It is clear from the joint meeting between USA and Russia that Iran is fast becoming to the top of the International Agenda, President Obama and President Medvedev have started to use tougher language with Iran, Obama stated the following, " We are now running out of time......And so I discussed with President Medvedev the fact that we have to continue to maintain urgency and that our previous discussions confirming the need for a dual-track approach are still the right approach to take. And we believe that the United States and Russia will continue to urge Iran to take the path that leads them to meeting its international obligations. We can't count on that, and we will begin to discuss and prepare for these other pathways. " One has to wonder does that mean military options, because to avoid a very hot Middle East any attack on Iran would have to be done by the USA not Israel. Even Russia might be seeing the light, President Medvedev stated the following, " At the same time, as reasonable politicians, I hope we understand that any process must be terminant. Negotiation process is not for the pleasure of the process itself, but it is done in order to reach practical, specific outcomes. In this case, our goal is clear: it is transparent, up-to-date, peaceful program -- not a program that would raise questions or concerns from the international community. We're prepared to work further and I hope that our joint work will yield in positive results. In case we fail, the other options remain on the table in order to move the process in a different direction. " Might the USA and Russia both attack Iran, it would be new for the international system for these two powers to work together, but a more realist path would be for the USA to attack Iran while Russia does not oppose. The clock is ticking folks, either Iran backs down or the USA or Israel will have to hit Iran.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Death in Afghanistan
MOD: Reports that a soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the soldier was form the " 7th Battalion The Rifles, attached to the 3rd Battalion The Rifles battle group " As of 2001 the UK has lost 233 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 202 in combat operations and another 31 due to illness, accidents or other incidents. There will be more deaths, while Obama dithers.
Obama is DITHERING - LA Times
LA Times: An interesting opinion piece in the Liberal LA Times on Obama and Afghanistan, the article states the following on Obama review of Afghanistan, " In Barack Obama, we have a president who asks the right questions but hesitates to pull the trigger. " The real question that President Obama should ask himself, cant take the blame should he ignore the advice of General McChrystal and goes for his own military policy for Afghanistan. At the end of the day President Obama will have two stark choices, he either follows the request of General McChrystal for about forty thousand troops or he does it HIS WAY. The problem with HIS Way is that if it goes wrong, he cant blame anyone else, the President who has shown a very thin skin when it comes to critical comments would be blamed by all from the military on down if he gets it wrong. Obama has missed a point that was stated on Fox News, the Taliban / Al Qaeda also have a vote, if they see Obama go for his own military policy they can attack, thus when the body bags come home and the families and the press blame Obama for not following the advice of the military what will this thin skinned President do, he wont have anyone else to blame, can the arrogance of Obama take that risk, does he want to, by how own arrogance become LBJ. Interesting days ahead folks for Obama and Afghanistan.
Ship Up or Out - Iran
Fox News: Reports on the warning from President Obama to Iran, that time is running out for Iran to agree to the IAEA deal for its nuclear material. The reason that President Obama is keeping pressure on Iran is down to Israel, the more Iran plays for the time the more Israel will feel the need to strike Iran before it goes nuclear. One can postulate that Israel will have the birds in the air in the new year, Israel will not allow the dithering of Obama to define their national security, thus expect a hot Middle East in the new year.
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