{"id":894,"date":"2010-02-04T14:14:12","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T12:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofcourseimright.com\/?p=894"},"modified":"2010-02-04T14:14:12","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T12:14:12","slug":"saddle-up-boys-iran-is-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"Saddle Up, Boys: Iran is Next"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems to me that back in the 1940s when the U.N. Security Council was formed, its purpose was for governments to work out differences before one decided to take unilateral action.\u00a0 This seems to have never worked well, our latest example being the disingenuous Chinese<\/a> who feign interest in diplomacy with Iran, when it has become perfectly obvious to even the most casual observer that Iran will not give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

But is it the Security Council that is failing, or is it just the way we deal with it?\u00a0 When the same block of characters (and we can expect Russia to join in the obstructionism) constantly put commercial interests in front of greater protection of societies, perhaps the best way to deal with them is to ignore them and proceed blockades, sanctions, and limited military actions, as may be appropriate.\u00a0 The lawless government of Iran must be checked with first the real threat of such actions, and then actual, well, actions that support principles long mouthed by all, and practiced by few.\u00a0 Is this cowboy diplomacy?\u00a0 You bet your sixshooter, but it’s not like any other options are being presented by our so-called partners in peace.<\/p>\n

It’s time to take on not only Iran, but clear misbehavior on the part of those who sit in the Security Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems to me that back in the 1940s when the U.N. Security Council was formed, its purpose was for governments to work out differences before one decided to take unilateral action.\u00a0 This seems to have never worked well, our latest example being the disingenuous Chinese who feign interest in diplomacy with Iran, when it … Continue reading “Saddle Up, Boys: Iran is Next”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[310,311],"class_list":["post-894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-security","tag-iran","tag-nuclear-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":895,"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions\/895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofcourseimright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}