for the decades of meddling in that country's internal affairs. We likely would not be considering resolutions such as this. Yet the solution to all the difficulties created by our meddling foreign policy always seems to always be yet more meddling. Will Congress ever learn?"
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First, Iran doesn’t have a nuke and is nowhere close to getting one, according to the CIA. If they did have one, using it would guarantee almost instantaneous annihilation by Israel and the United States. Hysterical fear of Iran is way out of proportion to reality. With a policy of containment, we stood down and won the Cold War against the Soviets and their 30,000 nuclear weapons and missiles. If you’re looking for a real kook with a bomb to worry about, North Korea would be high on the list. Yet we negotiate with Kim Jong Il. Pakistan has nukes and was a close ally of the Taliban up until 9/11. Pakistan was never inspected by the IAEA as to their military capability. Yet we not only talk to her, we provide economic assistance – though someday Musharraf may well be overthrown and a pro-al Qaeda government put in place. We have been nearly obsessed with talking about regime change in Iran, while ignoring Pakistan and North Korea. It makes no sense and it’s a very costly and dangerous policy.

The conclusion we should derive from this is simple: It’s in our best interest to pursue a foreign policy of non-intervention. A strict interpretation of the Constitution mandates it. The moral imperative of not imposing our will on others, no matter how well intentioned, is a powerful argument for minding our own business. The principle of self-determination should be respected. Strict non-intervention removes the incentives for foreign powers and corporate interests to influence our policies overseas. We can’t afford the cost that intervention requires, whether through higher taxes or inflation. If the moral arguments against intervention don’t suffice for some, the practical arguments should.

Intervention just doesn’t work. It backfires and ultimately hurts American citizens both at home and abroad. Spreading ourselves too thin around the world actually diminishes our national security through a weakened military. As the superpower of the world, a constant interventionist policy is perceived as arrogant, and greatly undermines our ability to use diplomacy in a positive manner.

Answer 4

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6...
Mr Ahmadinejad vowed to pursue his nation's nuclear future despite the sanctions, at a rally central Iranian town of Khatam.

"We have a nuclear fuel cycle. We will not give it up under pressure," Mr Ahmadinejad said.
"By holding the meetings you cannot block the Iranian nation's path."

On Thursday, he attacked the council as "illegitimate".


The new resolution 1747 calls on Iran to comply fully with all previous UN resolutions and join negotiations to reach agreement so as to restore international confidence in the peaceful nature of its nuclear program. Full transparency and cooperation with the IAEA are required. Suspension of Iran’s banned nuclear activities will elicit the parallel suspension of sanctions. The package of incentives offered Tehran last year for its cooperation remains on the table.

Draft of U.N. Security Council resolution to expand sanctions that was voted into effect on Saturday, March 24, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6...

Source(s):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6...
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=39...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6...

Answer 5

The UN has no authority to take any action.

A UN resolution is non-binding. It's just a vote by a bunch of countries have have decided to collectively be mad at Iran.

A UN resolution has no legal force or effect whatsoever, unless countries have voluntarily chosen to enforce it themselves.

Iran is not bound by the UN resolution unless it chooses to be. Just like England or Japan is not bound by any law passed by the US Congress, unlike that other country chooses to be.

By the way, Iran has never "flip flopped" in their stated intentions to develop nuclear fuel for power generation. They have only been more or less willing to negotiate with other countries, based on what those other countries are demanding.

Answer 6

For as long as the wind changes directions.
Iran isn't speaking with one voice. Whatever you
hear is the current voice that is in control. That
can change in an hour, tomorrow or next week.
There's a constant power strugle between govern-
ment, guard counsil and public interests.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Iran is in a heap of trouble.....

Iran is dealing with two issues. First, Iran has captured 15 British sailors. Second, Iran has refused to cooperate with the U.N. regarding cessation of uranium enrichment.

Military confrontation may be on the horizon.
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=3961
In addition to the British naval vessels at the Diego Garcia atoll in the Indian ocean, there is a multi-national force in the Persian Gulf. The British HMS Cornwall aircraft carrier strike group, the American aircraft carrier strike group Bremerton-based aircraft carrier CVN-74 John C. Stennis, the American aircraft carrier strike group USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the French nuclear carrier Charles de Gaulle and its task force are all in close appoximation in the Persian Gulf. The USS Nimitz may also be in the Persian Gulf as it was scheduled for its WESTPAC07 deployment to replace the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/batgru-68.htm

More details about military options can be found here:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iran-strikes.htm

Iran has elicited "confessions" from the 15 British sailors they captured and may put them on trial for espionage. The penalty for espionage in Iran is death.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1563877.ece
“If it is proven that they deliberately entered Iranian territory, they will be charged with espionage. If that is proven, they can expect a very serious penalty since according to Iranian law, espionage is one of the most serious offences.” Espionage carries a death sentence.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6493391.stm
Iran's detention of 15 Royal Navy personnel is "unjustified and wrong", Prime Minister Tony Blair has said. UK officials are waiting to be granted access to the HMS Cornwall staff, who were seized on Friday, and have not been told where the group are held.

"It simply is not true that they went into Iranian territorial waters and I hope the Iranian government understands how fundamental an issue this is for us," Mr Blair said.

"We have certainly sent the message back to them very clearly indeed. They should not be under any doubt at all about how seriously we regard this act, which is unjustified and wrong."

On March 23, 2007, U.S. and British officials said a boarding party from the frigate HMS Cornwall was seized about during a routine inspection of a merchant ship inside Iraqi territorial waters near the disputed Shatt al-Arab waterway.

The seizure of two Royal Navy inflatable boats took place just outside the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, a 125-mile channel dividing Iraq from Iran. Its name means Arab Coastline in Arabic, and Iranians call it Arvandrud - Persian for Arvand River. A 1975 treaty recognized the middle of the waterway as the border.

Iranians send arms to Iraqi extremists, including sophisticated roadside bombs. This week, two commanders of an Iraqi Shiite militia told The Associated Press in Baghdad that hundreds of Iraqi Shiites had crossed into Iran for training by the elite Quds force, a branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guard thought to have trained Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

Regarding enrichment of uranium, Iranian President Mahmaoud Ahmadinejad abruptly cancelled his appearance before the U.N. security council and in his stead, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Iran spoke. He indicated that Iran was willing to continue negotiations but without the precondition that uranium enrichment must be halted.

Mottaki said, "the world has two options to proceed on the nuclear issue: continued negotiations or confrontation. Choosing the path of confrontation ... will have its own consequences. "
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070325/D8O3E7J00.html

The U.N. security council unanimously voted to expand sanctions on March 24, 2007.

The new resolution 1747 calls on Iran to comply fully with all previous UN resolutions and join negotiations to reach agreement so as to restore international confidence in the peaceful nature of its nuclear program. Full transparency and cooperation with the IAEA are required. Suspension of Iran’s banned nuclear activities will elicit the parallel suspension of sanctions. The package of incentives offered Tehran last year for its cooperation remains on the table.

The full text of the draft of resolution 1747 appears at this website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6455853.stm
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Answer 9

Because they don't like to start war very soon.They need enough time to organize facilities.