Posted by
mgraves on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:06:40 PM
Iran scoffs at deadline
I’m pretty sure I’ve discussed why (Diplomacy and Iran): they have nothing to lose by ignoring the deadline, and everything to gain.
Ahmadinejad has made his move. The West is unwilling to develop a united front to make a coherent counter-move. There are also rogue players on the field: players who will not outright declare their allegiance, while doing everything to demonstrate the fact that they are playing on the Iranian “Nukes”. It is not as though the West could muster any negative reaction to Russia and China outright declaring themselves in opposition to the West and responsibility and justice.
I question the West’s resolve. There are, no doubt, individual leaders, in the feckless sea of appeasers, but even they, they are unable to muster the resolve to call the adversary by its name, or to take the steps to confront it. They have permitted themselves to become, in action, the eunuchs that French and Spanish leaders have aspired to be.
Where have you gone President Reagan?
We face an evil collection of wannabe empires. From Russia’s pursuit of greater Russia, to China’s dream of controlling the Orient and lastly to Iran’s desire to unite the Dar al Islam under the banner of the Islamic Revolution (this says nothing of Chavez’s desire to lead Latin American socialism), the West faces nascent empires. These are states that have demonstrated themselves to be irresponsible, if rational, actors.
The PRC props up the NKorea regime. The PRC forces abortions, and harvests the organs of still-living political prisoners.
Putin has co-opted the Duma and nationalized the only profitable sectors of the Russian economy. Putin has cut off the flow of natural gas to Europe to let Europe know of Russia’s power.
Iran imprisons political dissidents. Iran dispatches death squads to “deal” with dissidents living outside Iran. Iran has called for the destruction of Israel. Iran has a twice tried a woman for killing the man attempting to rape her (Save Nazanin petition).
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