Thursday, January 05, 2006

Iran Stiffs the IAEA

Sounds like the Persian equivalent of giving the finger.

"An Iranian delegation expected in Vienna to explain to the International Atomic Energy Agency Iran's decision to resume nuclear fuel research did not show up for a meeting on Thursday, the IAEA said.

The meeting was called off after the delegation did not appear, said IAEA spokeswoman Melissa Fleming. The IAEA does not know why the Iranian delegation missed the appointment, and no new meeting has been scheduled, she said."

Who can blame them for ditching the IAEA? After all, what is there to talk about? Iran is building the bomb and there's not jack squat the IAEA can do about it.

3 comments:

Pastorius said...

Thomas,
Can you answer a question for me. I don't understand all the people who are calling for this to be taken to the UN Security Council so that sanctions can be implemented.

I can't think of a time when sanctions have worked against a dictatorship.

Have sanctions ever worked?

Oscar in Kansas said...

The sanctions are a feel-good measure at best. Of course no sanctions would ever include oil (China would never go along) or medicine (for "humanitarian" reasons).

To me, the whole sanctions hype is a show. It will make people feel as if they taking a brave stand when in fact it's all just cover story for abject cowardice.

Sanctions are the political equivalent of wishing upon a star. Except that's not a meteroite zooming across the sky, is it?

Krishna109 said...

I think you're right about sanctions being a wothless, "feel good" measure. Also, I believe that even if most countries did observe sanctions, there are always some individuals who will try to get past them in order to make money.