Clinton renews military threat against Iran

Clinton does a duet on the drums of war with Netanyahu as they plot a strike against Iran.The US have introduced new sanctions against 11 Iranian companies allegedly involved in defence projects. Sanctions are war by another means. Full text at link.

During her visit to Israel yesterday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton renewed the threat of a US attack on Iran. After meeting with top Israeli leaders, she declared: “We will use all elements of American power to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon.” That obviously includes America’s massive military firepower.

Responsibility for the failure of three summits rests squarely with the US and its European allies. They have effectively delivered an ultimatum to Iran to end uranium enrichment to the 20 percent level, ship its stockpile of that material out of the country and shut down its Fordow enrichment plant.

Washington has flatly dismissed Iranian demands that economic sanctions be ended or eased, and that its right under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes be recognised. Clinton yesterday ruled out any concessions: “I made very clear that the proposals that we have seen from Iran thus far within the P5+1 negotiations are non-starters.”