Iran+4

1.) On the disappearance of the Iranian researcher, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said“"We have found documents that prove US interference in the disappearance of the Iranian pilgrim Shahram Amiri in Saudi Arabia," 2.) American ships began arriving in Israel for a joint-drill in late September. Yaakov Katz of the Jerusalem Post writes, “ The arrival of the ships began a day before Defense Minister Ehud Barak was scheduled to fly to Washington for talks with his American counterpart, Robert Gates. Defense officials said that their talks would focus on the Iranian threat, Israeli-US defense cooperation as well as the role Israel will play in the new American missile defense shield announced last week.” 3.) Iran has proven over and over again that when it comes to advanced weaponry, they favor advanced rockets. Yaakov Katz of the Jerusalem Post also writes “ Expectations in Israel are that the US will deploy several Aegis ballistic missile ships - that are capable of intercepting ballistic missiles - in the Mediterranean and Red seas. Israel is already home to the advanced X-Band radar that the Bush administration gave as a farewell gift last October.” When all the pieces quickly add up and people start putting the pieces together, it is evident that the United States and Israel are hell-bent on going to war with Iran. 4.) It’s becoming more clear that the United States and Israel are being unfair with Iran. “Foreign Secretary David Miliband acknowledged that the danger of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East was “particularly potent” and refused to rule out military action altogether but he insisted: “We are 100 per cent focused on a diplomatic solution”” reports Gordon Thomas of the Daily Express. 5.) Fear mongering and slick media tactics are still put into play before initiating a war with Iran. “Diplomatic sources said it could hold 3,000 centrifuges, capable of making enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb each year.” 6.) Iran continues to cooperate with the United States and its allies. Unlike Israel, which has denied inspections of its nuclear facilities for over 30 years, Iran has welcomed inspectors with open hands. “Iran agreed on Thursday in talks with the United States and other major powers to open its newly revealed uranium enrichment plant near Qum to international inspection in the next two weeks and to send most of its openly declared enriched uranium outside Iran to be turned into fuel for a small reactor that produces medical isotopes, senior American and other Western officials said” reports Steven Erlanger of the New York Times. 7.) The United States has constantly proven that it still has doubts no matter what type of compromise they meet Iran with. Seven Erlanger of the New York Times says “If Iran has secret stockpiles of enriched uranium, however, the accomplishment would be hollow, a senior American official conceded.” 8.) The United States and Israel won’t stop at anything to make sure that no Islamic empire has nuclear capabilities. Yet, Iran is still portrayed as the “bad guy”. “France and Britain have spoken of December as an informal deadline for Iran to negotiate seriously about stopping enrichment and cooperate fully with the [|International Atomic Energy Agency]. American officials say that timeline is “about right,” but Iran continues to insist that it has the right to enrich uranium for what it calls a purely civilian program” reports Steven Erlanger of the New York Times. 9.) William J Broad of the New York Times reports, “Most dramatically, the report says the agency “assesses that Iran has sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable implosion nuclear device” based on highly enriched uranium. 10.) The United States military is already active in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. There is no question that their hands are full with the “War On Terror”. “Last month, the agency issued an unusual statement cautioning it “has no concrete proof” that Iran ever sought to make nuclear arms, much less to perfect a warhead. On Saturday in India, Dr. ElBaradei was quoted as saying that “a major question” about the authenticity of the evidence kept his agency from “making any judgment at all” on whether Iran had ever sought to design a nuclear warhead.” 11.) Regardless of all the preparations made by the United States that prove an attack on Iran is imminent, representatives continuously report that the US prefers a diplomatic solution. Gordon Thomas of the Daily Express reports “Foreign Secretary David Miliband acknowledged that the danger of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East was “particularly potent” and refused to rule out military action altogether but he insisted: “We are 100 per cent focused on a diplomatic solution.”” Why couldn’t we look for a diplomatic solution with Iraq instead of nose-diving into an endless war? 12.) Despite Iran’s cooperation with the US, a loop-hole is always found to portray Iran as a dangerous nation with nuclear capabilities. “Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton acknowledged last week that existing economic sanctions against Iran were “leaky.” But several senior administration officials said the latest revelations of Iran’s secret nuclear efforts had generated unprecedented solidarity behind new measures to apply pressure to Tehran.” 13.) Concerning strict sanctions on Iran, Charlie Savage of the New York Times says “To that end, he said, the United States is refusing to take any measures off the table, even an embargo of gasoline and other refined fuel. European countries fear such measures would inflict misery on the Iranian people by creating shortages that would make them angry at the West and drive them into the arms of an unpopular government.” 14.) The world starts to look more like an elementary school playground everyday and the United States definitely takes the “bully” title. Charlie Savage of the New York Times writes ““While it’s unrealistic to expect that you can isolate Iran from the international economy,” he said, “the narrower and more realistic goal of raising their cost of doing business may change their leaders’ calculations.”” The United States is outright provoking Iran and pushing into an uncomfortable corner. 15.) Charlie Savage of the New York Times writes ““If you don’t put yourself in a position where you can act on the pressure track, you’ll be less likely to have the engagement track work,” said a high-ranking administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the matter. “The key is for the Iranians to see both sides of this.”” Since the key is for the Iranians to see both sides of this, why hasn’t the United States seen both sides? The United States refuses to put itself in any other perspective but Israel’s.