What to do?

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Sat, 2005-10-29 19:50

What to do?

What must the free world do about Iran?

Ahmadinejad, recently installed President of Iran hasn't wasted any time informing the world what his stance is viz a viz Israel, (and by inference, the whole non-moslem world). In the last 24hrs or so, the Iranian parliament(?) has embarked on a damage limitation excercise and tried to defuse what is becoming a serious problem for the country. Should the western world accept that the Iranian president is guilty of no more than a bad choice of words? Can Iran be trusted to follow a peaceful path? They claim their nuclear ambitions are strictly non-military and for the generation of power, and yet they refuse to allow international inspection of their nuclear facilities, which by all accounts they have spread widely across their country, and have even duplicated plants to ensure they can't be brought to a standstill. Is this what a peaceful country does? Should the world stand by wringing it's hands and praying that sanity will prevail? I have no doubt the very same people who were vociferous in their opposition to action against Iraq will start beating the same drum on this issue. At this point in time I have no strong personal position on Iran but believe that the UN MUST realise that if they don't do something positive themselves, under the umbrella of international agreement, then it will be no good screaming at a later date that this nation or that nation responded without UN support.

At the time Ayatollah Khomenei came to power (and what a nightmare he was!),Ahmadinejad was a young fanatical activist, now he's in charge.

NOW is the time for the UN to assert itself. Being weak and frightened just encourages anarchy.

So do we demand the UN act or do we do nothing until it's too late?

Sat, 2005-10-29 20:25

ivoryfishbone

eh? *hic*

Mon, 2005-10-31 17:38

mississippi

The Iranian ministers are back-peddling, but meanwhile the guy with the bubbling hatred (or at least the one that is shouting at the momemt) is standing by his words and has since attended a meeting to further his views. All this reinforces my belief that the most virulent philosophy ever devised by mankind is religion. Not any particular religion. ALL of them.

Tue, 2005-11-01 14:02

Jack Cade

Good cartoon I found on the web the other day. Two newly hatched chicks. One says, "I don't understand any of this." The other says, "Oh, it's easy. I was born a whole day before you, so I've got it all worked out. There are things that move and things that don't move. Ignore the things that don't move unless they are foodthings, in which case eat them. Run away from the things that move, unless it's the mummyduckthing, in which case follow it wherever it goes." "Wow," says the first chick. "You've got it all figured. I feel safer now." "Yes," says the second chick. "And having someone follow my rules gives me a strange feeling of satisfaction. Did I mention that there's this invisible chick in the sky, and he says...."

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