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Middle
East - Hangs Fire
by Walt Taylor
Iran is very busy making
nuclear weapons - they loudly talk about it - and they are hell bent to get it
done. Nobody else wants Iran to have nuclear weapons, Why? Because Iran is
being run by religious fanatics with a strange set of priorities ... a complete
lack of interest in the stability of the existing world ... and a dedication to
removing Israel from the face of the planet. They have stated so ...
repeatedly.
Maybe they are lying ... maybe not!
Russia, France and Germany - our weakest links
in the last Middle East foray - are now huffing and puffing about the dangers
of Iranian nuclear weapons. And they are complaining, through endless practice,
for one very good reason ... they are all potentially within missile range of
Iran. Not that we can expect any proficiency from dedicated religious prayer
groups in actually aiming, firing and hitting anything with missiles ... but
the potential is there.
This brings up another interesting point ... if
Iran starts spouting off like a roman candle ... who is down range? Without a
history of rocket technology, accuracy comes to bear. The Iranian marksmen
would first need to clear Iraq - and half the U.S. military - which might raise
some queries. Then Jordan becomes the geographical anomaly of the moment ...
any mistakes could become the storm of the century in Jordanian skies. Israel
will be shooting, we will be shooting, and Jordan becomes - by default - the
custodial technician of the year. Over shooting the target brings Egypt into
range ... all this trajectory activity could be very interesting to watch. What
happens to a nuclear device when the missile it is attached to blows up in mid
fight? Does it detonate? Does it just fall to the ground with an anticlimactic
thud? Are these things under warranty? Did they buy the guidance systems from
the rocket experts in Pakistan?
Now, stepping up to center stage is Russia - the
historic diplomatic iconoclast of the last century - saying "Let's make a
deal" - let's see what's behind door #2 - We can trade fission for oil!!
Here is a deal made in heaven. A group of vodka soaked Cossacks rolling
homemade uranium for a group of mega maniacal mullahs in the oil patch. Any
self respecting ambulance chaser would jump at the chance to broker this deal
... the perfectly balanced match of mendacity ... no one in the entire room
with even the slightest chance of telling the truth ... the ideal contract!
No one believes the Russians will live up to any
agreements that involve nuclear weapons, and would probably lead to someone
banging a shoe on the U.N. podium at some point. No one believes Iran will live
up to any agreements when the treaty signing involves a small carpet and beads.
Even the other Arab nations can't believe Iran ... hence the phrase
"Middle East Crisis".
The U.N. is huffing and puffing about the
dangers of Iranian nuclear weapons ... they rationalize their existence to
solve international problems --"Let's build a bridge of
communication" -- this will be productive! The entire organization is
trying to avoid jail time for stealing oil and bribes from the last "ideal
contract" in the middle east Farmers Market. It seems not everyone in
these situations can be trusted ... Oh really? They will make a lot of noise -
pose for the cameras with all the righteous indignation they can muster - poor
people will be canonized, the U.S. will be condemned - and Kofi will give his
son a well deserved raise in pay. Good job - well done!
The Security Council will propose that
time-tested idiom used to strike fear into the hearts of all rational
populations -- "sanctions" -- "we can sanction them into
submission"! The imposition of brave diplomats will save the day. Of
course, our guy Bolton may well point out that France and Germany have some
historical problems involving middle east sanctions ... cheating can't be all
bad if you can (wink - wink) get a little light crude on the side. Then, all
the African nations will certainly join in concert with Al Sharpton to label
the entire exercise a plot against blacks. Al Gore and young Kennedy will suck
up all the remaining air time condemning any use of oil - for anything - at
anytime. And the Clintons will insist that new peace negotiations at Camp David
should include Iran, and will be successful by including the proper amount of
Big Macs and national health insurance.
In the meantime, amidst all the global
posturing, Iran will continue to build a nuclear weapon. Why? Because they are
a sovereign nation and they have the right to build whatever they choose, for
whatever purpose they choose, and the mullahs don't take constructive criticism
well. If India can have nuclear weapons - so can we!! These facts are not lost
on the Israelis.
They will not sit around waiting for the
neighborhood temperature to rise, or speculate about the refractive qualities
of the sand being suddenly turned into glass. What is a reasonable, rational
Zionist to do? Bomb the stuffing out of them before the first missile is
fired.
And they will.
But ... not before July ... not until we all
know who wins the FIFA Soccer World Cup.
