Who's Keeping Secrets?

President Obama, along with President Nicholas Sarkozy of France and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of England, announced that Iran has a secret nuclear facility in Qom, that "happens" to be near a historic holy site by the way, and has been secretly developing nuclear capacities, perhaps for destruction and not energy, nor for medicinal purposes. In a recent Newsweek article President Ahmadinejad said that he wanted to buy enriched uranium for "humanitarian" reasons from the United States.

"We simply don't have the capacity to enrich at 20 percent for medicinal purposes, of the sort that we have in mind, at this stage," Ahmadinejad said. "It's only at 3.5 percent." Hmm? I don't think he knew that the United States have known for many years about its secret facility. But, hey, what nation would give such a secret away? After all, it's a secret. Yes, I know and agree that every nation has to abide by international law, although we thumbed our noses in the face of the United Nations for the past eight years with John Bolton, the Ambassador to the UN, making harrowing disrespectful comments about the community of nations with noble ambitions that's on the soil of the United States.

Chancellor Merkel of Germany was not present during the announcement this morning but sent a word of affirmation with the other leaders. It is also believed that President Medvedev of Russia is in agreement with these world leaders. The challenge now seems to get China aboard for UN sanctions. Such sanctions have worked for North Korea, although, of course, it continues with its nuclear development. But we wink and nod when necessary. America does so with civil rights issues with China in exchange for our debt society. England does so with its relationship with Libya as 400% of its oil deriving from that country. (Yeah, we know that the release of the Lockerbie bomber had nothing to do with oil, right?) Germany with its large trade agreements with Iran. Each country does things that benefits its own interest.

There seems to be broad support from our allies and others as well, including Russia and possibly China. It is believed that if Russia agrees China will follow suit. But as I listened to President Obama, President Sarkozy and Prime Minister Brown give their statements, I could not help but to wonder have they also insisted that other countries such as Israel not enrich uranium for destruction. Has Israel bought enriched uranium from us? Maybe this is simply what President Ahmadinejad wants. Silly man! I could not help but to wonder if such a stance has been taken with Israel and such scrutiny of facilities its facility investigated. Perhaps its President's Ahmadinejad's rhetoric or "serial deception" as Prime Minister Brown puts it that gets in the way.

It has been long believed that Israel has nuclear capacities for destruction. There are many justifiable reasons for this its allies might contend, being in an area surrounded by enemies. But is this a secrecy not allowed by the community of nations? Is it the protection of America that allows a lesser stance and scrutiny? If so, how is this viewed in the world at large? The take of the West on this matter may be one thing, but the outlook on the world at large wholly another. Iran has a long rich proud history, which unfortunately includes the United States' invasion and installation of a leader, and it does not wish to be dictated to when it comes to their safety, especially if there is not a level playing field and one of the most powerful military nations is aligned with its enemy, real or assumed.

Does any of this make sense or am I just terribly naive on such matters?

 

 

Comments

[raskefing]

If you follow American thinking. as long as you are a friend of the US you can do no wrong.
the list. of dictators supported by the US is too long to mention
The UN has called the Israeli invasion of Gaza a Crime against humanity. The US has rejected that .
the Israeli government is in breach of dozens of UN Resolutions all vetoed by America.
Recently the IAEA requested that Israel open its nuclear program to international inspection, no surprise they refused with the support of the USA.There will be no peace in the middle east until the US government gives up its blind support for the state of Israel
and engages in some type of evenhanded diplomacy.
I have always supported the rights of the Jewish people to live in peace in a country of their own
but The ends do not justify the means !

[S1m0n]

Yes, there is a double standard.

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Israel's real fear isn't an Iranian nuclear attack, but that the realities of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) will render Israel's nuclear umbrella much less useful, and they will no longer be able to carpet bomb their neighbours, free of care in the knowlege that neither said neighbour nor it's allies can retaliate effectively. With another bomb in the hood, everything changes.

If Iran gets a bomb, or even plausible threshold capability, Israel will be forced to behave much less aggressively, and might even have to make peace.

[Hedonist]

Israel has ever done anything remotely like 'carpet bombing' their neighbors. Pure fiction.

[Judith Ellis - Huffpost Blogger]

Might you enlighten me?

[jdbull58]

very naive