Most people see the challenges we have with Iranian nuclear weapons facilities as a separate situation from what is going on in Syria. After all, Syria is having a civil war, and much of the population is trying to overthrow the Assad government, so that sure sounds a lot different than the world coming down on Iran for building nuclear weapons to give to proxy terrorists, unbalancing the region and powerbase in the Middle East.
True enough, but Iran is intimately involved in what's going on in Syria right now, just as they have been involved in what's happening in Iraq. There was a scary article SpaceWar noting that; "US concerned about Iranian flights over Iraq to Syria," by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) March 16, 2012.
"The US is concerned about Iranian cargo flights over Iraq to Syria, saying it has warned Iraq they might contain arms that could be used by Damascus to crush protests. "Without getting into intelligence matters, we are concerned about the over flight of Iraq by Iranian cargo flights headed to Syria," and "We are consulting with Iraq about them and we are making the point that any export of arms or related materials from Iran, frankly, to any destination would be a violation of UN Security Council resolution 1747."
Well, I would submit to you that Iran doesn't give a rat's rear ends about UN Security Council resolutions, they've already broken more than a dozen that I'm aware of, and the UN sanctions, the IAEA, and all the rest of the enforcement against Iran's nuclear weapons program hasn't seemed to stop them or cause them to turn off their enrichment spinning machines and centrifuges. They are still enriching uranium to weapons grade. Everyone knows it, it's no secret, and we hardly need the CIA's assessments anymore.
Now Iran is flying over Iraqi airspace delivering Qod Forces, weapons, and advisors to the Assad regime, the same regime that is attacking its own citizens with its military. As the whole world watches, all we seem to get are statements that "this is troubling," and "we are appalled at," from the leaders at the United Nations, NATO, the United States government, and others. Yes, we should be appalled and troubled, but don't you think it's about time we did something and stopped talking about it - either the world is going to sit around and let those people die, which it is doing now, or we are going to step in and fix the problem.
Pussyfooting around, or appeasing these types of regimes goes against the basic tenets of those things we know as "human rights" and against what all Americans believe to be freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yes, those are just ideals and concepts, but I thought we wanted that for the rest of the world too? Apparently not, it appears we are all talk, and I think the Syrian government, and the Iranian regime know that. Either we shock them with a reality check, or we admit that our president was and still is bluffing.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net
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