According to Sadam's post war interview with the FBI in Wikipedia he was trying to play a double game -- provide enough disclosure to stave off the United States and the U.N. while presenting a plausible picture to Iran that he did have nuclear weapons. This was not a winning strategy. Only an utterly complete openness to investigation had a prayer of saving him and even that might not have worked. "Button, Button who has the bomb" is not a game that the world tolerates very well.
So --- Britain's desire that the IAEA be a success may be merely a pretext for confronting Iran or it may be a demand that IAEA man up and obtain enough disclosure from Iran that the world can reasonably decide whether or not Iran has the clean nuclear bill of health they claim to have.
If a minority of Palestinians can live in Israel, why should not a minority of Jews be part of a new Palestinian state? If the settlers faced a Palestinian government -- democratically elected by persons of all faiths --either they would find ways to live with each other or the problem would solve itself as the settlers decided in the face of 'ethnic cleansing' pressures to leave.
Further one could argue that deserting the bargaining table because your opposite is busy constructing 'facts on the ground' is simply a strategic mistake -- it simply gives them more times to do so.
"The whole affair reveals how weak Bush’s wars have made the US. In 2001 Bush officials could just threaten to reduce Pakistan to rubble if it did not turn on the Taliban and join the Bush “war on terror.” "
Is this a difference of strength or of ruthlessness?
We could still take Pakistan out but we seem to have learned our lesson of dealing with the aftermath in Iraq.
According to Sadam's post war interview with the FBI in Wikipedia he was trying to play a double game -- provide enough disclosure to stave off the United States and the U.N. while presenting a plausible picture to Iran that he did have nuclear weapons. This was not a winning strategy. Only an utterly complete openness to investigation had a prayer of saving him and even that might not have worked. "Button, Button who has the bomb" is not a game that the world tolerates very well.
So --- Britain's desire that the IAEA be a success may be merely a pretext for confronting Iran or it may be a demand that IAEA man up and obtain enough disclosure from Iran that the world can reasonably decide whether or not Iran has the clean nuclear bill of health they claim to have.
According to Wikipedia the popuslation of Israel estimated in May 2010 to be 7,602,400 people,[9] of whom 6,051,000 are Jews.[9][10][11] Arab citizens of Israel form the country's second-largest ethnic group, which includes Muslims, Christians, Druze, and Samaritans. According to the May 2010 population estimate, including 300,000 non-citizen Arabs living in East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, this minority numbers 1,551,400.[9]
If a minority of Palestinians can live in Israel, why should not a minority of Jews be part of a new Palestinian state? If the settlers faced a Palestinian government -- democratically elected by persons of all faiths --either they would find ways to live with each other or the problem would solve itself as the settlers decided in the face of 'ethnic cleansing' pressures to leave.
Further one could argue that deserting the bargaining table because your opposite is busy constructing 'facts on the ground' is simply a strategic mistake -- it simply gives them more times to do so.
"The whole affair reveals how weak Bush’s wars have made the US. In 2001 Bush officials could just threaten to reduce Pakistan to rubble if it did not turn on the Taliban and join the Bush “war on terror.” "
Is this a difference of strength or of ruthlessness?
We could still take Pakistan out but we seem to have learned our lesson of dealing with the aftermath in Iraq.