Post by Moses on Feb 6, 2006 8:07:47 GMT -5
This is an editorial from Investor's Business Daily, a widely read business newspaper. It is zionazi propaganda-- lies and falsehoods. Why would a supposed investor's newspaper be publishing falsehoods? Isn't it a premise of the "free market" that decisions must be based on the facts? "Market forces" don't work in a healthy way without facts and information. Therefore, we do not have a "free market" and the "market forces" are unhealthy.
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Issues & Insights
The Ides Of March
Posted 2/1/2006
Proliferation: The clock is ticking on Iran's illegal nuclear program. In just six short weeks, we'll find out how serious the world is about keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of madmen.
The U.S. and its allies, by reporting Iran's nuclear noncompliance to the U.N. Security Council, have until mid-March to deal diplomatically with Iran to get it to end its quest for nuclear weapons. After that, things get serious.
We have little room for maneuver. Right now, there are basically three paths to take: One, get Iran to sign a deal that would give it nuclear power, but using technology controlled by Russia. Two, wait six weeks, then slap sanctions on Iran. Three, identify major Iranian nuclear sites and take them out with bombs and missile strikes.
Like most people, we don't like number three at all. Yet, Iran seems to be pushing the West in that direction. One need only hear the rhetoric of Iran's leaders on Wednesday to understand why.
"Nuclear energy is our right, and we will resist until this right is fully realized," said Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling the U.S. and EU "bully countries." Meanwhile, Iran's lead nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, said Iran may soon halt international inspections and restart its nuclear enrichment program.
This is significant for a number of reasons. For one, Ahmadinejad has threatened to "wipe out" Israel. And despite his talk of "nuclear energy," the U.S. fears Iran will share the nuclear technology with other Muslim extremists. Goodbye suicide bombers, hello suitcase nukes and mass destruction.
The smirk that accompanied Ahmadinejad's threatening remark may have been a knowing one. At least one prominent former Israeli intelligence official — Rafi Eitan, who helped plan Israel's attack on Iraq's Osirak nuclear facility in the early 1980s — believes Iran already has one, maybe two, Hiroshima-sized weapons.
Regardless, it's only a matter of time, according to western intelligence services. The best estimates put Iran a couple of years away at most from having nuclear weapons. Even the usually wishy-washy U.N. said on Tuesday that Iran has obtained scientific plans and drawings on the black market, the sole purpose of which is to build a nuclear weapon, not build power plants. Its goal is clear.
In pushing Iran, a charter member of the Axis of Evil, the U.S. has done the right thing. And we're happy to see the EU is going along.
On Thursday, the 35-member International Atomic Energy Agency will meet to formalize the request by the U.S. and EU. But there's still time to avoid the ugliness of military action.
Diplomacy will continue at least until March 6, when IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei reports on Iran's nuclear program at a scheduled IAEA meeting. As EU foreign policy czar Javier Solana said Wednesday, "We are in a diplomatic channel." So talks will go on.
That gives Iran time to come to its senses. The country is, after all, a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which compels it to never develop nuclear weapons. Ever. Any breach of that accord would have to be viewed as a casus belli since, as we know, no one develops weapons without meaning to use them.
President Bush's words of encouragement for the Iranian people during Tuesday's State of the Union address hit the right note. But he also warned Iran's government that it is "defying the world with its nuclear ambitions, and the nations of the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons." It was the president's biggest, most bipartisan applause line of the night.
Iran is about to cross a line, and once it does there's no going back. The West — especially Europe, which lies within missile-reach of Iran — can't let Iran have nuclear weapons. On March 6, we'll know for certain which path Iran — and the world — will choose.
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© Investor's Business Daily, Inc. 2000-2006.
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Issues & Insights
The Ides Of March
Posted 2/1/2006
Proliferation: The clock is ticking on Iran's illegal nuclear program. In just six short weeks, we'll find out how serious the world is about keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of madmen.
The U.S. and its allies, by reporting Iran's nuclear noncompliance to the U.N. Security Council, have until mid-March to deal diplomatically with Iran to get it to end its quest for nuclear weapons. After that, things get serious.
We have little room for maneuver. Right now, there are basically three paths to take: One, get Iran to sign a deal that would give it nuclear power, but using technology controlled by Russia. Two, wait six weeks, then slap sanctions on Iran. Three, identify major Iranian nuclear sites and take them out with bombs and missile strikes.
Like most people, we don't like number three at all. Yet, Iran seems to be pushing the West in that direction. One need only hear the rhetoric of Iran's leaders on Wednesday to understand why.
"Nuclear energy is our right, and we will resist until this right is fully realized," said Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling the U.S. and EU "bully countries." Meanwhile, Iran's lead nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, said Iran may soon halt international inspections and restart its nuclear enrichment program.
This is significant for a number of reasons. For one, Ahmadinejad has threatened to "wipe out" Israel. And despite his talk of "nuclear energy," the U.S. fears Iran will share the nuclear technology with other Muslim extremists. Goodbye suicide bombers, hello suitcase nukes and mass destruction.
The smirk that accompanied Ahmadinejad's threatening remark may have been a knowing one. At least one prominent former Israeli intelligence official — Rafi Eitan, who helped plan Israel's attack on Iraq's Osirak nuclear facility in the early 1980s — believes Iran already has one, maybe two, Hiroshima-sized weapons.
Regardless, it's only a matter of time, according to western intelligence services. The best estimates put Iran a couple of years away at most from having nuclear weapons. Even the usually wishy-washy U.N. said on Tuesday that Iran has obtained scientific plans and drawings on the black market, the sole purpose of which is to build a nuclear weapon, not build power plants. Its goal is clear.
In pushing Iran, a charter member of the Axis of Evil, the U.S. has done the right thing. And we're happy to see the EU is going along.
On Thursday, the 35-member International Atomic Energy Agency will meet to formalize the request by the U.S. and EU. But there's still time to avoid the ugliness of military action.
Diplomacy will continue at least until March 6, when IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei reports on Iran's nuclear program at a scheduled IAEA meeting. As EU foreign policy czar Javier Solana said Wednesday, "We are in a diplomatic channel." So talks will go on.
That gives Iran time to come to its senses. The country is, after all, a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which compels it to never develop nuclear weapons. Ever. Any breach of that accord would have to be viewed as a casus belli since, as we know, no one develops weapons without meaning to use them.
President Bush's words of encouragement for the Iranian people during Tuesday's State of the Union address hit the right note. But he also warned Iran's government that it is "defying the world with its nuclear ambitions, and the nations of the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons." It was the president's biggest, most bipartisan applause line of the night.
Iran is about to cross a line, and once it does there's no going back. The West — especially Europe, which lies within missile-reach of Iran — can't let Iran have nuclear weapons. On March 6, we'll know for certain which path Iran — and the world — will choose.
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© Investor's Business Daily, Inc. 2000-2006.