Sino-Iranian Axis
These three stories have come over the wires in the past five days.
1) The Khan network of Pakistan has already given the Iranian mullahcracy the necessary plans for nuclear weapons as well as a small amount of weapons-grade uranium.
2) The United States has intelligence indicating Iran is trying to fit missiles to carry nuclear weapons.
3) While the U.S. is "aggressively" pressuring the government of Iran to curtail its nuclear program, the Bush Administration does not seek "regime change" in Tehran.
If that all weren't sobering enough, now check out this blurb:
"Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the growing Iran-China alliance is the Islamic republic's access to the improving technology being developed, deployed and utilized by the People's Liberation Army.
"Nowhere are U.S. concerns greater than in the area of ballistic missile technology. American officials have sanctioned Chinese companies for improperly transferring such technology in January 2002 and as recently as early this year, but that hasn't stopped the transfers, experts and analysts believe.
"And now, as Iran continues to develop its nuclear program, U.S., European and Israeli officials worry Iran is using the missile technology to build better weapons – weapons that eventually could carry nuclear warheads."
And the Bush Administration doesn't seek the liberation of Iran? That may be - hell, it is - the only available means of preventing the world's principle terrorist state from acquiring doomsday weaponry that we know they will not hesitate to use.
As to the ChiComms, I don't know what to say. We haven't had a sensible, realistic China policy in over thirty years, and Dubya has done nothing to change that. Maybe he's had his plate full the past few years, but that's not likely to diminish over the next four - particularly if we're not going to deal with the mullahs while there's still time to squash their regime, and its nuclear ambitions along with it.
I dunno. Given what's lurking and looming ahead in the not too distant future, one can make the case that Americans re-elected George W. Bush to be the political equivalent of a kamikaze pilot, making the tough decisions and agonizing calls the nation's survival and preservation need that will also destroy him in the process.
And if he ducks the mullahs, particularly in light of the ChiComm connection....well, there will likely be substantially fewer Americans to eviscerate him for his Kerryian dereliction.
1) The Khan network of Pakistan has already given the Iranian mullahcracy the necessary plans for nuclear weapons as well as a small amount of weapons-grade uranium.
2) The United States has intelligence indicating Iran is trying to fit missiles to carry nuclear weapons.
3) While the U.S. is "aggressively" pressuring the government of Iran to curtail its nuclear program, the Bush Administration does not seek "regime change" in Tehran.
If that all weren't sobering enough, now check out this blurb:
"Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the growing Iran-China alliance is the Islamic republic's access to the improving technology being developed, deployed and utilized by the People's Liberation Army.
"Nowhere are U.S. concerns greater than in the area of ballistic missile technology. American officials have sanctioned Chinese companies for improperly transferring such technology in January 2002 and as recently as early this year, but that hasn't stopped the transfers, experts and analysts believe.
"And now, as Iran continues to develop its nuclear program, U.S., European and Israeli officials worry Iran is using the missile technology to build better weapons – weapons that eventually could carry nuclear warheads."
And the Bush Administration doesn't seek the liberation of Iran? That may be - hell, it is - the only available means of preventing the world's principle terrorist state from acquiring doomsday weaponry that we know they will not hesitate to use.
As to the ChiComms, I don't know what to say. We haven't had a sensible, realistic China policy in over thirty years, and Dubya has done nothing to change that. Maybe he's had his plate full the past few years, but that's not likely to diminish over the next four - particularly if we're not going to deal with the mullahs while there's still time to squash their regime, and its nuclear ambitions along with it.
I dunno. Given what's lurking and looming ahead in the not too distant future, one can make the case that Americans re-elected George W. Bush to be the political equivalent of a kamikaze pilot, making the tough decisions and agonizing calls the nation's survival and preservation need that will also destroy him in the process.
And if he ducks the mullahs, particularly in light of the ChiComm connection....well, there will likely be substantially fewer Americans to eviscerate him for his Kerryian dereliction.
posted by JASmius at 8:33 PM
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