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TIGHTENING THE GORDIAN KNOT OF WAR
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Comment Posted By El Hombre Viejo On 16.08.2007 @ 08:26
Stupid: Doing the same thing over and over and over and hoping for a different result.
While repetition has its uses in science (to verify results), repeating foreign policy blunders is useless –and threatens your survival as a nation.
“The only bright spot in this entire mess is that we still have some time to pressure the Iranians to accept stringent international safeguards on their nuclear program – perhaps even convince them to forgo it altogether although that seems unlikely at this point. Sanctions have been in place only a few months. And despite China and Russia’s foot dragging, patient and insistent diplomacy can almost certainly win them over to the idea that it would be better if Iran did not achieve the capability to construct nuclear weapons and that therefore, even tougher sanctions are necessary.â€
The fact that Rick Moran wrote this demonstrates conclusively that he is delusional.
What makes it stupid is the inclusion of: “…patient and insistent diplomacy can almost certainly win them over to the idea that it would be better if Iran did not achieve the capability to construct nuclear weapons and that therefore, even tougher sanctions are necessary.â€
I would argue that “patient and insistent†diplomacy with the Russians or the Chinese, or any other authoritarian government is “stupid.â€
Why? Because negotiating with tyrants doesn’t work --period.
Need some examples? North Korea: 55 years of diplomacy and now we’re at war with an “alleged†nuclear power. Zimbabwe, and any other 12 African countries you can name. Iraq: We negotiated with Saddam Hussein for 12 years while he consistently skirted UN Sanctions. There are many more examples of course, look them up yourself.
The North Korea example should stop any argument, in any context, for “more time for diplomacy and negotiation†dead in its tracks and scare reasonable people everywhere enough to demand decisive military action early when there is even the remote possibility of some whack-job like Amadinejad developing or obtaining nuclear weapons.
Think I’m stupid? The UN and the IAEA have been negotiating with the Iranians since at least 2002 to stop their nuclear development activities. How’s that worked out so far?
Rick needs to quit peeing down his leg and get angry enough to demand, or take, action.
