"Clinton calls Iran proposal toughest; UN votes today on nuclear sanctions" by Matthew Lee and Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press | June 9, 2010
QUITO, Ecuador — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declined to predict the outcome of the vote in the 15-member Security Council, but US Defense Secretary Robert Gates in London said the measure would pass and pave the way for tougher additional measures by the US and its allies.
“The strategy here is a combination of diplomacy and pressure to persuade the Iranians that they are headed in the wrong direction in terms of their own security, that they will undermine their security by pursuit of nuclear weapons, not enhance it,’’ Gates said....
In other words, TERRORISM -- even thought they are not making weapons!
In New York, Mexico’s UN Ambassador Claude Heller, the current council president, told reporters that the Security Council vote would take place at 10 this morning.
Unless China and Russia are going to veto -- or the U.S. is going to LOSE the VOTE!!!!
The Security Council held a private meeting yesterday afternoon on Iran to meet some of the concerns of Brazil and Turkey, which had called for an open “political debate’’ on the broader Iranian nuclear issue first.
Neither Brazil nor Turkey is one of the five veto-holding permanent members of the Security Council, although both are currently non-permanent members of the 15-member body.
Which means they have votes with ten other nations that do not have veto power.
The measure COULD LOSE on a SIMPLE VOTE, thus NO NEED for a Russian or Chinese veto!
They recently announced a fuel-swap agreement with Iran aimed at addressing concerns that it may be enriching uranium for nuclear weapons.
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Everything is Iran's Fault
Update: UN votes for new sanctions on Iran over nuclear issue
I was wrong, readers; however, unlike government I admit it.
