US Senate unanimously passes resolution condemning Iran

[Charlie Brown]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27248145.htm

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Iran for its nuclear program and backing efforts to report it to the U.N. Security Council.

The resolution, approved by a voice vote, cites Iran's "many failures ... to comply faithfully with its nuclear non-proliferations obligations."

It "strongly urges" the International Atomic Energy Agency at its special meeting on Thursday to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council over suspicions it is secretly trying to develop atomic bombs.

The resolution also calls on all Security Council members, particularly Russia and China, to "act expeditiously" to deal with Iran's suspected noncompliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. Here we go again..... nt

[JeffR]

2. Good thing the Senate has nothing important to do

Frees up all kinds of time for this horseshit.
:eyes:

[Dover]

3. That voice vote sure comes in handy when one is wanting political cover.n/

[IndianaGreen]

4. What nuclear program?

Let Iran pull out of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and gives the middle finger to the one country that poses the biggest threat to the security of the world, and that possesses the largest stockpile of WMDs on this planet.

[watrwefitinfor]

5. One step at a time.

That's how Dem leadership gets into this shit. By the time Bush is ready to drop the bomb, the Dems will have an unbroken record of toadying up to the prospect. How can they say no at that point?

Been here done that.

Wat

[gonzo8]

6. U.S. bungling in the Middle East, on to the next chapter...

It is too bad that nobody is interested in Iran's point of view. Then we might actually understand what is driving them to develop nuclear weapons, and why they believe that international nuclear non-proliferation obligations are being selectively and unfairly enforced against them. Like the victory of Hamas, the current radical President of Iran was voted into power in a democratic election. Any attack on Iran will likely provoke a massive wave of political support for the radical anti-Israel, anti-U.S. fringe of Iranian politics, and further destabilize the Middle East. The only way to deal with Iran is through negotiated settlement that is viewed as acceptable to the people of Iran.

The U.S. has invaded and overthrown the government of Afgainstan, to Iran's East, and Iraq, to Iran's west, within the last five years, and maintains a huge military presence on Iran's border. The U.S. president who engineered the invasion of Iraq without the approval of the UN Security council, and who lied to his own people to get authorization to wage war, is openly hostile to the regime in Iran, and has labelled it as part of the Axis of Evil. Israel, the key U.S. ally in the region, has a history of agressive military action against its neighbors in definance of UN Security council resolutions, and has flouted UN Security council resolutions calling upon it to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, all with the tacit consent of the U.S. Furthermore, not so long ago, the U.S. funded and supported Saadam Hussien in his unprovoked attack against Iran (providing him chemical weapons, no less), triggering the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. On top of that, Iranians have not forgotten the fact that the CIA engineered the overthrow the secular and democratically elected government or Iran in 1953, ushering in a brutal 35 year dictatorship.

Perhap we in the U.S. should pause, consider the context of Iranian hostility, and work to defuse this crisis politically, not blunder in with more sanctions, more covert action and more military agression, all of which which will further alientate the population, strengthen the radicals who claim the US is bent on bringing back a dictatorship and thereby provide an ever greater political incentive to develop WMD to be used against us in the future.

[502ramjet]

7. excuse to raise oil prices

Hell, We invented nukes, and used them. Why is the USA taking the lead to prevent Iran from having a program as well? How can we be sure that they are after weapons, and not for power?

[ECH1969]

8. I wonder what the final numbers will be for the Iran war resolution

[HuffleClaw]

9. oh bloody hell

i suppose bush will later claim it allows him to bomb them?

[lovuian]

10. Now that we got the whole Congress ready to go to war

the Bush State of the Union can progress again on WMD and that terrible evil Iran... :nuke:

I have NO RESPECT for Congress Supreme Court of the executive branch may they reap what they sow...

[Ally McLesbian]

11. If we are gonna tell Iran what to do...

... might as well tell it to clean up its human rights record.

Unfortunately, given our sorry state of affairs with the gay "problem," we are not in a moral position to do so.

[bemildred]

12. There are no failures, there is no non-compliance.

And so the IAEA has stated a number of times now.
More ignorant, spineless hot air from our prostituted Congress.

[truth2power]

13. Because of the oil bourse

gotta attack by March or thereabouts. Not really about nuclear weapons. We're being lied to AGAIN! Why does the senate go along with this shit??

Hooray! Dead and maimed Iranian kids. If there were any justice in the world, the cabal would burn in hell for eternity.

[WhiteTara]

14. I'm calling Boxer's office and asking if she is part of

the unamimous voice vote! What are they thinking. Do they learn nothing? Are they just a bunch of lemmings and think they have a meal with a red herring? These people are nuts. Certifiable. Their stupidity leaves me reeling, slight sick to my stomach and in shock. If we fall for it again, we are too stupid to be alive and we should all just commit suicide to save ourselves from the embarrassment of it all.

[Hyernel]

15. I'm sure Iran really gives a shit.

Too bad Bushco has squanderd America's credibility. Perhaps our "outrage" might mean something.

[ckramer]

16. Will John Kerry regret his vote later?

LOL