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Iran Ready to Transfer Technology From Breitbart this morning


Again today we have statements being made by Russia, China and Iran.

Iran says: "How are you going to prevent our nuclear activities by imposing sanctions? If U.N. Security Council sanctions are to be imposed on Iran, we will definitely suspend our cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency," Larijani said. He added that Western countries on the IAEA board "have to understand they cannot resolve this issue through force."

Russia and China Say:

"We see no alternative to the negotiations process," Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency while in Beijing for a regional anti-terrorism meeting.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang urged all parties "to show flexibility," saying the international community should not abandon efforts for a peaceful settlement.

The problem still is that none of the above are offering any kind of idea as to what sort of negotiations they think will bring this any further toward a good end for all parties. So I put it to anyone to tell me, what negotiations are going to make this all go away? What other possible solutions are there than military force to get Iran to stop enriching urainium? That is assuming they will not do it on their own with even the best incentive the west could give short of being blackmailed, which is essentialy what this feels like. Bottom line is Iran is doing one of two things... They are either using this situation as a tool to get things from the west they would otherwise not have been offered in a million years - and if that is it they are playing a wonderful hand of poker thus far - or they really are developing Nuclear Weapons with the intention to use them. Neither of which really matter if you take the U.S. stance that any of this is unacceptable to begin with. I am not sure what I believe at this point other than to agree with Condi when she says that a Nuclear armed Iran is NOT an option. Pray for our leaders, for this country and for God's hand upon this situation. We all need it.