We could get more support from inside with the Iranian people by offering some help instad of sanctions right now. I remember that they offered help with Katrina.

Or even wants an Iran which rolls over and presents its belly for evisceration.

Certain interests WANT WAR. And war they will have.

Lindy England, the Stryker team, all those little horror stories of Americans behaving badly. ALL DELIBERATE.

Not in the sense that those individuals were ordered to go out and do the things they did. But because it's been known for decades if not centuries, EXACTLY how groups with a collective identity will behave if left to their own devices and oversight is withheld.

Sending condolences for the loss of life, the United States has offered assistance to the earthquake-hit Iran.

“We stand ready to offer assistance in this difficult time,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said yesterday.

“The American people send the Iranian people our deepest condolences for the loss of life in the tragic earthquake in north-western Iran,” he said.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article3761492.ece

Iran Declines U.S. Aid Offer After Earthquake

The U.S. has offered disaster assistance to Iran in the wake of a devastating earthquake that left more than 300 people dead, but an Iranian official declined the offer.

“The American people send the Iranian people our deepest condolences for the loss of life in the tragic earthquake in northwestern Iran,” a White House statement said. “Our thoughts are with the families of those who were lost, and we wish the wounded a speedy recovery. We stand ready to offer assistance in this difficult time.”

Iran, however, declined the help, saying it was handling the matter internally. “We will carry out relief work by relying on our domestic potential,” Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar told Bloomberg.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/iran-declines-u-s-aid-offer-after-earthquake-20120813

having solid and non confrontational relations with Russia is more important than relations with Israel and the poster above makes an excellent point about offering assistance to Iran in the wake of the earthquake.

Most of the rest of the UN members as well support sanctions.

And as noted above, the US has offered assistance to Iran in the wake of the earthquake and Iran declined.

First my thoughts and prays go out to the victims of the Iranian Earthquake. On the political side of this story that will be left for another time and place. Also I read recently that the United States Navy rescued some Iranian sailors when their boat caught on fire.

post in general discussion

Moscow: Russia and China should be told that they will pay a price for their support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said at a meeting on Syria.

http://news.in.msn.com/international/russia-china-must-pay-for-supporting-assad-clinton

she what that price was and who with any credibility is likely to tell them that price.