Iranian Bakers Continue
Iran continues to work on its uranium enrichment activities. No surprise. The surprise is that we know about it. Reality check – they told us that they’d stop for so long as the negotiations lasted, so long as the negotiations were short. And they haven’t even done that. Who are we fooling when we espouse the EU-Three as representatives capable of ending the Iranian efforts through diplomacy or bribery? No one.
Iran knows that it’ll have no impact on their efforts.
The EU Three know that they aren’t negotiating to stop the nuclear plans of Iran, but rather to prevent the US from forcing the IAEA to forward the issue to the UN Security Council and thereby forcing them to recognize the issue on a larger and more demonstrably significant scale.
And finally, we know that no negotiation will be effective. So why do it?
It’s better to negotiation while we formulate alternatives than to be seen as short tempered when we finally are forced to act out of self-defense. The day will come and the Mullah’s are racing to be nuclear armed before we are ready to act against them. They’ve seen North Clinton Korea do it, and they’ve seen Saddam manipulate the UN, so they are clearly well versed in the manner. Unlike Libya, which had little ability to defend itself had the US determined to cause regime change, hence the quick change in direction by Gadhafi, the Iranians know they present a military and political challenge that buys them significant time. Israel, on the other hand, should know the clock ticks against them so long as the Mullahs continue to bake cakes.
