Iran Nuclear Watch: President Bush and German Chancellor Merkel Urge U.N. Action on Iran

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington January 13, 2006. Bush said on Friday he was not going to prejudge what the United Nations Security Council would do if Iran is brought before the 15-member Council over its nuclear program.

ASSociated Press: Bush, Merkel Urge U.N. Action on Iran

President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stood together Friday in urging U.N. intervention if Iran does not retreat from a resumption of its nuclear program.

The world needs to “send a common message to Iran that their behavior … is unacceptable,” Bush said.

Merkel used similar words, and she also condemned statements by Iran’s leader challenging
Israel’s right to exist. “We will not be intimidated by a country such as Iran,” she said.

Make NO mistake……this is a SHOW. Germany will NEVER stand with the United States against Iran.

The Quotes:

Bush assailed what he called Iran’s efforts “to clandestinely develop a nuclear weapon, or using the guise of a civilian nuclear weapon program to get the know-how to develop a nuclear weapon.”

Taking the matter to the Security Council, as Germany, France and Britain recommended on Thursday, is the logical next step, Bush said.

“We want an end result to be acceptable, which will yield peace, which is that the Iranians not have a nuclear weapon in which to blackmail and-or threaten the world,” Bush said.

“It’s very important for non-transparent societies to not have the capacity to blackmail free societies,” Bush asserted.

In two years of difficult negotiations between European nations and Iran, “Iran refused every offer we made,” Merkel said.

The United States and Israel are ALONE with regards to Iran’s nuclear program.

Stay tuned…….

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