Iran: We’ll get back to you … in two months
posted at 1:14 pm on June 21, 2006 by Allahpundit
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Captain Ed is vexed:
Ahmadinejad’s request has nothing to do with analyzing the package; he simply wants to stall as long as possible. August 22nd comes exactly two months from tomorrow, contradicting Bush’s insistence on “weeks, not months” for a substantive response. It’s so silly and childish that one wonders what else of significance might happen in the nine weeks between now and his proposed deadline. Could the Iranians be that close to starting a massive cascade of centrifuges that could produce weapons-grade uranium by that date?
Maybe. Get a load of what’s being reported by Jane’s, via the Daily Times of Pakistan:
Janes’s quoted German, EU and US officials as saying that Iran has built an equivalent, if not larger, network than [A.Q.] Khan’s to supply prohibited goods for its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. Tehran has principally been seeking material from European and Russian firms and has included some of the Khan middlemen in the process. In doing so, Iran’s new network is exploiting many of the same weaknesses and loopholes of the system that Khan’s associates used.
Not surprising, all things considered. Still, I doubt the extra nine weeks means much to their operational capacity; more likely, for the most popular man in Iran and the Arab world, it’s all about prestige. Every middle finger he extends towards the west seems to earn him a few more approval points. The only surprise is that he didn’t attribute the delay to his needing more time to debunk the Holocaust. That’s how you really endear yourself to the locals.
That’s too depressing a note to end on, so here’s video from MEMRI of an Iranian boy band serenading the country’s World Cup team — which was eliminated a couple of days ago. An Iranian MP wants parliamentary hearings over their poor showing, thus proving once again that Middle Eastern politicians take their soccer very, very seriously.
Click to watch.
Updated: Semi-related: Ghana’s gone groveling to the Jew-hating Arab League.
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If you didn’t think the Iranians were evil hten
Making clones of the Backstreet Boys proves it
Defector01 on June 21, 2006 at 1:28 PM
When they clone Dixie Chicks then they are real evil.
easy87us on June 21, 2006 at 1:32 PM
Hmmm. Soccer. Er, football. Whatever.
Has it occurred to anyone else that if our national soccer team ever became a World Cup contender, it would probably spark WWIII?
Professor Blather on June 21, 2006 at 1:34 PM
I don’t think our team would be able to get there without being sucked dry by the French demanding to take three gallon of urin-e sample from each player.
See what they have done to Armstrong.
easy87us on June 21, 2006 at 1:40 PM
Legs of the lions? Nah. Eye of the tiger, baby.
Evilwhiteguy on June 21, 2006 at 2:20 PM
I think a couple of cruise missiles pooping over the sites of their centrifuges dropping leaflets with the message:
“We suggest you get back with us TOMORROW!”
“This has been a test of the U.S. Military; if this had been an actual emergency, there would be a giant crater from multiple 28,000 pound bunker busters where you are now standing.”
Mike O on June 21, 2006 at 2:47 PM
Nothing Like Dirt-bag boy bands from 3rd world countries… Lord help any woman who has a “Wardrobe Malfunction” in one of those countries!!!!
havok on June 21, 2006 at 3:13 PM
Didn’t Saddam at one time executed a few of his soccer players for bad performances that resulted in a loss of his personal soccer team?
Kokonut on June 21, 2006 at 3:16 PM
Kokonut
It was one of his damn sons that murdered and tortured soccer players as well as olympians
Wonder if that will happen in Iran considering their horrible performance
Defector01 on June 21, 2006 at 3:47 PM
Muslim Disco?! *shudder*
Now I’ll have to listen to Connie again.
:-(
speed647 on June 21, 2006 at 3:58 PM
Is there anyone here that does not think Iran is deliberately stalling for time as they develop their nuclear weapons for export to a proxy for definite use? No one should be surprised to Israel disappear in a nuclear explosion in the next 24 months the way is going.
I believe that Iran is also stalling as another way of flipping the bird at their favorite enemy – the United States. (Big Surprise!)
I really hope that when push comes to shove and the Iranians do not stop their nuclear program the United States really does knock them into the Stone Age. It may just happen that way if they continue on this course of action.
omegaram on June 21, 2006 at 5:31 PM
….You forgot to add, “This is only a test.”
Regardless, I think you hit the nail on the head on this one….might want to add in the leaflets, “P.S., the 12th Iman isn’t coming…get over it and join the rest of the world in the 21st century!”
Terlizzi999 on June 21, 2006 at 6:29 PM
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