I still have a feeling the U.S. government is in a state in which it needs a coup d’etat to happen or better yet lets just use our rights and impeach Bush and Cheney. The U.S. will do something to Iran and cause a huge problem for the middle East.
Iran: Warned US 2 Yrs Ago If US Made `Mad Decision’ To Attack
UNITED NATIONS (AP)–Iran warned the U.S. two years ago that it would retaliate if the U.S. made a “mad decision” to attack the country, Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday.
Manouchehr Mottaki refused to disclose what Iran’s response would be and stressed that the government isn’t expecting U.S. President George W. Bush’s administration to launch an attack, although Washington has repeatedly said all options remain on the table.
“Our analysis is clear,” he said. “U.S. is not in a position to impose another war in our region against their taxpayers.”
At a news conference on the last day of the U.N. General Assembly’s ministerial meeting, Mottaki stressed again that “Iran is trying its best to avoid any confrontation in the region” and doesn’t need or want a nuclear bomb.
The Bush administration and others in the West have repeatedly voiced concern over Iran’s uranium enrichment program, arguing that it is aimed at producing nuclear weapons. Iran has vigorously rejected the claims, defying U.N. sanctions while stressing its program is a peaceful one.
Motaki said that every country - including Iran - must be prepared to defend itself.
“We have informed two years ago the Americans…what will happen if they make such mad decision against our country, and they know very well,” Mottaki said.
How would Iran retaliate? “The relevant people at that appropriate time will explain to their public opinion,” he said.
In the meantime, Mottaki said Iran is working with the International Atomic Energy Agency to answer questions about its nuclear program, though he said, “I don’t know how long it will take.”
In a setback for the U.S., Iran won a reprieve until November from new U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program Friday. The Bush administration and its European allies ceded to Russian and Chinese demands to give Tehran more time to address questions from the IAEA about its nuclear program, which the U.S. and others allege is a cover for nuclear weapons development.
Mottaki said the foreign ministers of the U.S., Russia, China, France, the U.K. and Germany finally took “a realistic approach to the issue” at Friday’s meeting and supported an initiative by IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei that led to the current cooperation with Iran.
“We do believe that the issue is considering now in its right and appropriate place, which is IAEA, and we do hope…this process does work appropriately,” he said.
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