Monday, November 25, 2013

Obama, Iran & Peace In Our Time

The single greatest threat to the world is Iran and its drive towards a nuclear arsenal. It took almost eight years to get real international sanctions in place against Iran in an effort to end their nuclear program short of war. And now, Obama has ratified Iran's nuclear program while loosening the international sanctions that were finally starting to bite. Hot Air describes the deal thusly:

When you dig into the details of this arrangement, there’s a lot of frosting and not much cake. First of all, this is not a permanent agreement in any way shape or form. It’s a six month “arrangement” which Iran could simply walk away from at the end (or at any point, really) after receiving a massive fiscal injection in the form of sanction relief. It is also simply a “suspension” of certain enrichment activities, with no dismantling of any of Iran’s facilities. The entire show can be started back up at any time. There’s additional transparency, with more inspectors allowed into additional facilities, which is good, but much like the suspension of enrichment this can be terminated any moment Iran decides not to honor the deal. (As they have done numerous times in the past.) The deal also allegedly limits the level of uranium enrichment the Iranians can reach, but that’s the same bone we’ve been chewing on for years. And finally, we have the Iranians on every cable channel doing an end zone dance saying this is “formal recognition” of their right to enrich uranium, while Kerry and his team are saying the opposite. It’s hard to imagine how solid any “deal” can be when the two sides are announcing essentially 180 degree opposite conclusions on basic terminology.

This is insane. The mad mullahs of Iran are every bit as evil, every bit as bloody, every bit as genocidal, and every bit as expansionist as the Nazi regime of old. And the world, led by Obama, is making the same mistakes as the United Kingdom and France of 1938. With this agreement with Iran, war is now more likely in the long run, not less.







6 comments:

Anonymous said...

History doesn't tell us everything. Something's do take different trajectories. If we see everything through the prism of the holocaust we're doomed always aren't we ?

WomanHonorThyself said...

have a great week my friend:)

Anonymous said...

I have been checking your blog--wondering if you will continue. I have always looked forward to your comments, your historical perspective. I don't know you, but I do hope all is well and will continue writing.

Anonymous said...


Didn't someone say that those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

KG said...

I linked to this over at my place, GW.

KG said...

Anonymous @1:32 said:
"If we see everything through the prism of the holocaust we're doomed always aren't we ?"
It's a matter of looking at things using the history of evil genocidal bastards as a guide, not just the holocaust.