Monday, March 30, 2015

Appeasement Lausanne 2015

Posted: 3/30/15 Updated: 3/31/15


Trigger


Today, I say the following headline “U.S. and European officials are seeking Russian backing to reinstate Iran sanctions ....” on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.


Deja Vu All Over


What has this desperate attempt by the Obama administration come to? A nuclear deal with Iran, a fanatical dictatorship ruling already over about three or four Middle Eastern countries, at any price? To involve Putin the Terrible is almost comical if it were not so serious.


Reminiscent of the failed appeasement policy by Chamberlain at Munich in 1938.


Reminiscent of the way to cozy negotiations between the terminally ill, socialist U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt and Stalin in Yalta over post war Europe.


Good, common sense political leadership in democratic Western countries has been rare!


A Conditio Sine Qua Non

Iran has been deceptive about its nuclear ambitions for about two decades. Would it not make sense to require Iran to sign a peace treaty with Israel first and to have Iran abandon any terrorist support before allowing Iran to continue its “peaceful” use of nuclear energy?

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