One Small Step for the Left; Giant Propaganda Coup for Iran

"We believe that sustainable peace does not mean to impose tranquility. We believe that the world can be run much more better than the present situation. We can avoid wars, threats, bloodshed and hostilities." – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

"We do not take these statements seriously. Comments to the media are different from real statements" - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

“The fact of the matter is that one of the purposes of suspension — keeping them from getting the knowledge — has been overtaken by events.” - IAEA Director el Baradei

Did you know that the concern of Iran suspending its uranium enrichment is an “old issue?” Well, yes of course it is as negotiations have been going on for years. But, did you know that Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini during a weekly “press conference” commenting on the “possibility of Iran suspending its enrichment activities said:

"This is an old issue. Even the International Atomic Energy Agency chief ElBaradei has admitted that the issue of suspension is an old matter; suspension has no place in Iran's peaceful nuclear policies. We should talk of new initiatives and remove outstanding issues based on this framework."

Forget that nothing of any substance has been done to allay concerns that their nuclear intentions are peaceful; it’s old news…Iran is perfectly happy using the actions and/or statements of others to plow right on through as though they have done so much. El Baradei’s previous remarks (and likely, future remarks) are good fodder for the propaganda machine of a nation like Iran. Speaking of others actions/remarks being good fodder; the invitation to Columbia University is good propaganda….so is reaction to the invitation; regarding Ahmadinejad speaking before an audience at Columbia University, the spokesman said (surprise!!!):

"Despite US efforts to sabotage the program, we are trying to make it anyway."

Thanks Columbia for exemplifying Robert Frost’s “a liberal is a man too broad minded to take his own side in a quarrel.”

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Iranian Peaceful Nukes – Almost there on Agreement

"We do not take these statements seriously. Comments to the media are different from real statements" – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in response to recent statements from France

According to the Director of the IAEA, Mohamed “Neville Chamberlain” El Baradei:

“there is no reason to go beyond diplomacy in dealing with Iran's nuclear program.

The international community needs to keep the process of dialogue open in order to restrict the idea of using force against Iran, he said.

Underlining the need for clarifying and moving forward within the framework of a timetable agreed upon by IAEA and Iran, he said other nations should understand that the issue has been tied with the security of the region, therefore, they are expected to be more patient.

Taking a page from Ahmadinejad, we should add; we do not take these statements seriously, comments by diplomats never speak beyond the process of negotiation.”

The “secular pope” is seeing to it that the entire region/world sits back while he takes care of us all. A diplomats job is never done, their daily work accomplishes countless negotiation points each day; forget the fact that the art of diplomacy being practiced by El Baradei with Iran is wholly intended to avoid a military confrontation with Iran at all costs. One cost of this avoidance? A nuclear Iran.

El Baradei’s further advice to belligerents itching for a fight:

“If the parties involved in the dossier of Iran's nuclear program hold talks around a table, the result will be better than speaking about who should use force against Iran.”

Lunch included.

El Baradei also used Iran’s neighbor, Iraq as a lesson; citing that it is an example in which “innocent people are killed every day and thus, all parties should be careful when they speak about use of force.”

For so many like El Baradei, the “lesson” is the innocents killed daily. The irony that those he negotiates with are very responsible for the deaths of the innocents escapes the professional diplomat

“He’s naïve and idiosyncratic and that amounts to being dangerous. His argument for years was that he could talk Iran out of being a nuclear threat. Then it was, ‘O.K., we’ll just let them experiment.’ Now it’s, ‘you’re never going to get them to give up.” – John Bolton referring to Mohamed El Baradei

Not so secret war

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“Helping the Poor, Saving the Environment, Fighting Crime and Confronting New Dangers”

An interesting piece on Dr. Mohamed El Baradei appears in The NY Times today:

“Dr. ElBaradei, who is 65, seems unfazed, even energized, by all the dissent. He alludes to a sense of destiny that has pressed him into the role of world peacemaker. He has called those who advocate war against Iran “crazies,” and in two long recent interviews described himself as a “secular pope” whose mission is to “make sure, frankly, that we do not end up killing each other.”

Those that advocate “war” and seemingly anything that actually gets in the way of Iran’s quest for “peaceful nukes,” could be deemed “crazy.” Anything other than negotiated agreements is going against the grain of the common understanding that Iran can be negotiated with because they like everyone want stability in the region. This I am sure somewhere in time is true; in the meantime and for the foreseeable future however, murder, terrorism, mayhem, rhetoric and instability is the conscious tactic of choice.

Day in, day out they spout. For decades Iran has been working toward bringing the U.S. hegemon down. In the mid-nineties they began their nuclear research; purchasing various supplies from Russia. Hiring physicists from the broken USSR, digging in and building their nuclear backbone that has allowed them to reach the point that they are at now.

“Despite Iran’s long history of nuclear deception, Dr. ElBaradei’s supporters cite his vindication on Iraq — no evidence of an active Iraqi nuclear program has been found — as reason to listen to him now.

“He could have saved us a disastrous war if we had paid attention to him,” said Thomas M. Franck, an international law professor emeritus at New York University Law School.”

This “disastrous war” is in part to draw a wedge in the region. This “disastrous war” is one of the things we have going for us with this Iranian situation.

Many of those that do not support El Baradei and his failed efforts is best represented by this, from John Bolton:

“He’s naïve and idiosyncratic and that amounts to being dangerous. His argument for years was that he could talk Iran out of being a nuclear threat. Then it was, ‘O.K., we’ll just let them experiment.’ Now it’s, ‘you’re never going to get them to give up.’”

In May, following VP Cheney’s statement from an aircraft carrier of the Iranian coast that the U.S. was prepared to use naval power to prevent Iran from ‘“gaining nuclear weapons and dominating this region,”’ El Baradei offered this matter of fact quip:

“The fact of the matter is that one of the purposes of suspension — keeping them from getting the knowledge — has been overtaken by events.”

Which at the time, DeMediacratic Nation noted:

“Missing from El Baradei is any sense of irony that he and his cohorts are the very ones responsible for the events outpacing talks.”

The international community, whether represented by the U.N. or not may be starting to see things differently as Iran closes in on what is beginning to appear inevitable; yet this is still not enough. In June Germany’s Defense Minister said of Iran’s nuclear efforts:

“Iran should be allowed to enrich uranium for power generation provided there is close monitoring by U.N. inspectors to ensure it is not trying to develop atomic weapons.”

Inspection and negotiations has gained nothing, but more time and the furthering of the Iranian “peaceful nuke” program. Agreements made, whether made will be more advantageous for Iran as the Momo and the Mullahs would not allow for anything less; however, agreements would likely not be honored by them.

The past 30 years has seen the patient implementation of the Islamic Republic’s aim toward domination of the region. Following the Gulf War their nuclear program began after they surmised Hussein would not have had to leave Kuwait had he had nuclear weapons.

From Presidents Carter to President W. Bush, administrations have failed to take Iran to task and have had failed Iran policies. El Baradei is the self-anointed “secular pope,” that will bring us all back from the edge but it not be before the edge the great negotiator is bringing us back from is a good many miles behind us, with no ground underneath.

Continuing on as we are will not prevent Iran from success. It’s time the threats of economic pressure were brought to bear by all on the Islamic Republic to bring its leadership down. No more money to play with after a time, so no more financial support for the terror groups under its direction eventually.

Knowing what is what and having knowledge of the truth is difficult enough these days, in part due to the media’s naïve flair for missing the real story. If the international community does not get its act together and work in unison along the economic and sanctions line; one tactic will remain (if it isn’t already too late) and that will be military. At that point all the previous history of our difficulties with Iran will be wiped clean; the media will conveniently forget any of the nastiness of the regime that it once may have known. The bad guy will then be whoever takes that step and truth will further slip from our grasp.

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The Fruits of Four Years of Investigation and Negotiation: Iran and the IAEA

According to the 27 nation European Union regarding the latest IAEA negotiated deal with Iran over its “peaceful nukes:”

“Iran's nuclear transparency deal with U.N. inspectors could be a recipe for delay and the lack of provision for suspending Tehran's uranium enrichment is unacceptable”

This upset negotiator extraordinaire, IAEA Director Mohamed ElBaradei motivating him to walk out of the session.

A more negative stance held by EU “powers” Germany, France and Britain that are among six nations sponsoring “two sets of U.N. sanctions against Iran, said German Ambassador Klaus Peter Gottwald on behalf of the three:”

“We are ... concerned by the sequential nature of the work plan as it may possibly be used to delay the clarification of the outstanding questions.”

Iran delay? This latest round of “negotiations” grew from the olive branch that was offered by Iran in June that got the diplomatic likes of El Baradei and others excited. At the time it reeked of more Iranian delay games and only three months later the EU is catching on.

It was at about this time that Dr. El Baradei quipped about sanctions and the goal of Iranian suspension of its enrichment activities:

‘“the fact of the matter is that one of the purposes of suspension — keeping them from getting the knowledge — has been overtaken by events.”’

What about the session upset El Baradei so much that he felt compelled to walk out? According to AFP, the EU speech “did not fully support his deal for new inspections in Iran.”

Could the “concern” expressed by German Ambassador Gottwald have been the “nasty statement” that ruffled the feathers of the Director?

El Baradei had received a “rousing statement” on the deal from the “non-aligned movement” led by Cuban Ambassador Norma Miguelina Goicochea Estenoz that reiterated:

“its full confidence in the impartiality and professionalism of the Secretariat of the IAEA and its Director General, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei."

A diplomat pointed to a lack in this “same personal tone of appreciation,” from the EU as a “rebuff to his sustained diplomatic efforts.”

Sustained diplomatic efforts should be better described as only sustained employment for the Director and others in the diplomatic corps. The dividends returned to date on this investment have been paid to Iran and Iran alone. Is this the result that rates a “personal tone of appreciation?”

Four years, that allows the smile to remain on the faces of those in Tehran. Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said the:

“proactive cooperation" of Iran "is an essential step towards a peaceful resolution of the nuclear issue."

Well, then “the impartiality and professionalism of the Secretariat of the IAEA and its Director General, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei” is just what is needed.

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A Diplomats Job is Never Done

According to Arnaud de Borchgrave in a commentary piece in The Washington Times:

“The Bush administration wants an understanding with Iran that would end the conflict in Iraq. And Iran, at the highest clerical level, wants to end the 28-year-old break in diplomatic relations.”

“If Mr. Bush were willing to talk geopolitical turkey with Iran's ranking theocrats, putting diplomatic recognition, an end to all sanctions, and a non-aggression treaty on the table in return for (1) Tehran ending uranium enrichment and resuming full international monitoring of all its nuclear facilities; (2) ending all support for terrorist activities; (3) non-interference in Iraq -- a promising deal could be negotiated. But to insist that Iran end all nuclear fuel activities before the U.S. is willing to embark on a bilateral negotiating track is a diplomatic cul-de-sac.”

Demanding an end to all nuclear fuel activities as a starting point for negotiations is a requirement of the U.S. government; Iran has said, it will not abide by a demand of this kind as an onset to talks. Regardless of a “cul-de-sac” or any other kind of sac, Tehran will not likely end its uranium enrichment activities, nor would it end support for terrorism; terrorism is and has taken Iran to the point that it is today in the international arena. Terrorism, in the mind of the Mullahs and words of Ahmadinejad is what will help them unite the Islamic world in its quest to defeat all that is infidel.

From two countries involved in the EU-3 negotiations with Iran (Russia involved, but not really counted in the numerical number), comes the opinion by a number of British and Russian experts that believe:

“Iran will test a North Korean-designed, plutonium-based nuclear device underground in the fall. Others among the same group of experts say it will be an enriched uranium device fueled by pre-enriched uranium feed stock obtained on the international black market.”

Plutonium or uranium is not the point; with the negotiations responsibility handed to these nations, a farce from the beginning has resulted in no results. From the beginning, the nations involved have played the diplomacy game knowing full well what the diplomacy game ends in. Talk is cheap, talk often leads to nothing but a delay of something bigger and nastier.

Experts now see possibilities of Iranian success in nuclear development. Why even the ever prescient Mohamed ElBaradei openly sees the light, the light that he would not admit existed in the run up to the endless chattering. Personally I do not believe he ever had any intention of stopping the Iranian “peaceful nuke” game. That is not the job of a diplomat; their job is to talk and agree, regardless of the results. If they talk, they have succeeded and no doubt El Baradei sees accomplishment. Following the U.N. and others taking action, El Baradei today announces the tough love truth:

‘“We believe they pretty much have the knowledge about how to enrich. From now on, it is simply a question of perfecting that knowledge. People will not like to hear it, but that’s a fact.”’

Some European nations along with Russia are beginning to see that new sanctions are pointless citing the logic:

“of demanding suspension was that it would delay the day that Iran gained the knowledge to produce its own nuclear fuel.”

If there was ever logic to the diplomacy and sanctions, why did Russia and others do so much to thwart these efforts? Why not do it while it was logical? Could it be that they were too interested in talking?

The entire situation is one of diplomatic circles playing with words, enjoying wonderful catered meals, posh hotels, self-importance and regardless of outcome a job well done.

Speaking for the great, respected and tough organization that is the U.N., El Baradei points out that:

‘“Quite clearly suspension is a requirement by the Security Council, and I would hope the Iranians would listen to the world community.”'

Yes, I would hope; that and UN-esque diplomacy will get you a big fat zero or if you are Iran a new vantage point that requires the international organization to view it, according to El Baradei from the perspective of proliferation since:

‘“the fact of the matter is that one of the purposes of suspension — keeping them from getting the knowledge — has been overtaken by events.”’

Missing from El Baradei is any sense of irony that he and his cohorts are the very ones responsible for the events outpacing talks. Outpacing talks is never a challenge; consider the EU’s agreement with the Mullahs regarding “peaceful nukes,” that is laying of the groundwork for the 2010 conference. Sounds like this is kind of behind the eight ball as well, no? Not really, at least not according to an esteemed diplomat like El Baradei:

‘“The focus now should be to stop them from going to industrial scale production, to allow us to do a full-court-press inspection and to be sure they remain inside the treaty.”

Basketball analogies or not, the game they are playing for us is over; the game they are playing for a paycheck is not. It is no wonder that a diplomats job is never done.

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