Obama's 'yes we can' on Iran
I meant to blog this article when it came out on Thursday, but I did not see it online.Former Shin Bet chief Avi Dichter asks where President Obama's "yes we can" on Iran is. Unfortunately, I'm afraid it's in the picture at the top of this post.
But through all the rhetoric, a key question is yet to be answered: Is the US truly committed to preventing Iran from reaching nuclear weapon capabilities? The answer is unfortunately unclear, for we hear contradictory tones from Washington. On some days, officials defiantly state "no option is off the table" or call for sanctions, using words like "tougher" and "crippling" to emphasize their intent. On other days, we hear the Obama administration make reference to "containment," an alarming word that implies the US will not or cannot prevent Iran from its path to the bomb.Indeed.
Through all this, one major element has been missing from President Barack Obama's personal rhetoric: a clear declaration that the US is determined to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. The lingering question is whether the absence of such points is due to poor communication, or perhaps to a lack of American vision in solving the Iranian time bomb.
AFTER THE UN approved another round of sanctions against Iran last week, the Obama administration cried victory. However, we once again heard no clear announcement that the US is determined to keep Iran from going nuclear.
While sanctions are certainly important, we have yet to see whether the latest round is an isolated victory with no clear end goal, or whether it fits into a larger American strategy of determination in stopping Iran.
Dichter believes Iran can be stopped and it can be. But for that to happen someone will have to step up to the plate soon.
To whom will Obama say "yes we can"?
Read the whole thing.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:47 PM
1 Comments:
I find it very puzzling that everyone assumes that Obama somehow is against Iran going nuclear. All we know is that he (and his administration) have declared that it was unacceptable. Pouring billions of gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico is also unacceptable. Having 1 million illegal aliens cross into the US is also unacceptable.
But the real question is whether Obama actually intends to do anything about these situations. It is one thing to be passive and say "I don't like it"...quite another to say "I will prevent it by any mean". Obama is nowhere near willing to actually DO anything.
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