#5 Burns, huh? Why isn't this coming from Bolton? This is his turf. Probably the Bolton confirmation hearing thing - keeping him out of the spotlight while they X-ray Chaffee to see whether if he and the other Senate cowards have a spine, though I guess that's become pretty clear, of late.
This slow-motion dance is frustrating as hell, since it's obvious where this all will end, but it's just another box being checked off. Only a Diplo / State "professional" could maintain the pretense that it has any bearing upon reality. |
The United States expects Security Council agreement on UN sanctions against Iran within weeks unless Teheran does a last-minute turn and agrees to freeze uranium enrichment, a senior US State Department official said Friday. US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns additionally dismissed suggestions of cracks in the six-power coalition pushing Teheran to give up enrichment, in comments a day after those countries ended confidential discussion on Iran in the German capital. Burns said further talks were needed on how harshly to penalize Teheran for its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment, as demanded by the Security Council, but a lot of progress was made at those discussions.