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ElBaradei: 'All Is Not Well With the IAEA'

World | Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:40:27 am PDT

The UN’s blind, toothless nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, says Iran just might be trying to get nuclear weapons ... and “all is not well with the IAEA.”

What was your first clue, Captain Obvious?

VIENNA, Austria - A six-year probe of Iran has failed to rule out the possibility that the country may be running clandestine nuclear programs, the chief U.N nuclear inspector said Monday, urging the country to end its secretive ways.

Mohammed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, also warned a 145-nation conference that his organization is increasingly stretched in trying to monitor responsibilities that include nonproliferation in countries like Iran and preventing terrorists from acquiring the bomb.

“All is not well with the IAEA,” ElBaradei said, asking the opening session of the agency’s general conference for more money and authority.

Right, because this pesky nuclear proliferation thing can all be solved by giving more money to an organization that has utterly failed in every single case.

Meanwhile, Islamic nations, seeing Iran on the brink of the Bomb, think it’s a good time to ratchet up the pressure on Israel.

Arab countries, backed by Iran and frustrated over Israel’s refusal to put its nuclear program under international purview, are pushing to force a vote for the third year running.

After losing the vote two consecutive years, Islamic nations are threatening to up the ante this year, warning they will call for a ballot on every item, no matter how uncontroversial.

Let’s give them more money!

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1 Irene NYC  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:41:12am

No shit Sherlock.

2 Oh no...Sand People!  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:42:31am

Good thing Ramadan is almost over...

3 Joan Not of Arc  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:42:34am

Those money-grubbing, spineless bootlickers! When will anyone stand up to Iran and North Korea?!

4 Irene NYC  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:42:37am

But let's not throw good money after bad. No amount of money will fix the IAEA.

5 Abu Bin Squid  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:43:12am

Shall I forward my LGF/Zionist check to the UN?

6 victor_yugo  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:44:07am

Dammit, I was gonna say "no shit, Sherlock," but Irene beat me (and everyone else) to the punch!

7 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:45:37am
Right, because this pesky nuclear proliferation thing can all be solved by giving more money to an organization that has utterly failed in every single case.

Throwing money into grossly negligent and corrupt organization so they can try and fix their own fuck ups seem to be all the rage nowadays.

8 laZardo  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:47:16am

re: #2 Oh no...Sand People!

And as it happens, I don't have school tomorrow. 8D

9 laZardo  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:47:28am

re: #8 laZardo

Or technically, today. >_>

10 cliffster  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:48:08am

I have an idea, let's give them $100 Billion! That's fix the problem!

11 WitchDoctor  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:48:14am

This "League of Extraordinary Democratic Gentlemen Nations" or whatever McCain calls it is looking better every single minute.

12 Silhouette  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:48:28am
warning they will call for a ballot on every item, no matter how uncontroversial.

It's FUN to give dictatorships votes in assemblies along side democracies.

13 obscured by clouds  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:48:39am

If Obama gets elected, may be we could divert some of the UN-bound, US paid, "global poverty tax" to the IAEA. Maybe that would do the trick. Regardless, the problem is money! They need more money!

/

14 ErnieG  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:48:50am

To paraphrase a line from Walt Kelly, IAEA and ElBaradei couldn't see lumps in a lump factory.

15 Quilly Mammoth  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:48:51am

Six years and they can't tell one way or another? I'd err on the side of caution and call it real.

16 opnion  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:49:07am

Wait, I'm confused. Didn't Iran say that they just wanted a peaceful nuclear project for energy? You know, all of that oil, they would just like to give to the West & they can't do that without an alternate energy source. See , no problem.

17 MandyManners  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:49:31am

Don't worrry! He'll save the day!

18 Sharmuta  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:49:36am

And in other news, water is wet.

19 realwest  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:50:20am

HEY ALL Y'ALL - On the prior thread I couldn't get the ratings to work, nor could I post a comment - when I came to THIS THREAD I had to log in again for like the 4th time today!
What's up with that?!

20 Fat Jolly Penguin  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:50:36am

When asked, Dinnerjacket will respond, "No, we don't have that phenomenon in Iran."

21 Silhouette  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:51:05am
A six-year probe of Iran has failed to rule out the possibility that the country may be running clandestine nuclear programs

Somewhere, right now, a moonbat is reading that and thinking, "They didn't prove that Iran HAS a program either. You can't prove a negative, but after 6 years of looking, they'd have found a program if there was one.

This is all a Bush lie to justify more killing of brown people."

22 Desert Dog  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:51:06am

It won't matter. In a few months, when President Obama meets the Iranians, without preconditions, they will voluntarily give up all this nuclear nonsense. And, the birds will sing louder, the sun will shine brighter, and unicorns will dance in fields of flowers...all will be right again.

23 laZardo  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:52:01am

Heading to bed. G'night.

24 Sharmuta  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:52:54am

I know! We should sit down and try to understand them.

////////

25 Silhouette  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:53:43am
26 x-ray  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:53:56am

What did Dinnerjacket's check bounce?

27 karmic_inquisitor  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:54:14am

Q: What is the difference between Inspector Clouseau and Mohammed ElBaradei?

A: One is a bumbling detective who is easily flattered by criminals and tends to make a mess of everything he does.

The other is French.

28 Desert Dog  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:55:07am

re: #25 Silhouette

OT - How did your representative vote on the bailout?

Wow, all 8 of the Arizona delegation voted no. 4 Dems and 4 Repubs. I would guess for different reasons though

29 Fat Jolly Penguin  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:55:20am

re: #23 laZardo

Heading to bed. G'night.

Weet dreams...

30 wright1  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:55:40am

I just heard some idiot on NPR who is a so-called expert on this subject that says we must sit down with the Iranians - they just want respect. Moreover, they have a million man army and state of the art weaponry.


Also that we should send Jim Baker.

Well, I say you are not given respect for bad behavior. Moreover, the aims of this theocratic state ahave designs on what they percieve to be the next world, not this one.

31 Hooray for Captain Spaulding  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:56:40am
What was your first clue, Captain Obvious?

Love it!

He already knew this. He isnt ignorant, he is evil.

32 Sharmuta  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:57:34am

I thought I read ol' Mo was calling it quits. What scares me is that we could end up getting a new head of the IAEA that's even more incompetent than El Baradei.

33 Desert Dog  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:57:56am

re: #27 karmic_inquisitor

Q: What is the difference between Inspector Clouseau and Mohammed ElBaradei?

A: One is a bumbling detective who is easily flattered by criminals and tends to make a mess of everything he does.

The other is French.

Inspector Clouseau usually caught the bad guy too, even if only by dumb luck

34 Desert Dog  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:59:22am

re: #30 wright1

I just heard some idiot on NPR who is a so-called expert on this subject that says we must sit down with the Iranians - they just want respect. Moreover, they have a million man army and state of the art weaponry.


Also that we should send Jim Baker.

Well, I say you are not given respect for bad behavior. Moreover, the aims of this theocratic state ahave designs on what they percieve to be the next world, not this one.

Those weapons would do good against the UAE or Iraq.....They would be blown to bits if they decide to test our meddle

35 Fat Jolly Penguin  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 10:59:31am

Who is on the left in this picture?

36 opnion  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:00:02am

re: #19 realwest

HEY ALL Y'ALL - On the prior thread I couldn't get the ratings to work, nor could I post a comment - when I came to THIS THREAD I had to log in again for like the 4th time today!
What's up with that?!


Real, there are powerful forces working against you ,to silence your voice.
Now more than ever, we need your voice. Stop the madness!
How ya doin?

37 Eowyn2  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:00:49am

re: #5 Abu Bin Squid

Shall I forward my LGF/Zionist check to the UN?


nay! it will only provide them with proof of our complicity.

38 freedombilly  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:01:41am

Maybe Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi could organize an IAEA bailout!

39 Desert Dog  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:03:26am

re: #36 opnion

Real, there are powerful forces working against you ,to silence your voice.
Now more than ever, we need your voice. Stop the madness!
How ya doin?

My vote is the Obama truth squad.....doing their best to silence it, conceal it, cloud it and prefabricate it

40 samsgran1948  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:03:35am

OT: Charles, for the past several days, LGF has been taking forever and a day to load. I use IE 7.0.5 No other sites that I visit take this long to load. Thanks.

41 realwest  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:03:37am

re: #36 opnion Hey my friend - they won't silence me - although the undocumented workers using the leaf blowers (for moving the newly cut grass around) under my window are sure as hell trying to silence me! LOL!

42 looking closely  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:03:37am

Has the IAEA ever prevented anyone from obtaining nuclear weapons?

43 rightwinger3  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:04:17am

re: #32 Sharmuta

I thought I read ol' Mo was calling it quits. What scares me is that we could end up getting a new head of the IAEA that's even more incompetent than El Baradei.

Sharm, How hard is that to do? I know absolutely nothing about nukes except maybe they are bad when they go boom. I still think that I could do a better job than Elbaradei because he doesn't seem like he knows even that much.

44 Eowyn2  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:04:24am

re: #30 wright1

I just heard some idiot on NPR who is a so-called expert on this subject that says we must sit down with the Iranians - they just want respect. Moreover, they have a million man army and state of the art weaponry.


Also that we should send Jim Baker.

Well, I say you are not given respect for bad behavior. Moreover, the aims of this theocratic state ahave designs on what they percieve to be the next world, not this one.


Did they give any reason for sending Baker?

45 scottishbuzzsaw  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:04:37am

re: #35 Fat Jolly Penguin

Who is on the left in this picture?

Looks like Steve Forbes?

46 Desert Dog  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:05:02am

re: #35 Fat Jolly Penguin

Who is on the left in this picture?

Mitch McConnell and some other guy....looks familiar though

47 scottishbuzzsaw  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:05:54am

re: #46 Desert Dog

Mitch McConnell and some other guy....looks familiar though

Whoops...not Forbes...the other guy is Judd Gregg if I'm not mistaken...again.

48 realwest  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:06:03am

re: #40 samsgran1948
Charles changed his filters (the ones to block out spam or spybots, iirc) and ever since, LGF has been inundated with Visitors and with more and more "hatchlings" coming on board and commenting, Charles needs to give the hamsters steroids right now - the IOC be damned!

49 rightwinger3  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:06:09am

re: #46 Desert Dog

Isn't that Mr. Bean?

50 opnion  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:06:18am

re: #39 Desert Dog

My vote is the Obama truth squad.....doing their best to silence it, conceal it, cloud it and prefabricate it


Ah hah! Just like them.

51 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:06:25am

re: #35 Fat Jolly Penguin

Who is on the left in this picture?

Mitch McConnell?

52 NC State of Mind  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:06:35am

re: #47 scottishbuzzsaw

Whoops...not Forbes...the other guy is Judd Gregg if I'm not mistaken...again.

Haha. I thought it was Steve Forbes too.

53 realwest  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:07:05am

re: #42 looking closely
No.

54 Fat Jolly Penguin  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:07:26am

re: #46 Desert Dog

re: #47 scottishbuzzsaw

Thanks!

55 realwest  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:08:23am

Well y'all I gotta go eat some lunch - hope you all have a great day and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

56 HoosierHoops  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:08:38am

re: #41 realwest

Hey my friend - they won't silence me - although the undocumented workers using the leaf blowers (for moving the newly cut grass around) under my window are sure as hell trying to silence me! LOL!


See the whole thing is..Well Charles posted on this..
He was just messing with you and wanted us to have a few laughs at your expense.
It was a slow day and we had a good time watching him log you out..then you'd log in..and sure enough..we'd all start giggling and he would log you out again.. The moving the mouse on you right before you would click Reply was a classic..
/

57 bosforus  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:09:12am
his organization is increasingly stretched in trying to monitor responsibilities that include nonproliferation in countries like Iran and preventing terrorists from acquiring the bomb.

Two words: Operation Opera.

58 experiencedtraveller  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:11:48am

OK... who hit Mo'elBar with da' cluebat?

59 Pyrocles  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:13:13am

Knowing NPR, he's probably one of Obama's 300 foreign policy advisors.

re: #30 wright1

I just heard some idiot on NPR who is a so-called expert on this subject that says we must sit down with the Iranians - they just want respect. Moreover, they have a million man army and state of the art weaponry.


Also that we should send Jim Baker.

Well, I say you are not given respect for bad behavior. Moreover, the aims of this theocratic state ahave designs on what they percieve to be the next world, not this one.

60 Ward Cleaver  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:15:50am
“All is not well with the IAEA,” ElBaradei said, asking the opening session of the agency’s general conference for more money and authority.

Instead, how about giving him a one-way ticket to Nowhereistan?

61 wright1  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:16:35am

re: #44 Eowyn2


No - but he always appears to be the useful idiot cited.

62 mattm  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:19:37am

Let's just throw more money at the IAEA for workbribes.

63 ArmyWife  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:26:38am

re: #17 MandyManners

Did he get peck implants?

64 opnion  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:28:36am

re: #41 realwest

Hey my friend - they won't silence me - although the undocumented workers using the leaf blowers (for moving the newly cut grass around) under my window are sure as hell trying to silence me! LOL!


Right on!

65 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:30:55am

re: #35 Fat Jolly Penguin

Who is on the left in this picture?

I don't know, but I think he has a pretty good case for sexual harassment against the guy on the right.

66 alegrias  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:36:26am

Hezbollah approves of ElBaradei's message.

(Fire him now.)

67 sandspur  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:54:03am
68 CommonSense  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 11:58:21am

How thick is the wool already?

69 hazzyday  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 12:02:59pm

More John Bolton please

70 hazzyday  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 12:05:54pm

re: #30 wright1

Respect is not what they want. The NPR idiot is clueless. They want power and influence in the Middle East and beyond. They will lie, cheat, and steal to get their way. We can't send naive moonbats against them for negotiations.

71 CommonCents  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 12:25:50pm
Islamic nations are threatening to up the ante this year, warning they will call for a ballot on every item, no matter how uncontroversial

Oh No! Not the ballot!

Pandering dhimmis unite by surrending their territorial "integrity" and right to exist in order to NOT have to vote. Makes alotta sense.

72 nyc redneck  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 12:36:40pm

everyone knows what iran is up to.
and we know their intended first target.
because they never quit telling us.
the question is who will stop iran from getting nukes before it's too late.

73 freeus  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 1:32:34pm

Someone in the past week suggested that Israel is not strong enough military wise to strike back. And that politically the nation is not stable enough to strike at the nuke sites. So much has gone on that I apologize for forgetting who said it. With Livni in and this being a possibility, it looks to me like Bibi needs to get it in gear because I know he would strike. But what I have found disturbing is that those in the know are saying WE do not want Israel to strike if need be! Arutz Sheva has had some reports on this.

If McCain wins, I sure hope Bolton gets back into this mix. I think the bad dudes do not like him and that is a good thing!

74 Mr Spiffy  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 3:03:00pm

re: #17 MandyManners

Don't worrry! He'll save the day!

Didn't work for Kerry--
but then again he didn't have the lapel pin suit*.

* that Capt. O wouldn't salute

75 Mr Spiffy  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 3:05:13pm

re: #22 Desert Dog

It won't matter. In a few months, when President Obama meets the Iranians, without preconditions, they will voluntarily give up all this nuclear nonsense. And, the birds will sing louder, the sun will shine brighter, and unicorns will dance in fields of flowers...all will be right again.

you forgot "the seas will stop rising..."

76 solomonpanting  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 4:58:56pm

Let's say that Inspector Cloubaradei did find a clandestine nuclear weapons facility. What could he possibly do? Call for a UN Special Session?

77 unclassifiable  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 4:59:35pm

This reminds me.

I really miss the 16 ton weight from Monty Python.

Where is that when you need it?

/ElBaradei I'm thinking of you):

78 unclassifiable  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 5:00:14pm

re: #76 solomonpanting

Very very seriously nasty worded letter.

79 solomonpanting  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 5:03:12pm

re: #78 unclassifiable

Very very seriously nasty worded letter.


If I were an Iranian mucky-muck, that extra emphasized "very" would have me quaking in my robe and sandals.

80 Macker  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 9:10:03pm

re: #2 Oh no...Sand People!

Good thing Ramadan Bombadan is almost over...

There, fixed that for ya!

81 Macker  Tue, Sep 30, 2008 9:11:02pm

re: #75 Mr Spiffy

you forgot "the seas will stop rising..."

And what about the free-flowing chocolate rivers?
Oh wait a sec...that was Saddam. My bad.

/snicker


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