Sideshows on Iran's frogmarch to the UN

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Early last week, Europe instantly rejected, without pause for breath, an Iranian offer of a two-year moratorium on uranium enrichment, thus setting its seal on a major international crisis.

Iran's "six-point" proposal was submitted by the Iranian delegation headed by Javad Veidi to the EU-3 (Germany, France and Britain) in Brussels on January 30. Instead of giving it careful consideration, the EU-3 diplomats rejected it as old news, devoid of anything new, and then, rather disingenuously, went on to blame Iran for "lack of progress".

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These diplomats, so adept at "leaking" their own highly-publicized proposal to Iran last summer, kept a tight lid on Iran's proposal and, what is more, there is no evidence that any respected member of the Western media made any attempt to get their hands on Iran's proposal.

That aside, the following is the nub of Iran's six-point proposal:
# Iran pledges that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, not nuclear bombs.
# Iran pledges that it will get the legislative approval in its majlis (parliament) of the Additional Protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and will continue with IAEA inspections.
# Iran pledges to stay within the NPT.
# Iran pledges that it will not resume enrichment prior to the next IAEA meeting.
# Iran pledges that its nuclear research will be under monitoring by the IAEA.
# Iran will continue negotiating with the EU-3 regarding enrichment issues for two years, and after two years, if the negotiations fail, will resume enrichment activities.

Asia Times

[Village Idiot]

1. I find it remarkable (and quite insane)

That a signatory nation under the NNPA, with the expressed GUARANTEED RIGHT to pursue a peaceful nuclear energy program is being scapegoated like this.

It'a quite amazing that everyone forgets that Israel NEVER signed the NNPA and possesses between 200 and 500 nuclear armaments, in DIRECT VIOLATION of COUNTLESS UN resolutions. Iran has not attacked Israel. Israel HAS attacked Iran, however, MANY TIMES.

Curiouser and curiouser.

I hate waiting for this war. I hate the lies, the hyperbolic rhetoric, the mendacious hypocrisy and the corporate media morons CONSTANTLY bullshitting about Ahmedinajad, Iran, the IAEA and the UN.

The USA / Israel coalition IS GOING TO WAR with Iran, so why don't they JUST DO IT and get it the fuck over with. Who the fuck in their right mind believes the back story (especially after 9-11, Afghanistan Iraq), anyway???

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2. I'm not sure we are going to war.

We are definitely working on fabricating a new global threat, after all Iraq just won't do for that at this point, but that can serve many purposes, esp. domestic political ones.