i guess the message here is that only the american empire is allowed to have nukes

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0116iran16.html

Senators urge sanctions on Iran despite oil costs

Nedra Pickler Associated Press Jan. 16, 2006 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON - The prospect of higher energy prices should not stop the world from imposing sanctions against oil-rich Iran, U.S. senators said Sunday.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said sanctions will be tough but that Iran poses a greater danger to the United States than Iraq at this point and must be contained.

"If the price of oil has to go up, then that's a consequence we would have to suffer," McCain said on CBS' Face the Nation.

Iran restarted its research at a nuclear facility //recently after a two-year freeze. The Bush administration says Iran wants to make nuclear arms, and the United States is seeking harsh penalties through the U.N. Security Council.

But it's unclear if the United States has support from other Security Council members, particularly Russia and China. Iran is OPEC's second-largest producer, and trade restrictions could increase already high prices across the globe, even for nations that don't import oil from Iran.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Bush should do whatever he can to get support from Russia and China.

"They need stuff from us," Schumer said on Fox News Sunday. "They need trade. They need all kinds of assistance. We ought to play hardball with them."

McCain said it would be "abominable" for Russia and China to vote against sanctions. In that case, he said the United States should pursue them with other nations that are willing to support them.

Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., said penalties should be imposed as a response to Iran's "irresponsible" behavior. He pointed to Iran's announcement Sunday that it will hold a conference to examine evidence of the Holocaust. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called the Holocaust a "myth" and called for Israel to be wiped from the face of the earth.

"We cannot be intimidated by economic threats from their side," Lott said on CNN's Late Edition. "At the very minimum, we should go to the U.N. Security Council and . . . impose economic sanctions unless there's some dramatic change in the Iranian position."

Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., said President Bush should have dealt with threats from Iran years ago. He said Iran is the foremost sponsor of terrorism in the world and a "force for instability and death."

"I'm glad the president is finally speaking out about this, but for four long years they have ignored this problem," Bayh told CNN's Late Edition. "It has brought us to the position that we're in today. And it has undermined the national security interests of the United States."

In London, the European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, said he hoped united international pressure would force Tehran back into negotiations over its uranium enrichment activities.


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