Thursday, February 18, 2010

Is The Time For Sanctions Running Out For Iran?



Why Sanctions Won't Beat Iran's Revolutionary Guards -- Time Magazine

On Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finally got around to acknowledging what a lot of people have known since Iran's contested election last June — there's been a military takeover in that country, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) grabbing every important lever of power. As Clinton put it during a televised town-hall meeting, "The Supreme Leader, the President [and] the parliament is being supplanted, and Iran is moving toward a military dictatorship."

No doubt one reason it took Clinton so long to admit that the mullahs have been forced to cede power to the IRGC, Iran's élite military force, is that Washington hates to be the bearer of bad news, especially news that moves us closer to war.

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More News On Iranian Sanctions

Iran sanctions raise Saudi doubts -- Al Jazeera
China 'a mystery' on Iran sanctions: Israeli UN envoy -- AFP
Q+A - Where does China stand on Iran sanctions? -- Reuters
Canada to use its G8 presidency to press for Iran sanctions: PM -- AFP
Kremlin says Iran sanctions cannot be excluded -- Reuters
Netanyahu: I'll press Moscow for Iran sanctions -- AP
Netanyahu visits Moscow to seek backing for Iran sanctions -- AFP
What Iran Sanctions Won't Do and What They Can Do -- World Defense Review

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