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Title: 30,000 Pound Bomb: U.S. Prepares To Strike Iran�s Nuke Facilities With Massive Ordnance Penetrator
Category: Military
Posted By: N_Fiddledog
Date: 2015-06-27 00:33:49

[GreenTiger]

Walk softly and carry a big stick and you will go far in this case a MOP.

This is just as true now as when Teddy Rosevelt said it.

[N_Fiddledog]

Doesn't seem to be scaring Iran though.

Or for that matter emboldening John Kerry.

[andyt]

Very misleading headline. Guess it gets the wankers all wet.

[N_Fiddledog]

Diplomatically we're here on slowing Iran's march to the bomb.

$1:

Zarif told Iranian media on Saturday upon his arrival in Vienna that a comprehensive agreement is within reach, as long as the world powers do not make excessive demands.

"Iran will not agree to any extraordinary procedures," Zarif said, referring to inspections. "The other side needs to make some serious decisions. The sanctions must be removed immediately."

Zarif added that reaching a good agreement is more important than meeting the deadline.

The two main points of contention are the nature and scope of the monitoring mechanism to be imposed on Iran's nuclear program, as well as the schedule and pace of removal of international sanctions on Iran.

The world powers demand that inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must be allowed to carry out surprise inspections of suspicious Iranian facilities and to visit military bases of both the Iranian military and the Revolutionary Guard where Iran is suspected of having experimented with components that could be used to make nuclear weapons.

Iran has hardened their position over the past several days, withdrawing their willingness to allow UN inspectors "controlled access" to military bases and suspicious facilities.

Iran also demands the complete removal of sanctions immediately upon the signing of an agreement. The powers are prepared to gradually remove the sanctions, arguing that the sanctions will only be removed when IAEA inspectors can verify that Iran has begun to implement their part of the agreement.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-d ... m-1.663240

[Jabberwalker]

Wow!

Guess that it's going to be a surprise attack,eh?

[BRAH]

Warmongering is cool when the President is a Democrat.

[N_Fiddledog]

Maybe not war, but I'm not opposed to the kind of diplomacy that taps Zarif on the shoulder and says, "Hey, Muhammad...ever heard of MOPs?"

I prefer that to John Kerry style diplomacy where he tells the American people "the Iranians have relented," while the Iranians say, "We gave em nothin. We're not going to give em anything."