That is the watch word of the UN; "WAIT." The U.N. is famous for doing nothing about everything.

Let's have a conference. Then a resolution. Then we'll confer again and discuss sanctions. When that doesn't work, we'll go back to the UN.

Then we'll have a conference.

Now where have we heard that crap before?

I like to think of ElBaradei as the UN's toothless nuclear Chihuahua--a small, harmless dog prone to making a lot of pointless racket.

Timothy Leary would be proud of ElBaradei.

It will be too lait when Iran goes nuclear, and can deliver. UN are useless as far as action is concerned, the word (action) isn't in their dictionary.

Just wait until they have their nukes, and attack Israel and America. Then we should start worrying about them attacking Europe or turning on other Muslims./what the UN is thinking, but won't say

More Trouble in the Leper Colony: Inter-Party violence in the occupied territories.

More mush from a UN bureaucrat. If action is delayed to the point where there is an imminent threat from a nuclear weapon, then it's too late.

Re my #4 comment: Permit me to clarify. ElBaradei is harmless only in the sense that neither his bark nor his bite are likely to have much impact. He is definitely not harmless in the sense of how his pussyfooting might seriously harm Israel and the world.

His name is after all Mohammad.

I don't see us going into Iran. I see enfranchised Shiites from Iraq spreading the gospel in the streets of Teheran. Let the cross-pollination begin.

Why on earth does the Left/UN/Europe think we need to wait for an iminent threat?

Since when has the UN ever "exhausted" diplomatic remedies?

Have they ever tried any other kind of "remedy"?

#10 scaramouche

Re my #4 comment: Permit me to clarify.

toothless nuclear Chihuahua

Please don't, I was having such a wonderful experience with that image. Oh, well -
/back to reality.

#14 Darleen

Have they ever tried any other kind of "remedy"?

You mean aside from "let's do nothing and hope the whole thing blows over"?

Nope.

In chemistry, there's something called a super-saturated solution. By heating a liquid you can dissolve and place more molecules of a substance in suspension that you would ordinarily be able to. The weird thing about super-satursated solutions is that it make only take the tiniest spec, once the liquid cools, to cause the entire substance to crystallize.

I'd like to think that our policy toward Iran should be something along these lines. The more we can "dissolve" into Iranian political society, the more likely we are to have the entire thing freeze in place (a revolution against the mullahs) when even a small thing disturbs the structure.

Given that our military resources are limited and Iran has learned well from the Israeli strikes agains the Osirak complex 20-odd years ago, it really may be our best hope effect the change we need there.

Caution! LGF may be hazardous to your blood pressure.

But as long as you’re making progress...

You're not.

...as long as you don’t see any imminent threat...

I do.

... we don’t see that today in Iran...

Speak for yourself, Mohamed.

#17 Skippy

Like the metaphor. Hope you're right.

What would all the "diplomacy" advocates say if the Iranians marched in the streets chanting "Death to Germany" "Death to Russia" "Death to Syria" or "Death to Palestine"? If it's "Death to Israel" "Death to Jews" and "Death to America" it's okay with these people.

Isn't MoEl-Bee (his Hip Hop name) married to a cousin of an Iranian mullah?

The UN is a diplomacy mill, cranking out remedies that are not worth the papering over they're rotten on.

#23 Bob G

The UN is a diplomacy mill, cranking out remedies that are not worth the papering over they're rotten on.

Amen to that -- I would add that the UN is nothing but subsidized trips/residence in New York City. Nothing more.

#14 Darleen

You mean, since the Korean conflict?

And nothing would have been done about that, either, except that the Soviets walked out.

My sage advice on Iranian nukes: Waste 'em!

exhaust all possible diplomatic remedies

Translation: Give up.

The UN would see this as more of a threat if they thought the Iranians were Jewish.

Mohamed

El Baradei

says...

Why do I get nervous at the first word of this sentence ?
Of course it is because I am a dirty racist.

Could be that Mr. Mahamed is racist, instead, and can't wait to see all the Jews and all the Westerners killed ?

#29 Poitiers-Lepanto

Could be that Mr. Mahamed is racist, instead, and can't wait to see all the Jews and all the Westerners killed ?

Of course not, because Islam is a religion of peace./sarcasm

#28 Megan

The UN would see this as more of a threat if they thought the Iranians were Jewish.

I disagree. The UN has be unable to effectively deal with the issue of Israeli nuclear weapons, either. Even though they have tried. That's why it is important for the U.S. to deal with Israel directly and not through the UN. And why I believe we must ultimatel deal with Iran directly.

And of course, if a nuclear attack by Iran takes place in Berlin, Paris, Moscow, or London, guess which two countries evereyone will blame?

ElBaradei should be thinking "We tried diplomacy in Iraq and that led to two wars. We are trying diplomacy in Iran and it is failing miserably as well. Perhaps we should preempt the upcoming preemptive war to avoid another dismal failure."

It's ok everyone. Calm down!

"Dr. ElBaradei was born in Cairo, Egypt, on 17 June 1942, son of the late Mostafa ElBaradei, a lawyer and former President of the Egyptian Bar Association. He gained a Bachelor’s degree in Law in 1962 at the University of Cairo, and a Doctorate in International Law at the New York University School of Law in 1974. He is also the recipient of various honorary degrees."

1st: He is muslim so he IS a member of the ROP.
2nd: The BBC said he had an honorary degree from the Muslim Brotherhood- and they are also members of the ROP.

Nothing to worry about, right...

Of course Iran needs to develop Nukulur fuel because everyone knows there's no oil over there.

How would we ever know that "all diplomatic remedies" have been exhausted? Would a mushroom cloud be the first indication?

#32 Megan

And of course, if a nuclear attack by Iran takes place in Berlin, Paris, Moscow, or London, guess which two countries evereyone will blame?

Andorra and Liechtenstein.
Sierra Leone and Tibet.

Nooooo, don't tell me...

jlfintx and RWNJ

THANK YOU!

SO SORRY ABOUT THE CHAOS BEFORE...

I count you both as TRUE FRIENDS!

Skippy,

To put it in middle east terms we are hoping for:

"the straw that breaks the camels back"

MM

The UN (and the EU) think that talking IS doing something. It doesn't matter in the least if the other side keeps right on doing the bad thing, if they are talking then everything is OK. Iran can keep right on building the bomb, Sudan can keep right on killing people, but as long as they are talking, the UN will do nothing else.

El Baradei is practicing nuclear taqyyia...lie, deny, distract, dismiss.

If he is successful in his subterfuge, he will be regarded as a hero in madrasses worldwide.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeevil

You been stirring up trouble?

How lucky we are that El Baradei is not only an expert on nuclear weapons, but also on assessing politics and hostile intent as well. I'm sure he'll let us know as soon as a threat is imminent.

He (it) is a joke!

I feel so SAFE with this moron lurking around anything close to our security!

ARG~!

Anagram Fun!

Mohamed ElBaradei = Hear bad lie Mo made.

I don't get it...I thought they had been cooperating with the IAEA since last April. Accelerating cooperation, even.

/sarcasm off

thepaaaaaaaaaarson

LOL!

MOI?

naaaaaaah!

LOL!

no- didn't STIR IT UP-- but it seems someone is obsessed with me, and is using a friend to try and stir up trouble--- LOL!

I have that effect on men at times-- they just can't help themselves...

LOL! just kidding-- I am such a nerd...

actually, I seem to be a target for someone's BDS!

LOL!

Why the hell do we allow a muslim to be the head of the IAEA?

WAY OT, but Funny:

Another Conservative Talk-Radio sells his opinion . . . on eBay!

I give little bit of background here

Hmmmm, this is called a 'handwave' on usenet. Say something meaningless and repeat as needed to continue doing nothing while appearing to do something. Just another reason to ask the UN to get the hell out and not have the door hit them in the ass as they leave.

I guess you guys read the article in the Arabic News this week where the Iranians said if attacked they would "astonish" us with their response. Also mentioned was that VP Cheney said this week that Israel had the right to use nuclear weapons to protect themselves....

The straw that breaks the camel's back

Anyone else remember that SNL skit where a research company liquifies camels in order to pass them through the eye of a needle?

The only thing this is exhausting is our patience...

#49 Bambino

Why the hell do we allow a muslim to be the head of the IAEA?

The HEAD ?
That thingo looks more like an asses' ass to me.

Not that this has anything to do with his being a muslim, of course.

#49 bambino
the fox in the henhouse, no?

Same reason why democratic Cuba is on the UN human rights watchgroup

If Hitler were alive they would appoint him to head the entire committee on human rights abuse

#55 Keelie

The only thing this is exhausting is our patience...

APPLAUSE...CLAPPING OF HANDS...CHEERS

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil

Well, dear, you are a looker so, you should expect it.

Bubble Girl

Iranians said if attacked they would "astonish" us with their response.

Sounds like Baghbad Bob has taken a job with the Iranians.

OT, for the heck of it

U.S. Companies Back in Business in Libya

By Salah Sarrar

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya awarded its first contracts to U.S. companies in 18 years Saturday, handing oil and gas exploration licenses to three American firms to draw a line under decades of international isolation.

The United States eased its trade embargo on oil-rich Libya last spring as a reward to Tripoli for giving up weapons of mass destruction.

[Link: story.news.yahoo.com...]

#38 Eeevil

Don't worry about it and check your email. I hope other LGF posters that value your friendship (and efforts to report and speak) will visit your blog and defend you as well. There is always good with the bad.

Again, I am going to post your site for those that want to chip in and help out.

[Link: straightupwsherri.blogspot.com...]

Don't sweat it kid.

#58 - Poitiers-Lepanto

[Elvis accent] Thank you very muuuuuush....

As far as IAEA is concerned, I'm sure that we fund it, so why don't we run it? We need to stop allowing every international organization to run by blind moonbats.

Fox! You're in charge of the henhouse. What could go wrong?

#59 Parson

Actually I think this particular person is maybe bi. He seems to have a fascination with EEvviillll and Iron Fist.

[Link: straightupwsherri.blogspot.com...]

Years from now it will come to pass that El-Baradei was on the dole. There is no doubt in my mind that this "expert in nuclear arms" will be found to be on the Iranian payroll. We will have Volker running a UN investigation on the nukes-for-oil program, after certain cities had been evaporated.

Geez Louise, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil! What the heck is going on over at your blog? Some wierd stuff. You OK?

Here's a little song I sing
Iran's not doin' anything.
Don't worry;
I'm useless.

De mullah goin' underground.
Not an a-bomb to be found.
Don't worry;
I'm useless.

La la la la la la la la la la la la (don't worry).
La la la la la la la (I'm useless).
La la la la la.

Dey sign a treaty with EU.
Not much else dat dey can do.
Don't worry.
I'm useless.

When Tel Aviv go up in smoke
I might not think it's such a joke.
Don't worry'
I'm useless.

La la la la la la la la la la la la (don't worry).
La la la la la la la (I'm useless).
La la la la la. (repeat ad infinitum)

Can someone please explain to me why it is worse that Iran gets nuclear weapons than Syria or Pakistan or any other nation with a predominantly islamic population? What makes Iran more likely to bomb Tel Aviv?

#69

Whether one is better or not, I'm not sure but, Iran seems to be closer. Also, we at least have some kind of dialogue with Syria and Pakistan but not so with Iran.

#70 theparson
You took the words right out of my text box! Additionally, both Pakistan and Syria are more amenable to other countries' influence.

the paaaaaaaaaaaarson!

Well

I am okay

in fact-- it has been a GREAT DAY!

THanks to the troll..

I have gotten more hits today on my blog than ever before

not to mention-- that being a single mom and all---

I was hoping to one day be able to use my gifts and talents and passions to honor God AND to provide for my family..

It seems my little pet troll has helped me to get one step closer...

it is definitely obsessed with Iron Fist and somehow targeted me to be the ammo..

LOL!

Thank GOd I have great friends..

amazing how God can use what one may intend to be harmful to actually be used for His good.

THANK YOU jlfintx -- YOU ARE GREAT!

and to RWNJ!

and to Charlie-- YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

YOU HAVE BLESSED ME TODAY!

I LOVE FREEDOM

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and little pet troll has helped me to also make a decision I had been praying on....

I will keep you all posted!
enough about all that--

How 'bout that UN!?

LOL!

#69 enoughalready

What makes Iran more likely to bomb Israel?

Mad mullahs who make these kind of threats.

#69 Well, Pakistan already has nukes, so there isn't much we can do there except promote stability, i.e musharaf...

Iran thinks that if they get nukes they will suddenly become untouchable, that is to say that they won't have to bow to pressure from the U.S or anyone else becuase nobody will dare attack them because of their nucleur capabilities.

There is also the issue that Iran has stated many times that they would like to see Israel wiped off the map...

#21 Megan

What would all the "diplomacy" advocates say if the Iranians marched in the streets chanting "Death to Germany" "Death to Russia" "Death to Syria" or "Death to Palestine"? If it's "Death to Israel" "Death to Jews" and "Death to America" it's okay with these people.

It's the fault of the Zionazi United States of Amerikkka, and the JOOOOOOOS!"
-- Europeon

By the way, "Death to France" is not unheard of since the 'shameful' headscarf ban. Don't anger the Muslim fashion police.

France, Germany and the United Kingdom are trying to broker a deal...

Oh great! What is it this time--- Nukes-for-Food?

#69 enoughalready

Syria or Pakistan or any other nation with a predominantly islamic population? What makes Iran more likely to bomb Tel Aviv?

The fact that they are run by a bunch of mullahs. there is a difference between corrupt and crazy.

BTW - Syria doesn't have nukes. It's hard enough for then to manage bottle rockets.

Would like to see the deposits into ElBaradei's bank accounts.

"...forget about doing anything rash to stop Iran..."

Translation: forget about doing anything at all

This is pretty interesting. It is a letter from an Iranian reform group to the Marriot CEO advising him that Iranian Mullah Supporters are planning big bash at Bethesda Marland Marriot on "Death to America" day, Feb 6th. and asking Marriot to cancel their reservations. Death to America day? Is that some new Islamic Hallmark Holiday that I didn't know about?

I wonder if alBaradei has cut a deal with Iran to provide the nuclear technology to Egypt as soon as they complete the first bomb? And after Egypt, what other nations are on the "allowed" list?

It's clear that he, and the organization he heads, isn't doing anything to stop the Iranian development of nuclear weapons.

Dear Mr. El-BarDummy:

Winston Churchill once said, "Jaw, Jaw is better than War, War", but I'd be willing to bet my last nickel that he would agree that a few well placed JDAMs and Bunker Busters would be a good investment in Iran. "We know where you live. We know where you work. You'd better not make any more trouble, Son..."

Sincerely,
JAFLW

#17 Skippy

>> super-saturated solutions

What are you doing? Are you trying to confuse the trolls that may be lurking?

Please, no references to physics, chemistry, geology, fractals, quantum mechanics, or anything more complicated than a FEELING. And no big words either.

Repeat after me: Bush, chimp, hitler....

P.S. Stooges and Monty Python references are encouraged.

#72 eeevil conservative,

Dolly, you know I'm just a grandmother knitting socks for my kittens, right?

[Dark, malevolent laughter]

#72 eeevil conservative,

More seriously, you do know you are welcome at the East Tennessee Chapter meeting, don't you?

We've got people coming in from all over. We'd be happy to have you.

He is certainly not a toothless tiger- a double tongued two faced snake better applies- buying time for his Islamist friends until such time as he and his cohorts in the UN can join in destroying us all- UNITED NATIONS - UNITED DESPOTIC NATIONS

ElBaradei -

"To me, North Korea obviously is a much more serious issue right now... Unlike Iran we know for sure that they have the nuclear material that could go directly into a weapons programme."

This is true, although it is an argument for referring the Iran diplomacy to the Security Council, such as that of North Korea - not against this crucial step, as ElBaradei seems to suggest:

Faced with Iranian leaders' threat to leave the NPT if the West presses too hard about Iran's nuclear program, now is the time to have the UN Security Council (UNSC) make clear the serious consequences of withdrawal. The toughest -- and cleverest -- position has come from France, which has framed the issue in a way well designed to secure support at the Security Council, namely, as simply reaffirming existing international law (see NPT/CONF.2005/PC.III/WP.22). France's exact wording is, "Without prejudice to other measures that the UNSC may decide, a State that withdraws should -- in any case -- no longer make use of all nuclear materials, facilities, equipment or technologies acquired in a third country before its withdrawal. Such facilities, equipment and nuclear material should be returned to the supplying State, frozen or dismantled under international verification." As a practical matter, this would mean that if Iran withdraws from the NPT, it has to dismantle or freeze the Bushehr power plant -- which would be a heavy blow to the Islamic Republic, having invested so much political capital in Bushehr. France has also proposed clarifying, "In accordance with international law, a State that withdraws from the NPT (Article X) remains responsible for violations committed while still a party to the Treaty." These suggestions should be acted upon without delay.

In other words, thanks to France it is now an illusion of the German diplomacy to think that Iran might go the way of North Korea - abandoning the NPT but remaining an unresolved issue in the drawer of the Security Council for the time being.

ElBaradei -

"I think we need to exhaust all possible diplomatic remedies before the international community can think of any other option."

Hey Homer Simpson, can you spell Security Council?

If the Iran nuclear issue is framed as a question of geostrategic cooperation with the United States to limit Iranian influence, the chances of either Russian or Chinese assistance are slight. ... But if the issue is framed as nuclear proliferation rather than Iran, the issues posed by Iran's nuclear program look quite different for Russia and China. Both of those powers have reasons to oppose nuclear proliferation by medium-sized powers. ... Given the common interest of the great powers in preventing a breakdown of the global counterproliferation regime, there is much basis for diplomacy to encourage China and Russia to quietly inform Iran that they would not stand in the way of Security Council action if the current Iran-EU negotiations break down.

The purpose of the Security Council at this point is not to form a Coalition of the Willing, but to take the preemption of the breakdown of the global counterproliferation regime as the entry point for democratic United Nations reform.

Hey Mo! What part of "Fuck you, we'll do as we please." do you not understand?

“We need to exhaust all possible diplomatic remedies before the international community can think of any other option”

I suppose capitulation is a "possible diplomatic remedy." I feel so much better knowing that our options are so broad.

#22 scaramouche -

Isn't MoEl-Bee (his Hip Hop name) married to a cousin of an Iranian mullah?

Mohamed ElBaradei's wife Aida Elkachef is said to be a cousin of Mahdavi Kani:

Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani was prime minister of Iran during the critical months of 1981 between the Osirak attack in June and Hans Blix taking office as IAEA head in September. According to Amir Taheri, Mahdavi Kani is the "current eminence grise" in the network of Iran's ruling oligarchy and runs the Militant Clergy Association (Ruhaniyat).

However I believe there is another more generic reason why Mohamed ElBaradei shouldn't be head of the IAEA - because employing an Egyptian to prevent H-Hour is such as having a German negotiate peace between Israel and the Palestinians - see Michael B. Oren:

Nasser did not want to start a war with Israel; we know this now from documents. He wanted to provoke Israel to start the war so that Israel would be saddled with blame for igniting this conflagration. But Nasser could not stand up to 'Amer, who was very powerful and also his best friend. So, H-hour for Operation Dawn was set effectively at dawn for May 27, 1967. Why didn't it happen? The previous day, Foreign Minister of Israel Abba Eban landed in Washington with the goal of ascertaining from the American administration its position in the event of the outbreak of war. As soon as Eban arrived, he was handed an ultra-secret cable directly from the Israeli government, and in it the information that Israel had learned of an Egyptian and Syrian plan to launch a war of annihilation against Israel within the next 48 hours. Eban met with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Defense Secretary McNamara, finally with the president himself. The Americans said their intelligence sources could not corroborate the claim; that Egyptian alignment in Sinai remained defensive.

Eban left the White House distraught. Johnson sat around with his advisors and said, What if their intelligence sources are better than ours? Johnson decided to fire off a hotline message to his counterpart in the Kremlin, Alexi Kosygin, in which he said, We've heard from the Israelis, but we can't corroborate it, that your proxies in the Middle East, the Egyptians, plan to launch an attack against Israel in the next 48 hours. If you don't want to start a global crisis, prevent them from doing that. At 2:30 a.m. on May 27, Soviet Ambassador to Egypt Dimitri Pojidaev knocked on Nasser's door and read him a personal letter from Kosygin in which he said, We don't want Egypt to be blamed for starting a war in the Middle East. If you launch that attack, we cannot support you. 'Amer consulted his sources in the Kremlin, and they corroborated the substance of Kosygin's message. Despondent, 'Amer told the commander of Egypt's air force, Major General Mahmud Sidqi, that the operation was cancelled.

I call it the over-impartiality syndrome or Jimmy Carter effect: Everybody knows that a judge can be suspended from the persecution of a criminal case because his personal interests make him partial on the issue, but very few know that he can also be suspended for having an interest to take the case as an opportunity to prove to himself and others that he is impartial - this is known as over-impartiality.

According to the IAEA, on May 27, 1967 Mohamed ElBaradei was in the Egyptian Diplomatic Service. I doubt that he has any meaningful understanding of the fact that since he got struck in the timewarp, the good old hotline has transformed itself from a connection between government to the connection of all people known as the internet.

#69 enoughalready -

Can someone please explain to me why it is worse that Iran gets nuclear weapons than Syria or Pakistan or any other nation with a predominantly islamic population? What makes Iran more likely to bomb Tel Aviv?

Neither Pakistan nor Syria did have an Islamic revolution (yet). You would not want Osama bin Laden to take control of Pakistans government including its existing nuclear arsenal.

In Iran it's just the other way round - the Mullahs have taken control of the government long ago, while the nuclear arsenal is emerging only now.