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The cables said the ONA sought a balanced view of Tehran as a sophisticated diplomatic player rather than one liable to behave impulsively or irrationally.
WikiLeaks has provoked fury in Washington with its publications of secret U.S. cables and has vowed to make public details of the 250,000 secret U.S. documents it had obtained.
Originally posted by Misoir
www.reuters.com...
Australia is at odds with its major security ally the United States over Iran, saying it is not a "rogue state" and its nuclear weapons program is for deterrence, not attack, according to U.S. cables released by WikiLeaks.
The documents, published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Monday, also reveal that Australia's top security organization believes Tehran sees a "grand bargain" with the United States as its best way to ensure national security.
I found this quite interesting:
The ONA was also concerned that nuclear proliferation in the Middle East may drive Southeast Asian nations to pursue their own nuclear capabilities.
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This is interesting to know that Australia is willing to defend Iran and be at odds with the United States on the entire issue. Saying Iran is in fact not a ‘rogue state’ Australia basically saying that Iran and their nuclear development is not a threat or provocation to the West. So who then do they believe is causing the tensions in the ME? Could Australia be suggesting that the tensions there could be caused by Israel and in fact not Iran?
Either way Australia has courage to stand up against the US on such a heated international issue.
Originally posted by mayabong
most americans can't find Iran on a map. Anyone who thinks Iran is a threat watches too much Zionist media.
What it might do is release some kind of nuclear device to one of the terrorist organizations it supports. This doesn't have to happen with the authorization and knowledge of the government, or even Iran's leaders.. All that's needed is someone in the system that's willing wreak havoc.
All they have to do is let the U.N inspect them to make sure they're making a power plant, is all.. What's the big frickin' deal?
21, Monday. Inspectors in Iran. The IAEA confirmed that on 10 June 2010 it received a letter from Iran objecting to the designation of two IAEA safeguards inspectors. Press Statement
Originally posted by Misoir
This is interesting to know that Australia is willing to defend Iran and be at odds with the United States on the entire issue. Saying Iran is in fact not a ‘rogue state’ Australia basically saying that Iran and their nuclear development is not a threat or provocation to the West. So who then do they believe is causing the tensions in the ME? Could Australia be suggesting that the tensions there could be caused by Israel and in fact not Iran?
Either way Australia has courage to stand up against the US on such a heated international issue.
Originally posted by freakgenius
haha, our sidekick. i always thought that was canada. anyway, for an island of marooned murderers and rapists you would think that you guys would be more aggressive. hey, just kidding,
Originally posted by squirelnutz
Wait, so they don't even have nukes, but they think it's ok for Iran to develop them???
That seems a lil fishy
Let's just say this- If Israel could have used a nuclear bomb on Gaza (which it can) would it? If Hamas could have used a nuclear bomb on Tel Aviv would it?