Thursday, July 29, 2004

Germany "Concerned" Over Iran's Nuke Program

In the article linked in the title, the German foreign minister expresses "great concern" over the continued development of Iran's nuclear weapons program. Why does this not surprise me? All countries like Germany and France, and their handlers at the UN, can do is offer "concern", "worry", and toothless "rebukes". Iran, like Iraq before it, knows how to play the game with these types. They know that the UN and their Euroweenie puppetmasters have nothing to back up their talk.

It reminds me of a time when I was at an air show several years ago with a bunch of friends. One of my buddies (who will likely read this and remember right away), would move the makeshift fencepost a few inches along the flightline, essentially moving us all closer to the action. A security guard drove by on his 4-wheeler and said something to the effect of "stop it." So my friend moved the post a few more inches. Not long later, the security guard drove up again and said (this is no lie), "don't do that again, or I'll have to tell you to not do that again." At that point, we all knew that security could not enforce whatever rule they were trying to enforce.

This is no different. The UN, led by our western European "allies", will continue to say "stop it" to Iran, just like they have been doing for years and years. Of course, Iran will continue to ignore them, and continue to get closer to nuclear capability. Maybe, if they get irritated enough, the UN will draft a resolution that basically says, "Stop it!! We really mean it this time!!!" By that time, Iran would likely already have nuclear weapons and be spreading the technology to who-knows-where.

Under the most likely scenario, though, things won't get that far. Israel, the only other nation in the world that doesn't seek permission from everyone else in order to protect itself, will probably launch some sort of a strike to destroy Iran's nuclear capacity. The whole world will benefit when that day comes. And the UN-types will be left reading the morning paper saying, "what happened?"

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