Re: Iran Ayatollah Assails U.S. On New Nuclear Strategy.
I thought President Obama’s “Nuclear Posture Review” was not meant to be a threat to anyone but, as is more in our nature as a nation, a reassurance to those nations who do abide by the Nuclear Non-proliferation treaty. For the Ayatollah to perceive this as a threat speaks loudly of a guilty conscience. Khamenei’s automatic assumption we are threatening Iran may warrant further investigation of Iran’s nuclear program. Though, meant or not, Obama’s “Nuclear Posture Review” is a roundabout threat to those countries who are in violation or were perched to do so. Iran has refused to stall its nuclear program, in spite of United Nations sanctions and fervent calls from the United States. I do not hold with the idea that we, the U.S. should police the world, but Nuclear power is something that can and will affect the whole world and it would be wrong for those with the power to stop it to stand idly by.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Post for April 9th: Israel's true face?
Re: Israel Lifts Order of Silence in Journalist’s Spying Case
In my opinion Israel is behaving suspiciously. Secretly holding a journalist under house arrest for nearly four months is not part of the program of an honest nation. The journalist is suspect of fraud and the theft with intent to harm Israel of some 2,000 military documents. It is thought that she used some of those papers to write her articles before being arrested. I understand not wanting sensitive information to be leaked to the public, or military intelligence leaked to anyone but the treatment of the journalist bring the whole operation as suspect. Gag orders, house arrest and potential jail sentences seem a bit extreme when it isn’t proved she stole or used the documents. It seems mostly to be a wrong place wrong time scenario. If Israel is seeking trust from the world and its allies it must begin to act in an upright manner, all these backhanded and under handed dealings are damaging to their image and to their state. What building can expect to stand on such shaky foundations?
In my opinion Israel is behaving suspiciously. Secretly holding a journalist under house arrest for nearly four months is not part of the program of an honest nation. The journalist is suspect of fraud and the theft with intent to harm Israel of some 2,000 military documents. It is thought that she used some of those papers to write her articles before being arrested. I understand not wanting sensitive information to be leaked to the public, or military intelligence leaked to anyone but the treatment of the journalist bring the whole operation as suspect. Gag orders, house arrest and potential jail sentences seem a bit extreme when it isn’t proved she stole or used the documents. It seems mostly to be a wrong place wrong time scenario. If Israel is seeking trust from the world and its allies it must begin to act in an upright manner, all these backhanded and under handed dealings are damaging to their image and to their state. What building can expect to stand on such shaky foundations?
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