U.S. To Iran: Hello is Anyone There… Hello?
In light of Iran’s recent claim of now running 7,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges and Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad declaring the nuclear issue a closed case, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the U.S. was still waiting for a response from Iran to engage in talks.
Apparently the U.S. and other U.N. Security Council nations don’t understand that a lack of a response is a response. Actually Mr. Ahmamembersonlyjacket clearly stated he would only sit down on condition that there were no conditions.
While the U.N. Security Council holds numerous “emergency meetings” that only result in the member nations agreeing to disagree, Iran and North Korea seem quite content to pursue their nuclear ambitions without impunity while our allies in their respective regions begin to realize exactly what George Bush understood.
Shintaro Ito, Japan’s vice minister for foreign affairs, who flew to New York to press for added sanctions, said before Thursday’s talks among the council’s major powers that the credibility of the Security Council would suffer unless diplomats react quickly to the launch.
“If we don’t do adequate and swift action for these serious violations, the existence of the Security Council as a meaningful institution will become doubtful,” Ito said.
“The adequate reaction is to adopt a resolution,” he said. “This is a serious problem for regional peace and security. And also this is a big test for the United Nations Security Council.”
Better check that cowboy diplomacy Ito…