Tuesday, March 4, 2008

The UN Sanctions Against Iran

Iran can buy anything they want, even with the UN imposed sanctions. Iran’s oil money has bought them the Fox-Bat-27, the best fighter plane in the world. And they know how to fly it. If you look on Google’s land map scans, Iran has over 20 visible airfields, not counting the ones underground. Our good buddies, France , sold the world’s best Anti-Aircraft Guns and Radar to Iran. Some of these anti-aircraft weapons were given to Hezbollah who used them to foil Israeli air attacks in 2006.
Iran controls access to the sea for all Mid-East oil. So the United States, the EU, Japan, China and other nations of the free world can ill afford to isolate Iran with our antiquated, warped, jingoistic manifest destiny foreign policy of not talking to our purported enemies in the 21st century. Russia is presently building nuclear reactors in Iran. The USA and the EU have protested vociferously but to no avail. Under Putin, Russia did not follow the USA plans for trading and diplomatic ventures. UN imposed sanctions mean nothing to the Russians because Russia, like all nation states, will do whatever is in their best interest.
Therefore, rigid UN imposed sanctions will have very little effect on Iran’s quest to obtain new sources of nuclear energy. It would be in the best interest of the United States to have consistent dialogue and discussions, tough negotiations with the leaders of Iran over matters of shared interests and matters of secutity or risk having Iran further aligning themselves with Russia. Mr. Obama’s foreign policy plan appears to be more encompassing for the 21st century ever evolving global complexities.

1 comment:

Christopher said...

For the world to have rules on controlling nuclear materials, supporting terror, how rulers treat the populations - I think that the UN sanctions are good ways to set the ground work of showing how these radical nations are not working peacefully on a world scale.

Since most things aren't isolated incidents any longer and are broadcast around the world instantly, and have effects on world markets (oil for China, US, Europe)....then whatever steps Iran makes to damage another country should be handled in a way that does not benefit them economically.

Exporting and supporting terror is not the way to conduct oneself in todays world. Whatever the US, Russia, Iran, Iraq, whoever has done in the past, the thing to do now is to stop future terror from happening.