A Good News/Bad News Scenario from Iran

posted at 7:49 am on September 25, 2009 by Track-A-'Crat

And because it’s 8:41am on a Friday, let’s start with the good news:

In a somewhat less than effective display of military prowess to mark the anniversary of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War (y’know, the one in which Saddam used chemical weapons against Iran and the Iranians, in turn, used children to clear mine-fields), the Iranian air force succeeded in destroying its only AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft.

The awesomeness, believe it or not, doesn’t stop there.

Because guess what the downed-aircraft proceeded to hit on the ground?

Its impact was cushioned by none other than the mausoleum of the Islamic revolution’s founder, Ruhollah Khomeini, who, let us not forget, was such a charming and spiritually sound guy that he married his wife when she was 13-years old.

But don’t let this farce detract from the growing threat posed by Iran.  This sheer ineptitude, after all, is precisely why the mullocracy is so obsessed with acquiring nuclear weapons, as nukes are a force-multiplier like no other.

Between that and this recent news, however, I’d say that Divine retribution has been picking some wonderful targets of late.

Now for the bad news:

Iran has informed the IAEA that it is building a previously undisclosed uranium enrichment plan.  Add one more target to the hit-list, boys and girls.

So having dropped any and all preconditions to negotiations, agreed to face-to-face talks and generally been as subservient as possible, this is what President Obama has earned in return.

The choice facing Obama is simple, as it always has been.  He can continue his victory through defeat policy of capitulating to odious thugs and dictators the world over, or he can acknowledge the reality that we gain nothing by appeasing such people.  They, on the other hand, receive propaganda victories galore, in addition to basking in the warm glow that results from defying the Great Satan.

Iran has made not one concession during six years worth of Western offers/inducements/bribes.

We cannot nice them into line – but we just might be able to threaten them into line.

Cross-posted at Track-A-’Crat.

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