What Comes To Pass

What is this man on?

Gerhard Schroeder has called on the US to back off from its threat of force against Iran as a last resort.

Oh good god, Mr Schroeder apparently takes the short bus to international diplomacy camp.

First off, President Bush didn't threaten military action, he simply said that all the options were still on the table. That is to say it hasn't been ruled out.

Ruling the possibility of military action out at this stage would be utterly idiotic. Years of diplomacy has fallen flat on its face and the parties involved have more or less acknowledged that. All we have left are a few emergency sittings of the IAEA and some last minute sanctions from the UN. There is literally no other deterrent left other than force. I hope to god that there's a diplomatic solution to be found but I think we all know where this is going because it's been heading there for years now.

There's a difference between being reluctant to use force and being generally incapable of it. Countries which attempt to follow the latter path get nowhere when dealing with fascist or theocratic dictatorships. They never have and they never will.

I'm off to go listen to some Guardianistas laud Schroeder for his 'bold statement'. Funny how standing up to fascists gets you nothing but ire whilst apparently doing the same to a democratic free state earns you glory in the eyes of many.

Later

John