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| El-Baradei: Bombing Iran Will Cause Proliferation |
| 2007-12-02 |
| The USG Open Source Center Again, material translated by US officials is excluded from all but a few academics, most of whom are leftists like Juan Cole, who filter it to advance their own agenda. Ignorance in not an asset. "I hope that what was done in Iraq will not be repeated. We have all learned a lesson and I hope with all my strength that the situation in Iran will be resolved diplomatically," (said) Egypt's Mohamed ElBaradei, who is now in Buenos Aires and gave an exclusive interview to Clarin yesterday afternoon, is at the center of a storm and is working against the clock. ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is supervising the Iranian (nuclear development) plan, and he is also under pressure from the United States and its allies to harden his stance toward Tehran. Both the United States and Israel have sharply attacked the IAEA report on Iran. (Nestor Restivo) Washington was highly critical of you and of UN inspector Hans Blix when you both denied that Saddam Husayn had weapons of mass destruction. Then the United States invaded Iraq. Is this is a similar scenario?/ (Mohamed ElBaradei) In both cases it is our duty to work with objectivity. I hope that there is no parallel (between these two cases) and that we have all learned a lesson. Despite all of our differences, I do believe that everyone sees a single solution for Iran: diplomacy. (Restivo) But you know that the military option is on the table... (ElBaradei) That would not solve anything. On the contrary, it would delay the Iranian plan but in the end it would not produce a lasting solution and would generate more problems in a region that is already a huge mess, the Middle East. There is no 100 percent guarantee, but we also do not have data indicating to us that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. But we do need an additional protocol about its new facilities. (Restivo) Is it helpful for the United States or Israel to be talking about a military option? Why would Iran allow more inspections if they (the facilities inspected) might eventually become military targets? (ElBaradei) Diplomacy has more to do with pressures, sanctions, and incentives for good behavior than with force. It used to be said that diplomacy was war waged by other means, but that ended with the UN Charter, which only allows war for self-defense, in the case of an imminent threat, or if the Security Council approves it. The use of force would put pressure on Iran to manufacture nuclear weapons, while right now it does not have large industrial facilities in operation. What Iran has is a nascent and small nuclear enrichment plan. But when a country is threatened it generally ends up with a military system... Okay, the bomb-and-nation-build option is off the table. We bomb until locals are strong enough to bomb for us. |
| Posted by:McZoid |
| #9 We should do something about the fact that a US government source defers coverage of essential information, translated from important sources, to leftist scum like Juan Cole. Open Source Center material should be on the internet. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-12-02 17:29 |
| #8 What were the consequences to the Israeli raid on Syria just a month ago? nothing... the Syrians didn't attack thru the Golan Heights, or rocket Israel proper. The Iranians didn't attack Israel... |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-12-02 15:40 |
| #7 Everything causes proliferation except Iranian centrifuges. |
| Posted by: Fred 2007-12-02 13:12 |
| #6 Apparently, we have a dilemma: if we bomb Iran, it will cause proliferation. If we don't bomb Iran, they will build a nuclear bomb, which is, by definition, proliferation. I vote we bomb. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-12-02 12:06 |
| #5 How about blowing the Aswan dam---will this cause prolifiration? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2007-12-02 09:04 |
| #4 The UN nuclear watchdog causes proliferation too. I'll take bombing vs. UN any day. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-12-02 07:52 |
| #3 "I hope that what was done in Iraq will not be repeated. We have all learned a lesson and I hope with all my strength that the situation in Iran will be resolved diplomatically," (said) Egypt's Mohamed ElBaradei Exactly. And what this fascist toad has learned is that it is possible to disregard the will of the "international community", French, Russian and Chinese oils and arms interests, the "House" of Saud, the entire edifice of Frankfurt School indoctrinated academics and their mentally and morally retarded media and celebrity lickspittles. It is possible to liberate tens of millions of people from millennia of absolutism and empire and bring them to the voting booth despite the threat of medieval violence. It may even be just possible Arabs and Muslims are capable of representative democratic government and sustaining civil society, this despite a holy book that celebrates little but rape and conquest and a dictatorship toppled less than five years ago. ElBaradei and his ilk have learned despite their hatred and condescension toward the Persians and Shiites that Iran too may become a representative democracy and find its way into the enemy column for the UNs parliament of dictators. Most important, ElBaradei has learned to never, ever bet against the strength, ingenuity and determination of the United States of America. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-12-02 07:37 |
| #2 (Restivo) Is it helpful for the United States or Israel to be talking about a military option? Why would Iran allow more inspections if they (the facilities inspected) might eventually become military targets? Whahahhahaa, something tells me the targeting process is not dependent upon "inspections." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-12-02 03:16 |
| #1 I don't buy his third to the last sentence. UN Charter, which only allows war for self-defense, in the case of an imminent threat, or if the Security Council approves it In addition that statement makes no mention of police actions. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-12-02 02:52 |