Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Israel: Potential for crippling sanctions against Iran are "grim"

"The chances now seem grim regarding sanctions that will be crippling," Ambassador Gabriela Shalev
So says the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, basing it on the fact that China and Russia are more interested in focusing on diplomacy. This leads to the question of whether these countries, as well as others that oppose sanctions, are really interested in preventing Iran from attaining a nuclear capability.

Understanding that  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for wiping Israel off of the face of the earth, it would appear that this is the country that stands with the most to lose. The three sets of sanctions that have been imposed by the United Nations have not worked, so it is naive to believe that either sanctions or diplomacy will work this time either...

Read the full story at the Examiner.

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