The gathering storm over Iran

[dogday]

IN OCTOBER of 1938, in the heat of the crisis over German intervention in Czechoslovakia, Winston Churchill appealed to the United States to help thwart the Nazi war machine. ''Does anyone pretend that preparation for resistance to aggression is unleashing war?" he asked. ''I declare it to be the sole guarantee of peace." The Allies were not prepared to resist German aggression at that crucial moment. The result was a policy of appeasement -- the infamous Munich Agreement -- which abandoned Czechoslovakia into Nazi hands and set the stage for Hitler's blitzkrieg in Europe.

In the current standoff with Iran, the West is approaching what can fairly be described as another Munich moment. Last week Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed that no resolution passed by the UN Security Council could make Iran give up its nuclear program. ''The Iranian nation," he said, ''won't give a damn about such useless resolutions." Here is an Islamo-fascist regime apparently determined to acquire nuclear weapons, destroy Israel, and extend its radical ideology.

What is the United Nations prepared to do? The Security Council is meeting to consider punitive action against the regime, but Russia and China oppose sanctions because of their extensive financial and strategic interests in Iran. The European Union negotiations involving Britain, France, Germany, and Iran -- all carrot and no stick -- have been a huge failure. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, meanwhile, remains a passive bystander.

What should the United States do to avoid another Munich? If the Security Council fails to confront the Iranian threat, America must form an international coalition to disarm the regime, enforcing a range of targeted political and economic sanctions. It must place the potential use of force squarely on the table.


http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/05/03/the_gathering_storm_over_iran/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Op-ed+columns

[ixion]

1. what a bunch of crap... the Iranian Threat?

puh-leeze. :eyes:

[dogday]

2. Does any of this sound familiar to you?

does to me....:hi:

[ixion]

12. yeah, it's the same old schtick, but replace Afghanistan, er, Iraq, with

Iran. :hi:


And yet people still give the argument consideration. it's crazy-scary-aggravating-as-hell. :crazy: :grr:

[Missy M]

3. Comparing Iran with Nazi Germany is ridiculous......

and then I saw who wrote this editorial. The neocons are beating the drums of another invasion. The American people can't let it happen.

[dogday]

5. Thank you...

My Son who is in Iran, said he appreciates everything we can do to prevent another war... The best thing I can do is make folks aware of the mindset of this administration and the M$M.....

[Missy M]

13. My thanks to your son for serving his country.......

and wanting his safe return. I am hoping the people in this country and around the world won't let an invasion of Iran happen.

[leeroysphitz]

15. Comparing the enemy "du jour" to Hitler has always worked

for the warmongers. It has never failed them so why should they abandon the strategy?

[EVDebs]

4. The "Iranian threat" is that Chalabi is, once again, being inserted into

this mess. You can be sure nothing good will come of it if DIA/CIA et al are relying on his 'intelligence'.

[htuttle]

6. When the UN stood by and watched us launch an illegal invasion of Iraq

...THAT was it's "Munich Moment".

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. WHENEVER they start in with the Churchill quotes

You know they are ready to send in somebody else's family to do the fighting.

[Oversea Visitor]

8. Sure sure

go attack them
A stupid man is a real thing :rofl:

[leveymg]

9. When Iran threatens to march into Slovakia, I'll go to war

Really an absurd historical parallel to try to make. Israel has at least 300 nuclear weapons, and Iran has none.

Iran is going to attack Israel? More likely the other way around.

That op-ed is madness and stupidity.

[area51]

10. RNC

After that insane editorial blatent whoring for the nazi party, their RNC check is in the mail. :eyes:

[Ksec]

11. Iran should be left alone

I think the US has become a bully . Iran is their next victim.

Meida seems to have forgotten all their apologies concerning the fact that they failed to do their jobs with Iraq. Now a few years later they repeat the exact same thing. Hollow apologies make me ill.

[Oversea Visitor]

14. Now now you know what the other side say about the media

See it is the dems fault :rofl:

[tom_boy]

16. I don't know, but what if..

Lets say it was 1938 and there was a UN.

France and Britain don't want to invade Germany,(at that time an improvished country still reeling from WWI) and Russia has signed a non-agression pact with Germany. Clearly the Security Council is not going to vote for invasion.

Would it be moral to invade even then?

But this is all hypothetical. Its not 1938 and Iran is not Germany.
(Altough interestedly enought, they are both Aryan nations)