The Europeans pretend they can talk the mullahs out of nuclear weapons but are really looking for a way to surrender while the Euros pretend their sophisticated deal isn't really just giving up to a pipsqueak thug regime.
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer made an unfortunate admission recently:
Fischer said any resumption of enrichment activities "would lead to a collapse of the talks" designed to win guarantees that Iran is not making nuclear weapons and lead also to a push by the EU and the United States to take Iran before the UN Security Council for possible international sanctions.
One would almost think this was evidence of a spine.
Well, with this latest from Iran, I guess we will see whether it is spine or pretend spine:
To show its dissatisfaction with lack of progress in the talks with Europe, [Iranian] Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Sunday that Iran had decided to resume some uranium reprocessing activities. Saeedi said that might happen in two or three days.
So logically, the Euros will demand a renewed suspension or they will walk (and let the US take the lead in formulating a response to Iran's drive for nuclear weapons).
Sadly, that is simplisme. The Euros are so sophisticated that my head spins:
European countries seeking to negotiate an end to Iran's nuclear enrichment program are asking the Bush administration for more help, saying the United States should offer Tehran new incentives to revive foundering talks, U.S. officials said.
The request for a new U.S. overture, made last week, was viewed as another sign that the talks between Iran and European Union representatives had made little headway since the two sides renewed efforts last fall to reach an agreement.
Not content to surrender on their own and shovel money to Iran while the Iranians develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, the Euros want us to participate in the surrender--to actually pay for it and play along with the let's pretend game that this is solving the problem!
Why don't the Euros jut cut to the chase and complete their evolving position. Why don't the Euros just ship a nuclear-tipped fully fueled ballistic missile to Tehran and just end the suspense.
We know how the Euro approach will end. Why drag it out? Does anybody really believe the Germans have even a fraction of the guts they displayed in the past? Or that anybody else over there is any better?
If the Euros give in openly, at least we will be free to deal with the problem our way.
Regime change in Iran. Very soon. Like the autumn when our Strategic Petroleum Reserve is full. That won't be too late, will it?
