Iran President Challenges Bush
The U.N. Security Council has set Thursday as a deadline for Iran to suspend uranium enrichment - a process that can produce either fuel for a reactor or material for weapons. Iran has refused any immediate suspension, calling the deadline illegal, and instead this week offered a counterproposal that the United States and some European nations said fell short.
Ahmadinejad's latest show of defiance seemed to solidify the country's determination to snub the Security Council, following a string of war games and uncompromising public statements this month on the nuclear standoff. But whether the U.S. can muster enough support on the 15-nation council to impose economic or political sanctions remains in question.
In his criticism of the Security Council, Ahmadinejad singled out two of its permanent members with veto power - the United States and Britain - for what he called their failure to listen to the needs of other countries.
"The U.S. and Britain are the source of many tensions," he said. "At the Security Council, where they have to protect security, they enjoy the veto right. If anybody confronts them, there is no place to take complaints to."
"This (veto right) is the source of problems of the world," he said. "It is an insult to the dignity, independence, freedom and sovereignty of nations." As crazy as I think the president of Iran is, is he right about the veto power the U.S. and Britain have? Why does anyone have veto power and what is it for? Still, Iran seems bent on stirring the pot. I'm not sure if they truly want the nuclear power for ... power or for weapons. They are a very dangerous country by all accounts. I wonder if anyone has ever proposed that the U.N. run the nuclear power plant. Staff it with people from outside Iran and their job is to make sure the plant runs smoothly and give the Iranian people the benefit of nuclear power without giving them access to raw nuclear materials that could be used for weapons. If they are just after energy then this seems like a somewhat reasonable way to go. I don't really like the idea of them being that close to the materials in the first place but I guess you have to start somewhere.
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Sounds like a great Idea except Iran would never go for it since the UK ran irans oil refineries for years untill Iran "took" control of them.
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