TIME cnn
By MASSIMO CALABRESI
The leaders of the G-8 countries meeting in the Italian mountain town of L’Aquila issued on July 8 an unusually tough statement on Iran’s postelection crackdown, calling on the regime to respect the rule of law and human rights. But when it came to Tehran’s nuclear program, which President Barack Obama sees as the overriding strategic issue between the U.S. and Iran, the leaders struck a milder tone, urging negotiations and underscoring Iran’s rights to a civilian nuclear program. It was the clearest indication yet that despite the postelection violence in Iran, Obama intends to stick to his strategy of offering carrots before sticks for handling Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Top U.S. aides tried to convince the Western media that the G-8 statement’s section on nuclear issues had been tough on Iran. In a conference call with reporters on July 8, Under Secretary of State William Burns said the document stressed “the sense of urgency that I think all eight leaders feel about the nuclear issue” and “the deep concern about Iran’s continued failure to meet its international obligations.”…
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1909148_1909157_1909648,00.html
In the forefront of concern about Iran’s progress in nuclear technology is a country that did not sign the United Nations’ nuclear non-proliferation treaty. That country, Israel, is not bound by the United Nation’s nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Therefore, Israel could if desired, quietly build and deploy 150 – 200 nuclear weapons and the United Nations’ IAEA might not say a word. Not a word!
The United Nations not withstanding, Israel has demanded that America do something about Iran or it would. Earlier, Israel did take matters into its own hands and bombed facilities in Syria. I am not sure what, if any, response came from the United Nations.
Would Israel use aggression(PREEMPTIVE SELF-DEFENSE?) against Iran like it did against Syria? Any opposition to the Zionist state’s future bombing of Iran might be called anti-Semitic.
