LA Times Goes NeoCon - WE MUST Bomb Iran

[kpete]

CONFRONTING IRAN
Bomb Iran
Diplomacy is doing nothing to stop the Iranian nuclear threat; a show of force is the only answer.
By Joshua Muravchik, JOSHUA MURAVCHIK is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
November 19, 2006


WE MUST bomb Iran.

It has been four years since that country's secret nuclear program was brought to light, and the path of diplomacy and sanctions has led nowhere.

First, we agreed to our allies' requests that we offer Tehran a string of concessions, which it spurned. Then, Britain, France and Germany wanted to impose a batch of extremely weak sanctions. For instance, Iranians known to be involved in nuclear activities would have been barred from foreign travel — except for humanitarian or religious reasons — and outside countries would have been required to refrain from aiding some, but not all, Iranian nuclear projects.

But even this was too much for the U.N. Security Council. Russia promptly announced that these sanctions were much too strong. "We cannot support measures … aimed at isolating Iran," declared Foreign Minister Sergei V. Lavrov.

It is now clear that neither Moscow nor Beijing will ever agree to tough sanctions. What's more, even if they were to do so, it would not stop Iran, which is a country on a mission. As President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad put it: "Thanks to the blood of the martyrs, a new Islamic revolution has arisen…. The era of oppression, hegemonic regimes and tyranny and injustice has reached its end…. The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world." There is simply no possibility that Iran's clerical rulers will trade this ecstatic vision for a mess of Western pottage in the form of economic bribes or penalties.

more at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-muravchik19nov19,0,2220597.story

and I thought the NYT was bad -kpete

[originalpckelly]

1. We MUST put Joshua Muravchik on Prozac.(nt)

[seemslikeadream]

2. It has been four years

FOUR YEARS!!!

WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? :shrug:

[muntrv]

3. Drop Joshua Muravchik on Iran.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

6. Now THAT's a compromise ALL can live with!

:thumbsup:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

10. Oh my... the absurdity is mind-blowing

great post Mayberry!!

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

4. What, the NYT's op-ed page?

For better or (much likely) worse, AEI is a well-known voice on this matter, so their words get printed. Don't blame the LAT for this lunatic's ravings.

[Telly Savalas]

5. The American Enterprise Institute is just a propaganda organ

for the extremist right.

It's highly irresponsible for a major news daily to be publishing material from such an unreliable source.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

7. Hey Josh!

[Thomas_Paine1776]

8. Neocons can't even call for strategic bombing of insurgents in Iraq

The Neocons are pius hypocrits. They can't even call for bombing the insurgency in Iraq, and they are already planning their next debacle. How about a conference to disarm the entire Middle East instead.

[newyawker99]

11. Hi Thomas_Paine1776!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Minnesota_Lib]

9. LA Times NeoCon? This is an opinion piece, not an editorial by the paper.

[msongs]

12. hey, don't let that minor fact get in the way :-) nt

[madrchsod]

13. la times is being sold ...

maybe to poppy`s group. ya don`t need a weatherman.....

[drb]

14. OK, kids! Are we surprised to learn that Mr. Muravchik....

....is Jewish?

Somehow, no. We're not: http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1302


Joshua Muravchik

# American Enterprise Institute: Resident Scholar
# Project for the New American Century: Signatory
# Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs: Board of Advisers