lgf: French Troops Shoot Unarmed Civilians. Wow. Disturbing video. Do you think the media will focus on these war crimes? Since they're not American troops, it's doubtful.
Update: Not to mention these war crimes.
Update: Glenn has a small roundup.
Update: And more and more. As the reader pointed out, "It’s a little bit weird that this interview wasn’t aired in USA, France, or anywhere... When an American soldier shoot someone, it’s on the whole planet in a few minutes."
Caroline B. Glick: H-hour has arrived (to finish reading):
The agreement that France, Germany and Britain reached with Iran this week signals that the diplomatic option of dealing with Iran's nuclear weapons program no longer exists. To understand why this is the case, we must look into the agreement and understand what is motivating the various parties to accede to its conditions.
The agreement stipulates that the European-3 will provide Iran with light water reactor fuel, enhanced trade relations and more nuclear reactors. In exchange, the Iranians agree that for the duration of the negotiations toward implementing the agreement – including a European push for Iranian ascension to the World Trade Organization – it will not develop centrifuges and will not enrich uranium. At the same time, the Europeans accepted Iran's claim that it has the legal right to complete the entire nuclear fuel cycle – meaning, it has the legal right to enrich uranium. Strangely, in a separate Iranian agreement with the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, the Iranians announced that they would cease enriching uranium effective Monday, November 22, rather than immediately. This apparently annoyed the Europeans, but it wasn't a deal breaker.
The Weekly Standard this week explained that light water reactor fuel of the type that the Europeans have agreed to give Iran can be used to produce bomb material within nine weeks. Since the IAEA inspectors only visit Iran every three months, it would be a simple matter to divert enough light water fuel to produce a bomb between inspections. And so, the agreement itself holds the promise of direct European assistance to Iran's nuclear weapons program.
While the Europeans were congratulating themselves for their feckless diplomacy, the Iranians were taking to the airwaves and arguing that they gave up nothing in the deal and received everything.
Good job guys. As Charles points out, "The European position in these negotiations is amazingly similar to the one proposed by John Kerry in his campaign’s foreign policy platform." There's a name for this type of diplomacy... appeasement.
Sunday, November 21, 2004
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