Monday, February 27, 2006

Bureaucrats keep slapping Iran on the wrists

And so far it's really done nothing to deter their nuclear ambitions.

In a report, Mr ElBaradei said Iran was still not co-operating fully with his inquiries, and he could not tell if it had a nuclear weapons programme.

Mr ElBaradei's IAEA has voted to report Iran to the UN Security Council.


Uncooperative is the least of our problems here, but hopefully these guys will come to a consensus of action sometime this decade. Of course by then Iran will be ready to nuke the Security Council, and I'm not quite sure how I feel about that yet...

At a meeting on 4 February, the IAEA board demanded that Tehran stop hindering its inspectors' inquiries.

Otherwise, Western diplomats said, the Security Council could consider imposing sanctions against Iran.


Ah sanctions. Didn't do much good on Iraq, but who knows. Maybe Iran's psychopathic president is saner than Saddam.

Mr ElBaradei's report said: "It is regrettable and a matter of concern that the uncertainties related to the scope and nature of Iran's nuclear programme have not been clarified after three years of intensive agency verification."


They've hindered inspectors now for three years. So what timetable does that put sanctions at? 2010? Let's get a move on with this guys. We' like some sort of action before they've finished making their first nuclear weapon, mkay?