Posted by
Gar on Saturday, October 03, 2009 5:45:19 PM
Being strictly in favor of National Sovereignty and the US Constitution places some of us in a tough spot regarding the right of Iran to stiff arm the UN. Which is one of the reasons I favor pulling out of the United States pulling out of the UN.
Mammy I'monajihad is telling the UN Iran notified the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) one year earlier than required by international law.
International law is a good thing perhaps, if we're talking about the way nations interact in a peaceful fashion to preclude a conflict which might get messy and involve lots of civilian injuries and, destruction and fatalitites.
But the issue of just when must a nation suborn itself to the wishes of other nations is a tricky one. In this specific case, Iran waas obviously building another nuclear enrichment plant and wishing to keep it secret. The fact that the secrecy was was broken meant it was in the best interest of Iran to declare the plant on Sept.21 of this year, instead of allowing the IAEA, or the United States or Israel break the news.
OK, that makes sense from an Iranian perspective, since it is their duty to do whatever is in the best interest of Iran.
Mammy I'monajihad appears to believe the destruction of Israel and the Zionist regime in Israel is in the best interest of Iran.
Those of us who are arguably more enlightened than I'monajihad will disagree with that, but Mammy is an adult and is the elected (?) President of Iran, who by the way, is in fact able to prove his Iranianhood.
The buffoon in charge of the IAEA is ElBaredai and he is grumpy along with Obama and Sarkozy because the Iranians were acting like sneaky, underhanded, Jew hating, war mongering, terror supporting Muslims.
DUH. Big Red Truck! (for those who've not heard the joke*)
What else did we expect from the Iranians? Acting in the best interest of ones own country can hardly be classed as a crime.
Except when that 'best interest' impinges on the rights of another nation or nations of course.
But the shock and dismay over the Iranian Muslims actually acting like Iranian Muslims is at best feigned, and at worst, a sign of naivete and ineptitude on the part of those who are acting surprised at the actions the Iranians in attemtpting to build a secret nuclear enrichment plant.
Which brings us, the United States, Israel, and apparently France for some reason, to the point of what to do about the kids caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
The Israeli's seem to be the nation with the most at stake in this issue of competing 'enlightened self interest' goals.
On the one hand a nation whose President has stated publicly:
The suggestion for a cease-fire was in response to a need for the Lebanese Arm of Iran, Hizbullah, to rearm and be able to take a breather during the last Lebanese/Israeli war.
But I digress, the point being that the Israeli's have the most to lose since it's their lives at stake (first, and then the rest of us)
so why don't we just let the Israeli's decide when the right time to act in Israel's self interest might be.
IF Israel proves ineffective at taking care of the problem of an expansionist Iran with the suggested aim of establshing the next Caliphate, so be it.
The problem is well within the bounds of capability for a single U.S. submarine to take care of rather quickly if need be.
But the resolution of the Iranian problem is not going to take place while there exists a U.S. President in office who cancels the National Day of Prayer and lauds the idea of Islam On Capitol Hill with a few hundred or several hundred Muslims taking over the lawn of the Capitol for a day of Muslim prayer.
In summation, I can't fault Mammy I'monajihad for promoting the interests of Iran, I do though, wish the United States had a Pres**ent who would do the same.
*There was a blonde whose house was on fire. She called the fire
department and asked them to come put it out. They asked how to get
to her house, and she rolled her eyes and said... "Duh, big red
truck!"