November 30, 2009
Exclusive: Iran Plans New Enrichment Sites – Should We Worry?
The Editors
The news over the weekend was that Iran is planning up to 10 new uranium enrichment plans. According to the BBC:
The government told the Iranian nuclear agency to begin work on five sites, with five more to be located over the next two months.
It comes days after the UN nuclear watchdog rebuked Iran for covering up a uranium enrichment plant.
The White House said the move was "yet another serious violation of Iran's clear obligations".
No kidding. But what did the administration expect? That Iran would only be too happy to put aside its nuclear ambitions once we were able to discuss our differences openly and freely?
Meanwhile, Britain described the news as "a matter of serious concern" and potentially a "deliberate breach" of UN resolutions.
It was only in September that FSM’s James Jay Carafano pointed out in these pages that this “soft power” strategy with Iran was destined to fail:
[T]he Obama administration’s offer to negotiate directly with Iran produced a big goose-egg as well. Tehran says it wants to hold “talks” on everything…except stopping their nuclear weapons and missile programs. Despite the fact that the Iranians refuse to talk about the only issue that really matters, the White House wants to make the concession to have direct talks.
So far White House “soft power” means just being soft. “We give you what ever you want and get nothing in return.” That’s a well earned grade of “F.”
We know that the U.S. and its allies have been talking and negotiating with Iran for 30 years, the record of which was recently eloquently explained by Michael Ledeen in the Wall Street Journal. We also know that Iran has used these negotiations to hide their current nuclear technology facilities, design bureaus, and enrichment plants. We know the Mullahs have repeatedly lied and excel at the art of duplicity and concealment.
We also know Iran’s constitution calls on the country to export its brand of murderous Islam, and this consists in part of supplying weapons, sanctuary and financing to terror groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah who are in turn making war against Lebanon and Israel. And we know many of these weapons are supplied originally by Russia, as well as by China and North Korea.
Iran’s leaders refer to America as the Great Satan, with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicting that “the time for the fall of the satanic power of the United States has come and the countdown to the annihilation of the emperor of power and wealth has started.” Iran’s president has also been quoted as saying Israel must be “wiped off the map.” Iran is a nation rich in oil and natural gas – yet we are expected to believe that its nuclear program is for much-needed energy.
Does this sound like a nation ready to talk turkey?
An expert source close to FSM claims that Iran “isn’t actually capable of doing this, but it is designed to be a provocation. Our strategy of engagement and appeasement is backfiring big-time.”
Will the administration figure this out before it’s too late?
Well, minus the opinion of those so-called modern-day geniuses out there, many who happen to be running everything into the ground these days. Israel can justify some grave concern by using just two heart-wrenching words
"Second Holocaust"
Yes, this is of great concern to we the rational thinking folk out here. Many who praise our sovereign Lord by using a little commonsense in a world ruled by crazies.
Washington who must first beg permission from the mighty UN obviously can't put two & two together without winding up with some over calculated transcendental wrong figure.
I honestly don't know why we continue playing these dangers foolish games with that fanatical and most suicidal leadership over there in Iran. logically speaking, we're dealing with some mentally ill individuals whom would gladly sacrifice countless millions (including their own people) to eradicate Israel and everything she stands for.
This was indeed a good article. Quite informative and most thought-provoking too say the least. Unfortunately,we should never assume that this one element of pure analytical thought can be so easily digested among that poorly informed and most illiterate populace out there!!!
Israel must strike soon while the window of opportunity remains open...
posted by: Paul West
Monday, November 30, 2009 at 04:47 PM
