Thursday, February 03, 2005

EU Soft Power Leads to Iran Thaw

Don't get your hopes up. Did you seriously think the Europeans were succeeding at anything other than making Ted Kennedy look like a statesman?

After long negotiations to get the Iranians to accept the Euro bribes to halt nuclear development, the only thaw is with the "freeze" the Euros negotiated:

Iran has been testing parts for machines that could be used to develop nuclear weapons, despite a promise to temporarily refrain from all such activities, Western diplomats said Thursday.

The really sad thing is that the Europeans probably really are shocked at this development.