Our Failed Iran Non-Policy & the Price to Pay
This is what happens when one gives the Iran policy helm to a novice, foreign policy screw-upper like Condi Rice. Condi has been in search of a legacy for herself, and she tried to appease the Iranian regime as much as she was able to, so she can leave office saying “Hey, I did it.” But the Iranians did not bite (point in case: the disastrous Condi run-in with Tehran officials in the Egypt regional peace conference earlier this year.)
I was a strong proponent of her in the start when she first became Secretary of Sate. But it took me some time, after witnessing her clumsy appeasing ways towards Iran regime, to see her for her true colors vis a vis Iran. She is of the school of Madeline Albright when it comes to Iran, namely, Sleep with the Mullahs and strike a “Grand Bargain” with them at any cost. If it were not for strong admonitions by the Vice President, she would have probably sold the house to the Iranian regime by now. Never mind that this Iran appeasement policy is diagonally opposite what she was told to do by the White House. As the President kept (and is even now) cutting her slack on Iran. Condi is just not cut out to be a Secretary of State of ANY country. She should go back to teaching in college, or head a basketball team, or something. Better yet, she should resign immediately, so perhaps we could have the shadow of a chance of a REAL Iran policy with someone else in charge.
Regarding the NIE, it is now known (today) that the 3 state department employees, who wrote it, based their "findings" that Iran stopped their WMD program in 2003, from non other than intercepted conversations amongst Iranian top military officials!
Of course, the problem with that is that the Iranians are no dummies. They knew that UK intelligence was listening in on their military communications, so they planted this piece of disinformation in their conversations to throw off the west on their real nuclear weapons program. But the “realist” liberals only too gleeful to publish this, irregardless of its flawed sources.
But regardless, the damage is now done.
The current administrations' already timid and abysmal Iran policy, with its total lack of support for Iranian democratic opposition, was already failing big anyway. This NIE just provided the last stake into the heart of its Iran policy. Condi should be fired for this.
No doubt, we will feel the repercussions of their Iran failure for years to come, long after "W" and Condi leave office.
IRAN BLOG at: http://mor2com.blogspot.com/
I was a strong proponent of her in the start when she first became Secretary of Sate. But it took me some time, after witnessing her clumsy appeasing ways towards Iran regime, to see her for her true colors vis a vis Iran. She is of the school of Madeline Albright when it comes to Iran, namely, Sleep with the Mullahs and strike a “Grand Bargain” with them at any cost. If it were not for strong admonitions by the Vice President, she would have probably sold the house to the Iranian regime by now. Never mind that this Iran appeasement policy is diagonally opposite what she was told to do by the White House. As the President kept (and is even now) cutting her slack on Iran. Condi is just not cut out to be a Secretary of State of ANY country. She should go back to teaching in college, or head a basketball team, or something. Better yet, she should resign immediately, so perhaps we could have the shadow of a chance of a REAL Iran policy with someone else in charge.
Regarding the NIE, it is now known (today) that the 3 state department employees, who wrote it, based their "findings" that Iran stopped their WMD program in 2003, from non other than intercepted conversations amongst Iranian top military officials!
Of course, the problem with that is that the Iranians are no dummies. They knew that UK intelligence was listening in on their military communications, so they planted this piece of disinformation in their conversations to throw off the west on their real nuclear weapons program. But the “realist” liberals only too gleeful to publish this, irregardless of its flawed sources.
But regardless, the damage is now done.
The current administrations' already timid and abysmal Iran policy, with its total lack of support for Iranian democratic opposition, was already failing big anyway. This NIE just provided the last stake into the heart of its Iran policy. Condi should be fired for this.
No doubt, we will feel the repercussions of their Iran failure for years to come, long after "W" and Condi leave office.
IRAN BLOG at: http://mor2com.blogspot.com/
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