tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post7501880326851660596..comments2024-01-20T11:56:48.682+01:00Comments on WindRose Hotel: Iran: this is no time for hesitationS.R. Piccolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15622464895435470724noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33445632.post-81945797236136670292009-06-30T23:07:48.646+02:002009-06-30T23:07:48.646+02:00Obama appears to be so intent on not doing it the ...Obama appears to be so intent on not doing it the 'Bush way', that he could end up being pushed back down the well again. He is also impeded by his magnanimous offer to Iran, all the more sweeping and casual being made before the fatal Iranian elections. His dialogue without preconditions, which naturally could be interpreted as 'anything goes' in Iran prior to such an august event, seems to be precisely the case. <br /><br />In GB poor old Gordon has got his own problems, and not enough clout in any case. David Miliband even less of the latter. There's always Sarko, Angela and Franco Frattini, but that's not enough. The Czech President of the EU said what should be said regarding the 'binding force of Europe', but with not enough conviction. He didn't say that anyway, that was my contribution from wishful thinking.<br /><br />Europe would be wrong to hang back and wait for a 'pigs may fly Obama lead'. The British Embassy in Iran has been violated. The UK is part of Europe. Europe has therefore been violated. Isn't this the time not just to make a show of words, but to show European solidarity and show it in a far more convincing way? What has Europe got to lose? As much as the Iranians if not more, if we continue to hang back.<br /><br />There's also the risk that the Iranian regime will engage its planet pulverising program whist we are still pondering. Ahmadinejad will then be praised and worshipped as the jhiadist leader hero of the world. His dream will at last be realised as he leads the forces of Allah carrying out the wish of the Prophet to impose pre-medieval Islam and the sharia like the black death.<br /><br />Who would ever have thought that in only six months one would start wondering if, regarding Iran, it wouldn't have been better if Bush were still up front in the USA? But no, that's not the sort of thing one should ever suggest. It's totally politically incorrect.Mirinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762774089637304953noreply@blogger.com