A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK
AHMADINEJAD CALLS WORLD POWERS “OBSTINATE”
MASS OBSTINATELY CRIES “DEATH TO THE U.S.”
November 3, 2010
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Webster’s New World Dictionary defines “obstinate” as “not will to give in or to change one’s mind: stubborn,” which directly and indirectly fits Ahmadinejad and the cry of his rally crowd.
Iran needs more time to develop a nuclear warhead and then create a sufficiently large deterrent nuclear arsenal. It will continue to use negotiation delaying tactics until this is completed.
I am convinced that Iran, Syria, Hizbullah, and Hamas are working together, with Turkey and Iraq standing in the wings, to strategically attack Israel when they are properly aligned tactically and logistically.
In 2007 I chose the time span for this scenario to occur at some point in time between 2010 and 2015. I do not believe the attack will occur this year, because they simply are not ready, but with each passing year the odds for an all out Middle East war will increase, and I am confident it will occur prior to 2015.
Begin Excerpt from ASSOCIATED PRESS AND JPOST.COM STAFF
Ahmadinejad: Western ‘arrogance’ will topple nuclear talks
By ASSOCIATED PRESS AND JPOST.COM STAFF
11/03/2010
Iranian president tells thousands at rally that world powers should stop being “obstinate;” crowd responds with chants of “death to the US.”
TEHERAN, Iran — Iran’s president said Wednesday that upcoming talks with six world powers about its disputed nuclear program
will fail if those nations continue along what he called a “path of arrogance.”
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s comments, made in an address to a crowd of thousands in northeastern Iran, cast doubt on any possible progress in talks that Teheran has said it is ready to hold with the six powers — the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany — sometime after Nov. 10.
“If you want to continue the previous path of arrogance … these people (the Iranian nation) will pursue you until you end up in hell,” Ahmad inejad said
in a speech broadcast live on state television.
The crowd, in the city of Bojnord, responded with chants of “death to the US.”
The UN Security Council imposed a fourth round of tough sanctions against Iran in June over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, which at higher levels of processing can be used to make the fissile core of warheads.
At the time, Ahmadinejad dismissed the UN sanctions as “annoying flies” and as useless as “used tissues.” In response, he said then that Iran would not hold talks with the West for at least two months to “punish” world powers.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, which handles the country’s nuclear negotiations, and the European Union’ s foreign policy chief, Catherine A
shton, are now exch
anging letters on the date and place of a new meeting.
On Wednesday, Ahmadinejad warned that the new talks will fail if the West seeks to impose tougher cond itions than those
Teheran rejected last year.
But the Iranian president said a compromise could be reached if Iran is respected.
“The best path for them (world powers) is to respect nations, stop being obstinate, get out of glass palaces and sit down like a polite boy and talk on the basis of justice and respect.
If they come like this, they may get results,” Ahmadinejad said.
“But if they come with arrogance and deception, the response of the Iranian nation is the same it has already given.”
At the same rally, Ahmadinejad condemned Russia’s decision not to supply Iran with S-300 missiles in accordance with a previous agreement on Wednesday.
He went on to accuse Russia of “selling out” to Iran’s enemies and said that in his eyes, the original deal is still valid and therefore should be carried out.
Begin Two Excerpts from Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert
Excerpt 1 – Los Angeles Times
European Diplomat Sees No Sign of Iran Altering Nuclear Goals
Paul Richter
Western powers’ strong new sanctions on Iran have so far failed to push Tehran’s leaders toward compromise on their disputed nuclear program, a senior European diplomat said Tuesday. The official said that although the economic punishments clearly have inflicted pain on Iran, there has been no signal from the country’s leaders that they are willing to yield ground to relieve the pressure. (Los Angeles Times)
Excerpt 2 – Reuters-New York Times
Iran Unlikely to Accept Nuclear Deal, Its Envoy Says
Iran’s envoy to the UN nuclear agency in Vienna on Tuesday dismissed a suggestion by the U.S. that Iran should agree to tougher conditions than those it rejected last year for a possible compromise on its nuclear program. Senior Obama administration officials said last week that the U.S. was prepared to revive an offer it made last year to ship Iran’s uranium to another country for enrichment, in a complex deal intended to ensure that Iran did not have access to enough highly enriched uranium to make a bomb.
When asked about reports that Iran would be asked to release about two tons of its uranium stockpile under a revised proposal, Iran’s envoy indicated that Tehran was unlikely to agree.
“I’m afraid there is no logic for these kind of statements,” he said. (Reuters-New York Times)
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