Monday January 18, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

On Saturday, in New York, the 5 permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany, also known as the Power of 6, met to discuss Iran.

The group made a decision to work on two tracks:
# 1: to move ahead on the political/diplomatic front
# 2: to intensify sanctions

On Sunday, the Iranians held a press conference to declare that the 5 plus Germany meeting was a failure. They proved their point by claiming that the decisions taken by the group were unreasonable.

The Power of 6 released their own statement saying that they spent most of the meeting trying to intensify the move toward sanctions.

It's all about spin
The Iranians are spinning and the Power of 6 is spinning.
But in the end, spin makes no difference at all.

The only way to bring sanctions against Iran is to have China call for those sanctions.
And China is not budging.

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