Isn't that the typical American response to national leaders and governments that do not comply with our way of thinking? Isolation, Demonization, followed by sanctions, jackals and SWAT teams, and in the end, when none of that works, MILITARY ACTION.
Keep in mind, Iran is still pissed that the USA CIA took out their democratically elected leader in 1953 and replaced him with a friendly puppet so we could exploit their oil. They have every right to be pissed.
Will China step up to the international stage and put the USA back in its place? Will the USA collapse like the USSR after it was obvious their system didn't work? Have we not learned anything from history or than to repeat it?
Keep in mind, Iran is still pissed that the USA CIA took out their democratically elected leader in 1953 and replaced him with a friendly puppet so we could exploit their oil. They have every right to be pissed.
Will China step up to the international stage and put the USA back in its place? Will the USA collapse like the USSR after it was obvious their system didn't work? Have we not learned anything from history or than to repeat it?
Amplify’d from news.xinhuanet.com
EU countries call back ambassadors, threathen new sanctions against Iran after British embassy attack
English.news.cn 2011-12-01 06:32:18
Britain has already evacuated all its staff from Tehran and closed its embassy after a group of protestors broke into the embassy compound and burned British flags on Tuesday.
"As of the last few minutes, all out UK-based staff have now left Iran," British Foreign Secretary William Hague told reporters on Wednesday, " if any country makes it impossible for us to operate on their soil they cannot expect to have a functioning embassy here."
He added that he had ordered the immediate closure of the Iranian embassy in London and had demanded all its staff to leave the country within 48 hours, a move that could lead to further retaliations according to Iranian authorities.
Tuesday's incident was the most violent so far as relations between Iran and Britain deteriorated quickly over a report on the former's nuclear program by the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Britain announced last week that it was halting all transactions with Iran's financial system, including its central bank.
Iran's highest legislative body, the Guardian Council of the Constitution, retaliated by approving a bill to downgrade the diplomatic ties with Britain in response to its "hostile" policy against Iran.
According to Hague, however, Britain was not severing all relations with Iran entirely.
"This does not amount to the severing of diplomatic relations in their entirety. It is action that reduces our relations with Iran to the lowest level consistent with the maintenance of diplomatic relations," he said.
Meanwhile in Paris, French President Nicolas Sarkozy also condemned the "scandalous" attack on the British embassy.
French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero announced the ministry had decided to recall its ambassador to Iran for "consultations," and that the charge d'affaire of the Iranian embassy in Paris had been summoned by the French foreign ministry.
Similar moves was taken by Berlin, which described Tuesday's attack in Tehran as "unacceptable."
"In light of yesterday's events in Tehran, Foreign Minister (Guido)Westerwelle decided that the German ambassador in Iran should be recalled to Berlin for consultations," a statement from the German foreign ministry read, adding that it had summoned Iranian ambassador to Germany for the matter as Berlin acted in "solidarity" with London.
Norway on Wednesday said it had closed its embassy in Tehran, while Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said Rome was evaluating the situation to decide whether it would do the same.
FRESH SANCTIONS ON THE HORIZON
EU foreign ministers are scheduled to meet in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss a European reaction to the recent IAEA report which suggested that Iran has engaged in nuclear weapon-related research activities.
The nuclear watchdog, however, did not conclude that Tehran is currently attempting to develop such weapon.
Iran had dismissed the findings in the IAEA report as fabricated by Western countries and insisted the country's nuclear activities is purely for peaceful purposes.
But Tuesday's incident could provide extra ammunition to European governments pushing for stronger sanctions against Iran.
According to French government spokeswoman Valerie Pecresse, the attacks on the British embassy had "confirmed" French President Sarkozy's decision to impose news sanctions against Iran.
The sanctions could include freezing the assets of the Bank of Iran, and the embargo on Iranian oil exports, even though such a move could drive up the global crude oil prices while Europe is struggling on the brink of recession amid an escalating debt crisis.
The Dutch government is also in favor of sanctions against Iran, according to local media, whereas British Prime Minister David Cameron warned of "serious consequences" for Iran's failure to protect Britain's embassy staff.
"We will consider what these measures should be in the coming days," Cameron said on Tuesday.
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