Obama presses Iran & DPRK over nuclear programs

[Lankan Ranger]

Obama presses Iran & DPRK over nuclear programs

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday night ratcheted up pressure on Tehran and Pyongyang over their nuclear programs.

Delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Obama said that "because of a diplomatic effort to insist that Iran meet its obligations, the Iranian government now faces tougher and tighter sanctions than ever before."

"And on the Korean Peninsula, we stand with our ally South Korea, and insist that North Korea keeps its commitment to abandon nuclear weapons," Obama said in his prime television time address, which outlines his administration's priorities for the new year.

Nuclear programs of Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have been a top concern of the Obama administration. When he took office in January 2009, Obama adopted an engagement approach in dealing with the two states.

But standoff between Iran and the West escalated in 2010, leading to a fourth round of sanctions slapped on it by the UN Security Council in June, followed by separate sanctions by the United States, the European Union and other countries.

The latest round of talks between Iran and six world powers ended last weekend in Istanbul, Turkey, without even a plan for further talks. Iran demanded the world powers -- Britain, France, China, the U.S., Russia and Germany, to recognize its rights to develop nuclear program and enrich uranium as well as lift sanctions before talks.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said early this month that the sanctions were hurting Iran and called for more work on sanctions against Iran.

Pyongyang recently claimed it has built a highly sophisticated facility to enrich uranium, raising security concern in the region. It also expressed its willingness to return to the stalled six-party nuclear talks.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg arrived in Seoul Wednesday for talks over the DPRK's claimed uranium enrichment program.

Obama presses Iran, DPRK over nuclear programs

 

[Parashuram1]

American policy-makers need to re-think their strategy of forcing others in general. Though I highly disapprove of North Korean and Iranian nuclear weapons if at all (including all the nuclear weapons around the world in first place), the sanctions tatic is proving to be fruitless.

Ultimately, the common people suffer as a fallout.

 

[Obambam]

American policy-makers need to re-think their strategy of forcing others in general. Though I highly disapprove of North Korean and Iranian nuclear weapons if at all (including all the nuclear weapons around the world in first place), the sanctions tatic is proving to be fruitless.

Ultimately, the common people suffer as a fallout.

It is like selectively giving aid to the poor. In which case the rest will always seek ways to obtain their fair share, be it by stealing or killing. Sanctions never works.

US and co should be aware that sanctions will have more impact on the civilian population as a whole than its officials and military. The countries pressing for sanctions are not as pro human right as they try make themselves to be.

 

[Abii]

American policy-makers need to re-think their strategy of forcing others in general. Though I highly disapprove of North Korean and Iranian nuclear weapons if at all (including all the nuclear weapons around the world in first place), the sanctions tatic is proving to be fruitless.

Ultimately, the common people suffer as a fallout.

you and America can go finger each other

If you think any iranian gives a crap about any body else's taughts and opinions you are mistaken

 

[gambit]

It is like selectively giving aid to the poor. In which case the rest will always seek ways to obtain their fair share, be it by stealing or killing. Sanctions never works.

US and co should be aware that sanctions will have more impact on the civilian population as a whole than its officials and military. The countries pressing for sanctions are not as pro human right as they try make themselves to be.

What make you think we do not know that? Even in war, leaders of both stripes live and eat better than the people. The goal of a sanction program is to convince the leadership to change its behavior through non-military methods of persuasions, but that also mean the sanction program is voluntary, meaning China or anyone else can bypass sanction and support whoever country that is the target of the sanction program. A sanction program is not a blockade, the latter is an act of war.

 

[Abii]

What make you think we do not know that? Even in war, leaders of both stripes live and eat better than the people. The goal of a sanction program is to convince the leadership to change its behavior through non-military methods of persuasions, but that also mean the sanction program is voluntary, meaning China or anyone else can bypass sanction and support whoever country that is the target of the sanction program. A sanction program is not a blockade, the latter is an act of war.

go back to Vietnam or where ever the hell you came from.

 

[gambit]

go back to Vietnam or where ever the hell you came from.

Thanks for proving that racism is not confined to the KKK.

 

[Abii]

Thanks for proving that racism is not confined to the KKK.

Thanks for proving that self hate is very real. Instead of being proud of your own country and culture, you're trying to act American. Sorry, repeating their bull won't make your skin whiter.

 

[Brotherhood]

Thanks for proving that self hate is very real. Instead of being proud of your own country and culture, you're trying to act American. Sorry, repeating their bull won't make your skin whiter.

The worst part of such self-hating traitor is to glorify the Americans rightfulness of killing and abusing millions of his own people.

 

[gambit]

Thanks for proving that self hate is very real. Instead of being proud of your own country and culture, you're trying to act American. Sorry, repeating their bull won't make your skin whiter.

Then what are you doing in Canada? Ashamed of your country of origin?

 

[gambit]

The worst part of such self-hating traitor is to glorify the Americans rightfulness of killing and abusing millions of his own people.

Still cannot keep race out of any discussion...Another pathetic soul...

 

[Brotherhood]

Still cannot keep race out of any discussion...Another pathetic soul...

What race are you talking about? the most pathetic people on earth is the one thats feel shameful and inferior when his country of origin being mentioned.

 

[webber]

wahtever we say gambit feels racism

it's really his inferiority

pathetic guy don't even use his own flag