A divided EU to decide on oil embargo on Iran January 23

Wednesday, January 11th 2012 - 06:27 UTC

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European Union governments agreed Tuesday to bring forward a meeting of foreign ministers expected to decide on an oil embargo on Iran by one week to January 23. In its statement confirming the date, the EU said the decision to bring it forward from January 30 was taken to avoid a scheduling clash with a summit of EU leaders set for that day. Read full article

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ChrisR
So some in the EU want to delay implementation of the ban. Why am I not suprised?

Greece should be cast loose of the EU anyway and stop bleeding our money away on a bunch of idle bastards. See how much Iranian oil they can buy with 'New Drachma's', because they won't get many USDs.

We should call the EU's bluff and go ahead anyway and get rid of the Islamist Nutters ruling Iran as soon as possible. The UK and the USA have plenty of good expertise running oilfields.
Jan 11th, 2012 - 01:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit87
It should be reminded the catastrophic impact the embargo against Iraqi oil had on the civilian population - not against Saddan Hussein, it should be emphasized, but against Iraqi civilians, specially children, whose death rates climbed following the embargo. As was the case for the embargo against Iraq, the one against Iran is aimed at disrupting normal life for ordinary citizens until they're led to rebel against their country's regime's policies. Whether this is an effective policy is beyond the point - recent history has shown enough about that. But the point is: how, in a moral sense, are such embargoes different from terrorism? Isn't terrorism also about affecting, about worsening, the lives of common citizens in order to create popular pressure against targeted regimes?
Jan 11th, 2012 - 08:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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