Politics: Sanctions: Iran's nuclear ambitions sanctioned adversely and unanimously by UN; and, for what its worth, by most of us
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In a commentary yesterday, Christian Science Monitor expressed its view, purposefully joining what it considers to be an unparalleled chorus that now includes a unanimous 15-0 UN Security Council resolution to impose what may be called "Sanctions Lite" but sanctions indeed against mullocratic Iran's bid for dominance thru its nuke program with its uranium-enrichment feature and its possible use for military purposes. Even Iran's idea of having nukes at its disposal henceforth has a military purpose in the sense embedded in Iran's conscious intention to intimidate the states in the region, like the Gulf States, those especially with Sunni Muslim denominationality, rather than Shiite (Iran, Iraq, Hamas in Lebanon) or Sufi (the Darfur Black Muslim rebels against the Sudan govt which is Sunni along with Suadiland, Jordan, and Egypt). The Sudan govt and its camel-borne janjaweed killing squads that ravage the Black Sufis of Darfur. Yes, even the refugees being exterminated by the Sudan Sunnis factor into the Shiite struggle to displace the Wahabist Sunnis, the former centerd in Iran and precisely in Iran's quest for nuclear dominance in the region with membership in the nuclear club." Meanwhile the Sunnis themselves diverge into the state-orthodoxy of the Saudi regime's Wahabbism which is the Sunni epicenter in control of the Pilgrimage City of Mecca, and the maverick Wahabbist warriors of Al Quaeda and the Taliban. But back to the Monitor's View -- "The world speaks on Iran's threat" (Dec27,2k6).
What a long 27 years it's been. But on Saturday, the US finally won UN support to isolate Iranian leaders, whose 1979 Islamic revolution has become nuclear intimidation. The UN sanctions are mild, however, reflecting new US patience.MidEast > Iran isolated by UN
What wasn't mild in the Security Council's move against Tehran's nuclear program is the fact that the vote was unanimous. Even China and Russia were on board, despite investments in Iranian energy projects. To the US, that 15-0 vote was more important than strong UN sanctions.Despite all the ins and outs of the Iraq War on Hussein's Terrorism, and the preemptive effort to prevent a linking of Al Queda with Hussein (which would have been the radical Sunni juggernaut, nevertheless the isolation of Iran is a watershed achievement for President George W. Bush in international diplomacy and foreign policy (so ably pursued by Secretary Condoleeza Rice), few newspapers and other newsmedia have had the courage to say so.
This message of isolation [of Iran] comes nearly five years after President Bush placed Iran on an "axis of evil" for its hand in international terrorism. That initial, post-9/11 squaring off, however, has been sobered up by US missteps in Iraq and Europe's moves to prevent unilateral US actions. Perhaps it was also intelligence reports that Iran may be years away from being able to produce a nuclear weapon.
-- Politicarp
Further Research:
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