Iran crosses red line, can enrich uranium up to 20pc grade

[Peter Presland]

Amazing. This is very much the same story as the US refusing to accept a deal offered by Saddam as they wanted to go to war with him.

And it proves, to my mind anyway, that the US and UK dearly want to occupy/regime change Iran in order to effect direct control over their oil.

It's the Gulf of Tonkin gambit all over again.

David

I could understand someone arguing that my intro to the EU (and identical US) response was a bit unfair. After all it DID also say that what was needed was for the offer to be made formally through the IAEA.

The point though is in the tone of the response. It is immediately confrontational, bossy, superior - 'VIP'-to-underling, Master-to-servant - smug, arrogant etc. EXACTLY the tone required to annoy and provoke anyone on the receiving end of it with an ounce of self-respect.

Rhetorical question: why could the response not be couched in encouraging terms; something like 'whilst the offer is most welcome it does also need to be made formal with appropriate documentation etc' - something like that?

The fact is, as you say, the WEST is absolutely determined on confrontation and I would like to know why the exact same confrontation should not be sought with Israel? (yet another rhetorical question of course)