No Kidding
NYT: “Iran Said To Have Covert Nuclear Facility.” Obama’s talking tough.
PITTSBURGH — President Obama and leaders of Britain and France accused Iran on Friday of building a secret underground plant to manufacture nuclear fuel, saying the country has hidden the covert operation from international weapons inspectors for years.
Appearing before reporters in Pittsburgh, Mr. Obama said that the Iranian nuclear program “represents a direct challenge to the basic foundation of the nonproliferation regime.” French President Nicholas Sarkozy, appearing beside Mr. Obama, said that Iran had deadline of two months to comply with international demands or face increased sanctions.
“The level of deception by the Iranian government, and the scale of what we believe is the breach of international commitments, will shock and anger the entire international community,” British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said, standing on the other side of Mr. Obama. “The international community has no choice today but to draw a line in the sand.”
Drawing a line, that should scare them. Hang on, apparently they’re serious. Really serious.
American officials said that they expected the announcement to make it easier to build a case for international sanctions if Iran blocked inspectors or refused to halt its nuclear program.
“They have cheated three times,” one senior administration official with access to the intelligence said of the Iranians late on Thursday evening. “And they have now been caught three times.”
Sanctions. That should scare them.
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:56 am on Friday, September 25, 2009
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September 25th, 2009 at 11:59 am
“They have cheated three times,” one senior administration official with access to the intelligence said of the Iranians late on Thursday evening. “And they have now been caught three times.”
And we’ve done diddly squat. Get ready for the next cheat, and the next strongly worded “threat” from Obama.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Has Michael Ramirez done a cartoon on this yet? Because really, that line in the sand thing is just too easy.
September 25th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
I was just looking around to refresh my memory about the state of the West’s bunker busters, and I’m happy to report that the MOB passed its B-52 fit-check this summer.
September 26th, 2009 at 6:14 am
“Sanctions. That should scare them.”
Not as much as a massive round the clock bombing campaign would.
September 26th, 2009 at 10:19 am
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September 26th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Correction: MOP.