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By: Eunomia » The Real Affront To World Peace

Eunomia » The Real Affront To World Peace — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:33:05 +0000

[...] The Real Affront To World Peace Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by Daniel Larison Digg Stumble Upon Newsvine Slashdot Mixx Diigo Google Delicious Reddit Facebook To sustain sanctions over any length of time, however, will require international co-operation, especially from Russia, China and India. Will that co-operation be forthcoming? So far, the record is not promising. But if those countries understand that the final destination of the Iranian effort is an Israeli military strike on Iran, maybe they will rethink. For that reason, the whole world has an interest in enhancing the credibility of Israeli action. For that reason, the campaign to penalize and demonize Israel for its actions in Lebanon and Gaza is an affront to world peace. Only an effective Israel can believably threaten the strike that will incentivize Iran’s trading partners to join the U.S. economic campaign. ~David Frum [...]

By: sinz54

sinz54 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:44:29 +0000

Notice how the worldwide Left defends Iran’s right to have “peaceful” nuclear power, but they constantly attack any use of commercial nuclear power in the U.S. and other Western countries?

Evidently they believe nuclear power is only for unstable developing nations headed up by Islamist nutcases and brutal dictators.

By: sinz54

sinz54 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:42:47 +0000

Where are all the left-wing antinuclear demonstrators? Why don’t they protest Iran’s nuclear program for a change?

Greenpeace is working feverishly to destroy the American nuclear power industry–but I haven’t heard them say one thing about Iran’s nuclear program.

Iran’s nuclear program, with its military angle which could blow a fatal hole in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), ought to be something Greenpeace cares about–but they don’t. None of their famous demonstrations.

The only thing Greenpeace has protested was possible Western military action against Iran. But they haven’t said anything about the nuclearization of Iran which may prompt such action.

By: cheves222

cheves222 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:12:17 +0000

David, you silly man! Barack’s charm beams will melt the Iranian’s hatred of us and even the Zionest Entity and then show that Iran’s intentions have been peaceful THE WHOLE TIME! What is wrong with you? Iran, which sits on a pool of oil and natural gas bigger than 2x Texas’, has its nuclear goals for only inter-racial harmony and world peace.

I think you should stop drinking the right-wing kool-aid and get with the program, you RINO/Right-wing nutjob!

By: sinz54

sinz54 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:38:32 +0000

snoble:

With that in mind isn’t the best way to change Iranian behaviour is for the rest of the world (particular Canada and the US) to affirm their Israeli support.

An even better way, which would strike Tehran closer to home, would be for Arab Muslim nations to give their tacit support. They don’t have to say it publicly, but word would leak out to al-Jazeera from “well informed sources close to the government”.

If Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq refrained from threatening Israel over an Israeli strike, but instead adopted a pose of “more in sorrow than in anger,” that would really make Tehran fear a possible secret alliance of Israel and Arab nations all opposed to Iran.

By: snoble

snoble — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:13:23 +0000

Surely Tehran is just as capable as anyone at this sort of calculus. Isn’t it likely that an Israeli strike is Iran’s actual goal? Why? Because they believe that political support for Israel is vulnerable in many countries and this may push support under some threshold.

With that in mind isn’t the best way to change Iranian behaviour is for the rest of the world (particular Canada and the US) to affirm their Israeli support. If we can send the message that the world will applaud any Israeli attacks rather than chastise it Iran will have to stop forcing a confrontation.

By: Teheran’s Last Chance (?) « FREE IRAN NOW!

Teheran’s Last Chance (?) « FREE IRAN NOW! — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:43:36 +0000

[...] Last Chance (?) 22. November 2009 — Mr. Moe David Frum: So there we are. The Iranians could not make their message clearer if they had sent a crayoned [...]