Iran is Playing Games With the UN
Iran is playing games with the UN, the United States, and the European Union. The question remains, do we have the guts to stand up to them and demand they obey international law.
Iran said Tuesday it was ready for “serious negotiations” on its nuclear program, but a semi-official news agency reported the government was unwilling to abandon nuclear enrichment — the key U.S. demand. (emphasis added by TRS)
Wow! Now that is negotiation. Iran waits until the UN deadline to stop producing nuclear material before telling the world, “We are ready for real negotiations whenever you are.” Do they really think we are that stupid? Forget that question. Obviously they do think we are that stupid, otherwise they would not have told us they were ready for serious negotiations.
At the end of WWII, Japan tried the same stunt. They continually stalled all negotiations by asking for clarifications, adjusting minor points, and by making unacceptable counter offers. Once the Truman administration realized Japan was not seriously considering any of the administrations proposals, the decision was made to drop the atomic bomb on select Japanese cities to end the war with a minimum of casualties. Japan did not think the US was serious in their negotiations; a mistake which cost them dearly in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Iran is playing the same type of game, believing the US is a paper tiger and too tied up in Iraq and Afghanistan to do anything about its nuclear program. Right now the US has plenty of time to let diplomacy take its course, something we could not do with Japan in 1945 since we were at war.
The game Iran is playing is dangerous to them, to us, and to the rest of the world. Unfortunately the rest of the world can not see the dangers posed by one of the members of the ‘Axis of Evil.’ We have fought two world wars in which this nation has had to pull Europe’s chestnuts out of the fire. In this world of integrated societies, it remains difficult for the US to maintain the space provided by the oceans separating us from other nations. So instead of being able to withdraw from world affairs as we would like to do, we forced to interpose ourselves in Europe’s, Asia’s and Middle Eastern affairs. 9/11 showed us just how small the world really is and how we can never truly withdraw from it. Once again the world turns to us to fight evil, right wrongs, and save the world. That way they can criticize us when things do not turn out just right or when other nations complain about our heavy-handedness.
And within the United States we have our own ‘fifth column’ while we are fighting the world’s wars. The Democrats are all too happy take swipes at the President as he is conducting a war, bashing our troops and accusing them of all manor of atrocities while they are in harm’s way, and siding with our enemies in this crucial war. They are willing to sacrifice long term security for short-term gain. Their goals are no secret, they want power. To them, the world’s problems like dealing with Iran can wait.
This brings us back to what we can do about Iran, given the political situation in the world and in the United States. It looks like China, Russia and France may not back us on placing sanctions on Iran. Once again the United States and their stalwart ally Great Britain must be prepared to face the dangers posed by Iran alone, if need be. And once again we will have sacrificed our blood and capital to bring down a danger the rest of the world, including our own ‘fifth column,’ is too scared or too weak to face. If we do not face Iran now, starting with economic sanctions, the problem will only grow. The world almost waited too late in determining Germany was a danger, we do not need to wait as long with Iran.
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