Friday, May 28, 2010

Syria, Iran and North Korea

Guardian: Reports on a UN report that states that North Korea is selling nuclear missile technology to Iran and Syria. In it self this is not new, the Israeli attack on Syria in 2007 was based on Syria developing a nuclear plant based on help from North Korea, its the same with Iran, its not how fast Iran can produce the bomb, its how fast it can smuggle the information and parts from North Korea. Thus the question that faces the Obama Administration is what do about North Korea, what ever sanctions they place on North Korea the Communist regime will always be supported by China, also North Korea will use covert means to get money thus the selling of its nuclear technology to Iran and Syria. The nightmare for President Obama is that one day he will be woken up and told that both Syria and Iran with the help of North Korea are NOW part of the nuclear club, also that they might attack Israel. In pure political terms Obama needs his own Henry Kissinger, someone who can develop a back channel with North Korea an and get them back in their box, the question does Obama have the right diplomatic team to get a deal, one can postulate that Secretary Clinton will not wan to be his Neville Chamberlain, the Secretary still has dreams to be the first woman President, thus who else, in many respects Obama faces the same problem that Reagan had in wanting to talk to Iran, of course the Reagan talks lead to Iran - Contra scandal, thus no breakthrough between the US and Iran, in some respects Obama faces a greater problem, at the start of 2011 we see the start of the race for the 2012 Presidential Election, thus time and politcs is not on the side of Obama, lets hope North Korea gets back in to its box, otherwise a wrong move could lead to a regional War.

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