Ahmadinejad Rattles Saber
Mad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to escalate his saber rattling in the face of de facto Western weakness and American political disarray. He promises no weakness on his part.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Iran should not show weakness over its nuclear program, after Tehran ignored a U.N. deadline to stop nuclear work which the West says will be used to make atom bombs.
The U.N. Security Council had given Iran until February 21 to halt uranium enrichment, a process that can make fuel for power plants or material for warheads.
The U.N. watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency said on Thursday Iran had not heeded the demand.
The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany will meet in London next week to discuss possible further steps in addition to U.N. sanctions barring the transfer of nuclear technology and know-how that were imposed in December.
"If we show weakness in front of the enemy the expectations will increase but if we stand against them, because of this resistance, they will retreat," he said in a speech in northern Iran, Iran's ISNA news agency reported. (Emphasis added)
This man considers the United States and the West to be enemies. Is that so very hard for our elites to understand? Apparently so. For Ahmadinejad can vow never to show weakness because he is quite sure the West will be weak enough never to face him down.
