China Confidential: Early Warning: The French Were Right
China Confidential: Early Warning: The French Were RightIf even half of this post is correct, it's really bad news. Here are the key parts:
After months of tough talk about deadlines and sanctions--and hints of possible military force should the need arise--the United States has indeed softened its stance toward Iran. Sensing a shift in Tehran's position on the nuclear development dispute, the United States is ready to participate in a new round of negotiations with the Islamist nation, provided it halts its uranium enrichment activities in a verifiable way.Read it all.
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Sources say the US policy shift--which could still be reversed should Iran refuse to freeze uranium enrichment--reflects a change in US thinking about Iran's increasingly important role in the Middle East. Following its proxy war with Israel in Lebanon, during which America's ally failed to defeat Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas, the Islamist non-Arab nation has become a regional superpower. Its influence is clearly felt in Iraq, where Shiite militias and death squads are making a mockery of US efforts to transform the Middle East by establishing a democracy. Thus, Washington may actually by looking to Iran to play a moderating role.
If that turns out to be the new direction of US policy, we can comfortably make a few predictions as follows:
1. Israel will be extremely concerned and disappointed. Jerusalem is convinced that Iran's Holocaust-denying president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is an implacable enemy bent on destroying the Jewish State. The Israeli government believes Iran is quite close to developing a nuclear bomb; some Israelis suspect Tehran may already possess atomic warheads to match its missiles.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:09 AM
4 Comments:
I find it hard to believe this, given what is happening "nex door" (http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1213) unless of course Debka is way off.
Stemir,
I'm not sure why you find this hard to believe. Just because the US is not going to let the Iranians set up shop in Venezuela or Cuba does not mean that they are willing to go it alone against Iran's nukes in Nantaz.
Carl,
I meant that perhaps the US is not willing to let Iran extend its influence all over the world. That the US is not willing to go against Irans nukes I take as a given. I think the US would still quietly approve, if not encourage, Israel to take care of the problem.
Israel failed to take out Syria to draw Iran into the war.
Now America is picking up the pieces and Israel is paying the price.
It looks like rough justice to me.
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