Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Russia Cautions Sanctions Against Iran

The push toward some kind of action against Iran and its nuclear program hit another speed bump last week. Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov warned the French to exercise caution in considering the use of unilateral sanctions against Iran. Al Jazeera reported that Bernard Kouchner, French foreign minister, recently stated that the world should prepare for a possible war with Iran.

This talk of war with Iran seems to fit in with the more hawkish members of the US Congress and the Bush administrations threatening words to Iran. Strange how the French, once characterized as “cheese eating surrender monkeys” are now hawks lined up with the Bush administration.

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