Russia warns U.S. against striking Iran

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Russia warns U.S. against striking Iran - Yahoo! News

Russia was worried about Vice President Dick Cheney's recent comment that "all options are on the table" to stop Tehran from becoming a nuclear power, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"We are concerned about the possibility of a military scenario," Lavrov was quoted as saying, in the government daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta. "We are observing a U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf. Such a buildup of forces always threatens to trigger a military conflict, even by accident."

Iran has ignored a U.N. deadline to halt the enrichment of uranium, which the U.S. says is part of a secret effort to build nuclear weapons. Enriched to a low level, uranium is used to produce nuclear fuel but highly enriched uranium can be used in an atomic bomb.

Russia has repeatedly spoken out against the use of military force against Iran, and has warned that harsh punishment would be counterproductive.

In December, Russia supported a U.N. Security Council resolution that imposed limited sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt enrichment, but only after the council dropped an initial proposal to impose curbs on a nuclear power plant Russia is building in Iran.

It almost sounds ironic that mother Russia with all her vitures would come and lecture us on military action.

 

[jujuman13]

The US has already destroyed one of the largest markets for Russian goods when it invaded Iraq.
Iran is but another client of Russia, she has no intention of seeing that market destroyed as well.
As to whether Russia would align itself with Iran were the US to attack Iran, that is problematical, but has to be taken into account.
In all probability, it would be an Israeli attack permitted and aided by the US on Iranian Nuclear installations.

However President Bush as well as Teflon Tony Blair are seemingly coming to their respective senses and realise that the War / Peace in Iraq can never be won, nor seen to be won without the assistance of both Iran and Syria.
One could have wished they had foreseen that neither of their respective governments had any clue as to how they would manage the aftermath of their war.
Their wish and prayers are devoted to trying to order things in Iraq such that they will be able to withdraw their troops without looking to be the idiots of the west.