Really, what does Iran have to gain by accepting such an offer?
It’s not like the Doormat-in-Chief is prepared to back up his rhetoric with anything stronger than statement from the White House press office. It’d cost him too much political capital and he has socialized health care legislation to pass.
Israel could strike but it’d strategically difficult at the moment, especially with influential Democrats in the U.S. actually discussing shooting down Israeli bombers if they head over Iraq on their way to Qom.
Russia, with its veto power at the Security Council, isn’t about to permit further sanctions against its, let’s face it, ally.
We’re going to end up with a nuclear-armed Iran and, subsequently, other Middle Eastern nations pursuing the same end.
All while The One talks about the United States and Britain eliminating their nuclear stockpiles and his budgets continue to defund our national defense.
We’re basically in a tired routine of offering plans and threatening sanctions until Ahmadinejad declares his country is a nuclear power, at which point the international community — Obama definitely included –, will throw up their arms and say, “Hey, what can we do? We blame George Bush.”
Welcome to the era of Smart Power, courtesy of Hope’N'Change.
by Stephan Tawney on Thu, Oct 29, 2009