The Nuclear Dots

Front Page Magazine ^ | 02 February 2006 | Kenneth R. Timmerman

[unionblue83]

As the International Atomic Energy Agency board meets today in emergency session in Vienna, they finally will begin to connect the dots of Iran’s clandestine nuclear weapons program, after years of ignoring or dismissing the evidence.

Reaching this point has been no mean feat. It has required extraordinary diplomatic efforts – from an administration ridiculed by Democrats for its “unilateral” approach to world affairs – and strong but quiet leadership from the White House.

Three individuals and two pieces of information have been key to the refreshing burst of realism we are finally beginning to see from the IAEA board of governors. (Their action has not been mirrored by IAEA Secretary General, Mohammad ElBaradei. More on that below).

[randita]

Excellent read. Bolton played the trump card:

But behind closed doors, Bolton has made it clear that the Bush administration will be watching and judging the performance of the UN Security Council very closely. If the Council cannot rally to the cause of punishing a regime that has openly called for the destruction of two UN members states (Israel and the US), then the UN may not be worth preserving. The notion that the United States could pursue “other venues” besides the UN for international crisis management and cooperation– such as a Council of Democracies – is no longer an idle threat.

[cinives]

Oh please please please. Let's play that card. Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US.

[roses of sharon]

Is this true? A Council for Democracies to counter the UN?

Amazing that the average American has no clue about Iran's history with Blitz and the IAEA.

Nor did they know Saddam and Son's history refusals to comply, and threats.

History begins when they wake up in the morning and hear Katie's "reporting" from the NYT editorial page.

[Gritty]

It appears although the IAEA and the UN have not connected the nuclear dots, Iran has.

[nuconvert]

Bump