Sanctions, blah, blah
- Posted by Martin on March 30th, 2006 filed in General, International, Iran, Islamofascism, Martin, UN
Looks like we’ve upset the Iranians which should be a good thing, but other than a bit of venting they really don’t seem to give a flying fark..
Minister Mottaki condemned Western countries for taking the issue of Iran’s nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council after three years of negotiations failed to reach an agreement.
“A hasty decision to involve the Security Council with Iran’s case is yet another indication of political maneuvering by some Western countries. I announce in no uncertain terms that reporting Iran’s file to the Security Council is, in our view, an abuse of international mechanism, misguided, legally unwarranted and clearly unacceptable to the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he said.
(On a side note, I have a funny feeling that this latest little kerfuffle is going to work for the GOP this November.
The UN , as usual, will be shown to have absolutely no teeth and will find itself unable to agree on anything more than some silly, easy-to-avoid sanctions charade. Bolton will be screaming bloody murder, and the Democrats won’t be able to help themselves - they’ll tie themselves up in knots arguing that we should be acting unilaterally and multilaterally at the same time. Multiunilaterally, if you will.)
“As far as economic matters are concerned, we have expanded our capacity in different fields in recent years, and we have demonstrated our promise, if you will in those fields… After the victory of the Islamic revolution up to the ’90s and after the ’90’s in another form, my country has contended with sanctions in way or the other. So, for all practical purposes, even as we speak my country has readied itself, acclimated, if I can use that word in dealing with sanctions…Having said that, I don’t think that the possibility exists,” Mottaki said.
Translation: We already have 30% unemployment and we don’t farking care; we lock up anybody that complains. Oh, and your sanctions? Yeah, well a) they don’t affect us, and b) you probably won’t impose them anyway, so what have we got to worry about?
In other words, the crass ineptitude and abject weakness of the UN will make this situation significantly worse before it gets any better.
The Iranians are simply not scared of the UN. And who can blame them?
benning says:
Turn the Israelis loose and watch their backs. That’s the best answer. Time’s up, Islamists! Get ready to meet Hell!
Am I wrong, Martin?
Vinnie says:
Awesome post, Beth!!!!
:mrgreen:
Martin says:
Why, thank you!
Suricou Raven says:
Iran is just taking advantage of politics while it can. Right now, the US and most of Europe have their military tied up keeping Iraq and Afganistan from decending into civil war. The Iraq war has gone so badly that another invasion is politically unfeasable. That means Iran is completly safe from military intervention, and knows it. The worst anyone can do is impose sanctions and, as Beth points out, Iran can shrug that off easily enough.
So Iran is now hurrying - racing to develop the infrastructure to produce nukes before Iraq is stable and the voters forget how hard it was to make it that way. Neither of which is going to happen for some years yet.
Marine wife says:
Pfft….sanctions. I’m sure the Mullahs are
shaking in their sandals over that threat.
The UN has no teeth.
Husband was with the UN for one year on the Iraq-Kuwaiti border as an observer after the 1st Gulf War. He saw firsthand what a bloated, inept bureaucracy (is that repetitious or what?) the UN is.
As for Iran, I really had some hope that the democracy movement was going to take hold there. Now I don’t. Not with this nut in power and the mullahs backing him up.
Suricou Raven says:
For democracy to work, the majority must be well-educated, able to think critically, well-informed of events from a variety of sources, unselfish and difficult to manipulate. America barely meets these conditions, and Europe doesn’t do much better - if these are not met, the people elect either a party of religious fanatics or one led by a charismatic idiot or a yes-man who says only what they want to hear. Iran is not ready.
Just look at… what was the country… The one that elected Hammas? I need to brush up on politics in the area. They were not ready, and they elected a terrorist group. And when it goes really, really wrong… well, the Nazi party came to power through democracy - they told the people what they wanted to hear, and won a majority of votes.