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| 'No Alternative to Diplomacy in Resolving Iranian Crisis' |
| 2006-04-27 |
| Russia and Germany agree that there is no alternative but to rely on diplomacy and politics to resolve the crisis over IranÂ’s nuclear program. A statement from Russian Foreign Ministry reports that Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, LavrovÂ’s German counterpart, met in the Siberian town of Tomsk for a joint program by the Russian-German Business Council. The statement said the two days of meetings between the two ministers are meant to outline a coordinated position on IranÂ’s nuclear program. Both Russia and Germany rule out alternatives other than diplomacy and politics in the enforcement of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, as well as in resolving the crisis over IranÂ’s nuclear program. The deadline set by the United Nations Security Council for Iran to meet demands over its nuclear program will end on Friday. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #16 War, is diplomacy by other means Actually, DV, the statement is almost a direct quote taken from Carl von Clausewitz's seminal work On War. Bismark was simply quoting an oft-ignored master (Clausewitz is often ignored in favor of others such as Sun Tzu, but he is recognized amongst western military historians as one of the true masters of the art of war - his work is far more detailed, literate, and studied than Sun Tzu could ever have imagined). |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-04-27 23:23 |
| #15 It might as well be gunboat, Gromgoru. It's not as if anybody is listening to anyone else. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-04-27 22:38 |
| #14 Gunboat diplomacy? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-04-27 22:21 |
| #13 are those Knee (Planning) Pads? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-04-27 21:44 |
| #12 Um, Zenster, Eric already mentioned Diplomacy. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-04-27 20:59 |
| #11 I suppose it would be flagrantly off topic for me to mention the complete, near-perfect condition (box lid torn at one corner) Diplomacy game I purchased at the local thrift shop for a whopping $8.00. All it needs are more planning pads. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-04-27 19:54 |
| #10 Diplomacy? As in this, I guess: USA: A Kuwait - Teheran F Persian Gulf C A Kuwait-Teheran A Bagdad S A Kuwait - Teheran Iran: Russia: A Moscow H France: A Paris disbands |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-04-27 19:31 |
| #9 "Now, Russia says there is "no choice" but diplomacy." Now France is even more culturally advance. 'No choice but surrender.' |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-04-27 17:56 |
| #8 "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock." Will Rogers |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-04-27 17:06 |
| #7 "Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week." will Rogers |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-04-27 17:02 |
| #6 As usual, Europe cautiously backs itself into the charnel house one more time. F*ck them all, sideways. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-04-27 15:49 |
| #5 Now, Russia says there is "no choice" but diplomacy. But if Iran threw a nuclear missile at Russia, Russia would have "no choice" but nuclear retaliation. One bad choice leads to another bad choice. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-04-27 14:30 |
| #4 War, is diplomacy by other means. - Bismark |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-04-27 13:27 |
| #3 Of course war, and bombing them back to the stone age, is also a form of 'Diplomacy'. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-04-27 13:09 |
| #2 Didn't Russia and Germany try to solve a world crisis with diplomacy in about '39 or so? I'm not sure I'm interested in their advice on the subject. |
| Posted by: VAMark 2006-04-27 13:01 |
| #1 For them |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-04-27 12:40 |