Posted by
arandomguy on Sunday, November 19, 2006 1:36:40 PM
This is another story that has me upset. If you've ever read my blog before, you know that I'm really into Iran coverage. I spend a lot of time on the issue, and I read a lot about the country, which I believe is the greatest threat to the US on the planet at present. You also know that I've been calling for either open warfare, or overwhelming sanctions against Iran for months. You also know that I don't trust the UN to be able to do it.
And now, the proof. The US State Department announced today that it may consider lessening the scope of the sanctions against Iran, because China and Russia remain opposed to the sanctions, and they have the veto power on the Security Council. The State Department also said that the sanctions should cripple Iranian nuclear production, but not their oil and gas production.
Russia itself came out yesterday, and said that it thinks sanctions aganist Iran are the wrong way to go. A spokesperson for the Russian government said that Russia opposes tough sanctions and favors direct talks with Iran, because they do not think that "revengeful sanctions" are the way to go. They think sanctions will only cause greater discord with Iran, and that the goal is to befriend Iran and persuade them to stop.
I disagree. I think that if the sanctions are to be meaningful - and they must be if Iran is ever going to be made to stop by any means short of war - they must really hit Iran where it hurts. And this is oil. Oil is Iran's biggest export, as well as its biggest import - they can't refine the oil in Iran, so they import their gasoline. If we ban all imports and exports from Iran, the persian economy won't be able to sustain itself very long, and soon Iran will start to feel the heat from the sanctions.
Yet now it seems that the US isn't willing to take the steps necessary to inflict these sanctions. It also doesn't help that a good portion of the UN Security Council is in bed with the islamofascists, or that they refuse to support sanctions. With these kind of problems, how can we ever expect anything to get done in Iran!
Unfortunately, things must get done in Iran, because if they do not, the result will be nuclear war, between a suicidal and nuclear-armed Iran on one side, and the remainder of the world on the other. And this will be, needless to say, catastrophic for the United States. Yet if this is what it comes to, it won't be for lack of Conservatives warning of the problem.
Iran is a serious problem, and they MUST be stopped BEFORE they attain nuclear weapons. Once they do so, it is far too late to do anything about it. Once they attain the level of enrichment necessary to fuel weapons, it is too late. They already have delivery mechanisms which they openly tested recently during war games earlier this month. All they need is the warhead, which North Korea now has, and is likely more than willing to supply (all the more reason South Korea should inspect all cargo going in and out of North Korea).
That the United States government doesn't realize the threat we face from Iran, and isn't willing to do anything about it is both tragic, and scary. Bush generally gets it right on most issues, as does his administration - at least when it comes to National Security. But when it comes to Iran, they fail abysmally. They are right in calling for sanctions. They are right in refusing to negotiate (with terrorists). But they are wrong in hoping the UN works, because the United Nations NEVER works for anything except a propaganda wing for the terrorists and dictators around the globe.
SEND THE UN TO HAITI