I couldn't help but resist the temptation to say that another country that has friendly relations with the US, is not only thinking on thier feet, but also is not siding with this idea that Iran has nuclear weapons.
And that's said in consideration that the US itself has asserted that, that country's government has stated that they don't have any direct evidence, only that they are going on assumptions;
That above qoute was taken from this AJE article:.....Asked what evidence the US has to suggest that Iran has begun pursuing nuclear weapons, PJ Crowley, the US state department spokesman, told Al Jazeera that Washington can only "assume" so based on Iran's actions.....
And I did discuss this article here on the forums at this link if your interested in reviewing it. IT is a lengthy review, but does reveal some interesting info that I dug up
...cool, eh??
Anyways,....let's begin this article from the BBC, shall we...
Like I briefly mentioned above, someone is thinking on thier feet and is not going with the tide that the US has developed. Seems like Brazil has decided to think independantly......unlike some other countries that could be thought of.Brazil will not bow to pressure from the US to support further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear work, the country's foreign minister has said.
Well good for Brazil, that's for sure.
firstly, the article does mention that sanctions against Iran were in discussion; however, it also makes mention of this:.......Mr Amorim ( that country's foreign minister) said: "We will not simply bow down to an evolving consensus if we do not agree.
"We have to think by ourselves and with our values and principles," he said.
That most likely would refer to economic trade issues and ties, I would imagine. And most likely, Brazil want's to maintain those economic ties.......Washington wants Brazil, which enjoys good ties with Iran to support its push for a fourth round of UN sanctions against Tehran over its refusal to stop enriching uranium,
Here's an idea of what I mean:
Wikipedia LinkIran ranks second in the world in natural gas reserves and also second in oil reserves. It is OPEC's 2nd largest oil exporter. It has the potential to become an energy superpower
you can also imagine how important Brazil is to Iran:
here's what I mean:'
impeding foreign investment also hurts the people in a country...economically that is. It tends to decrease employment rates for one thing:....The most formidable hurdle facing Iran's economy remains its continuing isolation from the international community. This isolation has hampered the short- and long-term growth of its markets, restricted the country's access to high technology, and impeded foreign investment
.....The rates of both literacy and life expectancy in Iran are high for the region, but so, too, is the unemployment rate, and inflation is regularly in the range of 20 percent annually. Iran remains highly dependent on its one major industry, the extraction of petroleum and natural gas for export,
yOU know..I don't agree at all that the US states emphatically that Iran is desring to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons programs.SOURCE:
"Iran." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010.
Most especially when the UN itself has stated that Iran only has about less then 5 % of enriched Uranium. And one needs more than 5% of enriched Uranium to manufacture nuclear weapons.
You know what this is about.....??
I've mentioned this before and I'll voice my opinion again...it's about a special club that desires to remain exclusive and in additon to everything that happens in Israel. Where Israel is, who it's allied partners are, why it gets the massive funding from abroad, and so on and so on.....
according to the BBC article, Iran states this:
IMO, for power development, not necessarily for weapons building. Most especially when you need far, far more percentage of enriched uranium to build nuclear weapons.....Tehran says the uranium is being enriched to provide fuel for nuclear power reactors it envisages building.
That's according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
one other thing....
Did you read that...??The US state department has said if Brazil uses its relationship with Iran to press the country to fulfil its international obligations then that would be an important step, but if it did not do that, Washington would be "disappointed".
Dissapointed.
In what way, I imagine??
Well, considering the large footprint that the US has and the strength of it's influence, one can only imagine, yes??
I have a funny idea that the reason that statement was made was to pressure Brazil to do the US's bidding. Would you agree?
I mean, in consideration of what I just mentioned re: the US's strong influence in virtually all regions of the globe and making political-speak that it want's Brazil to co-operate on this issue and see it from the US's perspective, I would tend to see that as a statement that Brazil needs go get on the 'right' bandwagon....from the perspective of the US, that is.
and if it doesn't agree to what the US want's...then I am going to guess that would mean economic distances could envelope, trade issues and disputes would begin, trade would decrees for Brazil with the US and so on and so on...The US has a way to always want what it wants, yes??
Kind of like a little baby crying 'mama, I want this. I want that'
I don't agree with that at all.
Countries, like people, have the inherent right and privilege to be independent. Don't you agree??
Here's the link to the BBC:
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