The Right State

There is every indication that Iran is anxious for a fight, any kind of fight to show the world they are a force to be reckoned with.  But I to believe Iran just wants to flex their new found muscles is rather shortsighted.  They have much grander plans than just prestige on the world stage.  They believe they are destined to conquer the world.

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has already indicated a willingness to destroy one of our best friends in the Middle East, Israel, when he admitted his country was arming Hezbollah.  Currently he is thumbing his nose at the world community when the UN asked them to abstain from trying to acquire nuclear weapons.  Ahmadinejad has insisted his country is not trying to make nuclear weapons, but Iran’s religious leaders insist they have the right to these kinds of weapons.

Under the provisions of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Iran has an obligation to not try to acquire nuclear weapons.  The obligations of both nuclear nations and non-nuclear weapons are quite clear.  Iran is supposed to open its nuclear facilities and promise not to make or buy nuclear weapons.

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also referred to as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), obligates the five acknowledged nuclear-weapon states (the United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, France, and China) not to transfer nuclear weapons, other nuclear explosive devices, or their technology to any non-nuclear-weapon state. Non-nuclear-weapon States Parties undertake not to acquire or produce nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices. They are required also to accept safeguards to detect diversions of nuclear materials from peaceful activities, such as power generation, to the production of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. This must be done in accordance with an individual safeguards agreement, concluded between each non-nuclear-weapon State Party and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Under these agreements, all nuclear materials in peaceful civil facilities under the jurisdiction of the state must be declared to the IAEA, whose inspectors have routine access to the facilities for periodic monitoring and inspections. If information from routine inspections is not sufficient to fulfill its responsibilities, the IAEA may consult with the state regarding special inspections within or outside declared facilities.

The United States and Great Britain have taken their obligations seriously.  Thus far Russia, China, and France have been reluctant to upholding theirs.  The UN Security Council is great at issuing threats but is very weak when it comes to enforcement.  This is all because of the unwillingness of the weak-kneed three to hold countries accountable.  As a result Iran seems to believe they can do anything they want with the Security Council unwilling to act.  It is particularly disturbing that Iran has decided to forgo any inspections.

Diplomats close to the U.N. nuclear watchdog said its inspectors were denied access to an underground site under construction where Iran plans industrial- scale production of enriched uranium, adding to the tensions.

A senior diplomat said blocking inspectors this way could be a violation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty since the U.N. inspectors have a right to verify design information during the construction of a nuclear facility.

If the UN had any guts, they would immediately place sanctions on Iran for this breach.  Instead I expect more wringing of their hands with more promises of aid and more threats of sanctions.  But these threats will be without teeth.  Iran continues to insist they are trying to develop nuclear energy, but western countries are dubious since they are the fourth largest exporter of oil in the world.

Like anybody who studies this part of the world, all of what Iran is doing must be taken in together.  Iran is a haven for terrorists, funds terrorism, and exports terror around the world.  Hezbollah has killed more Americans than any other terrorist group other than al-Qaeda.  They are aiding and arming Hezbollah’s activities in southern Lebanon against Israel.

Iran appears to be actively trying to acquire nuclear weapons.  Ahmadinejad has continually thumbed his nose at the world community, denied the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) admittance to Iranian nuclear facilities in violation of international law.

Iran has also been testing apparently upgraded military, and is now conducting war games.  As a strong regional power, I am sure they were emboldened by Israel’s failure to do much harm Hezbollah.  Israel would be Iran’s greatest threat if war broke out.

And lastly, Iran has begun to use its military to bully others.  Syria is already under the thumb of Iran as a puppet state.  And today comes word that Iran has attacked a Romanian oil rig off the coast.

A Romanian oil rig off the coast of Iran came under fire from an Iranian warship and was later occupied by Iranian troops, a company spokesman said.

The Iranians first fired into the air and then fired at the Orizont rig, said GSP spokesman Radu Petrescu. Half an hour later, troops from the ship boarded and occupied the rig and the company lost contact with the 26 crew members shortly afterward.

Iran is a particularly dangerous country.  Their ambitions will not stop at the water’s edge or with their neighboring countries.  They feel they are destined to be the leader of all of the Middle East.  The mullahs want to bring about a new Islamic state covering and uniting all of the Middle East.  The Iranian mullahs have already expressed a willingness to bring about war in order for the ‘new mullah’ who would conquer the world to come forward.  These are people who want to bring about the Apocalypse.

The world community needs to wakeup.  Iran is dangerous; dangerous to their neighbors and dangerous to the world.  Terrorism and nuclear weapons are only a part of the problem.  The mullah’s ambitions include the whole world.  There will be others falling to the Iranians unless the world community acts and quickly.  Even if Iran temporarily puts off their nuclear plans, the danger is far from over.  Iran is at the very center of the Global War on Terror.

Tags: Terrorism, Iran, War //