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Qadaffy warns 'arrogant' Iran of military humiliation
 Libyan leader Moamer Qadaffy on Tuesday warned "arrogant" Iran that it faces military humiliation on the scale of Iraq for its refusal to respond to western powers over a nuclear impasse. "What Iran is doing stems simply from arrogance," Qadaffy said during a visit to Tunisia after Tehran ignored another western deadline to accept an incentives package in exchange for full transparency on its nuclear drive.
| That's why Muammar is still in business and Saddam is deader than Tut. |
Negotiators from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States -- who suspect Iran is seeking to build nuclear weapons capability -- have scheduled a conference call for Wednesday as the crisis deepens. "In the event of a decision against Iran, this country will suffer the same outcome as Iraq... Iran is not any stronger than Iraq and won't have the means to resist (a military attack) on its own," Qadaffy said. "The challenges are greater and exceed Iran's ability to reply," he added, speaking on the third day of his visit.
| I may have mentioned a time or two before: Iran and Iraq fought a 10-year war to a draw. It took the U.S. military 100 hours to defeat the Iraqi military in round one, a week or so in round two. |
Like Iran and Iraq before it, Libya was for years pressured by the west over its nuclear and chemical weapons ambitions and capabilities before finding common ground in 2003.
| Iran's only hope of some sort of military "parity" with the U.S. is nuclear weapons. It's also the shortest route to hell. |
Tehran has steadfastly refused to suspend its uranium enrichment activities, which it says are aimed only at producing fuel for nuclear power production. The United States and its allies fear the program is a cover for developing nuclear weapons.
Posted by: john frum 2008-08-06 |
