"Sanctions would backfire on US, Iranian leader warns" by Farah Stockman and James F. Smith, Globe Staff | May 5, 2010
NEW YORK — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran warned yesterday that passing tougher United Nations sanctions against his country would not only shut off all chances of diplomatic engagement between Iran and the United States, but would cripple President Obama’s hopes for success in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Palestinian territories.
“Any connections and contacts with Iran, the pathway to Iran, will be shut permanently,’’ he said in an interview with The Boston Globe. “Those who are trying to radicalize the atmosphere here fail to understand that they are speedily moving toward the cliff.’’
He's right -- and the psychopathic, string-pulling power-brokers can't see it.
The 53-year-old former college lecturer arrived Monday in New York for a UN nuclear con ference that has been critical of his country’s pursuit of nuclear technology. In an hourlong interview conducted in a hotel conference room, he spoke calmly, with occasional flashes of emotion.
He cast Iran as the key to ensuring Obama’s legacy as a global agent of change and said that if the White House sides with hawks against Iran, it would find itself entangled in intractable conflicts for years.
I think that is what the war profiteers and Israel want.
“If he can’t resolve the impasse with Iran, do you think he can resolve the problems with Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine?’’ he said.
Heck, if he can't fix the Gulf....
Ahmadinejad’s remarks were made one day after he gave a blistering critique of the United States at the UN nuclear conference, prompting US and European officials to walk out....
Ahmadinejad, the only head of state attending the UN nuclear conference, said he still believes a compromise is possible.
What an out-there radical, huh?
He said Iran is willing to put half of its enriched uranium in the custody of international inspectors as part of a phased exchange, offering a revised version of a deal Iran orally accepted, but backed away from, last year.
Yeah, whatever, MSM. I can't respond to every lie, otherwise I'm here all day.
“It can be done in a manner that is acceptable to both parties,’’ he said, adding that a deal would “provide a field for cooperation and eliminate the clash.’’
But
Of course; always a but when it comes to peace.
US officials say Iran is merely using a delaying tactic....
Oh, like what Israel does time and again?
Asked about the opposition movement that took to the streets last summer after his election, which many believe was rigged, Ahmadinejad said....
When pressed about the criminal sentences passed against so many opposition figures, protesters, and intellectuals, Ahmadinejad said....
Ahmadinejad also said he could not do anything to gain the release of three American hikers who were taken into custody in July after straying into Iranian territory from Iraqi Kurdistan.
But later, he proposed trading the hikers for seven Iranians who he said were imprisoned illegally by the United States. He appeared to be referring to alleged weapons and nuclear smugglers (And WHY was THIS CUT from the WEB VERSION, 'eh, readers?) WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AROUND THE WORLD IN US-LED STING OPERATIONS....
Oh, MORE FRAME-UPS, ABDUCTIONS, and TORTURE, 'eh?
Related: Iran's Missing Nukes
That's why it was taken out.
Ahmadinejad said he is unconcerned about rumors that Israel could launch a military strike against his country’s nuclear facilities in 2011.
Oh, so the ATTACK has been PUSHED BACK until NEXT YEAR, huh?
Need a FALSE FLAG FIRST, right?
And better AFTER the U.S. ELECTIONS if you are going to START a WORLD WAR!
“We are not worried by them,’’ he said of the Israelis. “We are really concerned for Mr. Obama . . . He should be very careful not to get entrapped in the web laid by radicals around him.’’
He may be on to something there.
If anything ever happens, we know where the bullets are coming from now.
Bloggers got your back, Obama.
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Also see: Obama Keeping All Options Open on Iran Invasion
Transcript of Ahmadinejad’s Speech At U.N. Nuclear Nonproliferation Conference
