RUSSIA, CHINA TELL THE US THERE WILL BE NO WAR OR SANCTIONS ON IRAN

US GOES BACK TO TALKING UP DIPLOMACY

DID IRAN CALL THE BUSH BLUFF....AND WIN?

From The Fourth World War blog :

"US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice continues to talk about using diplomacy to deal with the Iran crisis...But the US has no real choice but to use diplomacy. Without the backing of the UK, Russia, China, Germany and France, the likelihood of any military action being taken against Iran is nex to zero.

"For the moment, Iran has called the Bush bluff, and won.

"The US now has no choice but to talk up the benefits of diplomacy, so they can claim a victory if Russia and China force Iran to stick to their word that they are not developing nuclear weapons.

"The Russians and Chinese, and the Iranians, see the US threat for what it really is, just talk, aimed at capturing the headlines back home and making the Bush Administration appear as though it will stand by its word on never allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons."

Go here for more, and links to stories on the Big Meeting in Moscow, how Russia is selling military equipment and missile defence systems to Iran.