Propaganda Alert
compiled by Cem Ertür
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Dandelion Salad
7 February, 2009
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| “… Iran has acted in ways that are not conducive to peace in the region or to the prosperity of its people; its illicit nuclear program is but one manifestation. […]
We are willing to talk to Iran, and to offer a very clear choice: continue down your current course and there will be pressure and isolation; abandon your illicit nuclear program and support for terrorism and there will be meaningful incentives. Second, we will strive to act preventively, not preemptively to avoid wherever possible a choice of last resort between the risks of war and the dangers of inaction. We will draw upon all the elements of our power – military and diplomatic; intelligence and law enforcement; economic and cultural – to stop crises before they start.” |
[US Vice President Joseph Biden, Munich Security Conference, 7 February 2009] [1]
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| “We welcome US willingness to talk to Iran. But if Iran doesn’t respond we will need to be ready to impose much tougher sanctions…” |
[UK Foreign Minister David Miliband, Munich Security Conference, 7 February 2009] [2]
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| “We want a diplomatic solution […] But we are also ready for tougher sanctions if there is no progress” |
[Germany’s President Angela Merkel, Munich Security Conference, 7 February 2009] [3]
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| “We only have one solution left, reinforce sanctions against Iran […] We need the Russians to help so that sanctions against Iran are effective” |
[France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy, Munich Security Conference, 7 February 2009] [3]
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| “The old carrot and stick cliché must be abandoned” |
[Iran’s Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani, Munich Security Conference, 7 February 2009] [4]
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| “Many other countries are enriching uranium and the world is not making a fuss about it. So why are we making a fuss about Iran and its nuclear enrichment? […] They (the Iranians) have been called ‘Axis of Evil’, there has been money allocated for regime change in the country, they are surrounded by nuclear-armed countries and American troops. So put yourself in their shoes” |
[Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei, CNN interview, 2 February 2009] [5]
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Notes:
[1] Speech at the 45th Munich Security Conference
by US Vice President Joseph Biden, 7 February 2009
[2] Speech at the 45th Munich Security Conference
by UK Foreign Minister David Miliband, 7 February 2009
[3] UK expects Iran obedience on sat issue
Press TV, 6 February 2009
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=84981§ionid=351020101
[4] Britain’s Miliband to Iran: Dispel nuclear fears or face new penalties
Haaretz, 6 February 2009
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3667990,00.html
[5] IAEA defends Iran against misinformation
Press TV, 3 February 2009
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=84515§ionid=351020104
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This conference was a sham. There is no clear intention of diplomacy shown by any of these so-called world leaders. The purpose is to corner Iran, generate negative public opinion about that country, and thereby clear the way for a future invasion on the pretense that they are stubbornly insisting on building nuclear weapons, which has been proven not to be true.
More fun and games from the military machine known as the United States of America. Obama is happy to travel down the same road as Bush and Cheney, only with a few apologetic words thrown to the public along the way. Why do they insist on going down this course of disaster?