Analysis: Security Council Statement Underwhelming... Tick, Tick, Tick

Vital Perspective has obtained the text of the Security Council presidential statement on Iran agreed to today. This is a watered-down statement which - at Russia's demand - dropped any reference to Chapter 7 ("threat to international peace and security"), and therefore is not binding. Iran was given thirty days to comply instead of the original fourteen. The five specific IAEA demands were watered-down to just one. This is the result of nearly a month of negotiations, meaning that Iran essentially enjoys nearly sixty days of unimpeded enrichment activities which continue unabated. This assumes, however, that action is taken after thirty days - experience shows otherwise. As we reported exclusively, Iran's enrichment progress is advancing more rapidly than previously assumed. Once again, the diplomatic process is completely out of sync with the pace of Iran's technological progress. You wouldn't know that though from reading the press.

UPDATE @ 8:02pm: John Bolton is not a happy camper: "The Security Council can and should work with other UN bodies [the IAEA], but if the Iranians take steps as they have repeatedly over the last four years that show a continuing desire to get nuclear weapons that poses and has posed a threat to international peace and security that the Security Council has a responsibility to act on. I don't know what steps the Council will take, I've said before and I'll say it again - this is a test for the Security Council. The threat of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and international terrorism are the greatest threats to international peace and security we face in the world today. How the Council handles those threats, will be a determining factor in the role of the Council in the future."

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The coments that hurt me was how Iran would arm all other third world nations with nukes. It was so backward a--ed crazy that I had to mow grass just to think about such an influence that would be on the world.

What we need is a Proliferation SF with authority all the time to be granted power to remove soverign power over a state that is persuing WMD and can go get those at any time with approval but not have to wait on an actual event for it to work. How sublime and orwellian. But true.

If you want a nuke, I want to know why. If you want Bio weapons or Hybrid chem, I want to know why. You are approaching an age where this is pocket material for people and it is not a good thing. Mind you, God did not develop any of it so the rest is up to you.

I want all nukes put into the ground. But the US will be last.

We are either going up or down with all of this so someone better decide because I will not wait forever.

Technology alone scares me and with this kind of advance, I wonder how far it can go. Advanced people use larger weapons in the universe and that affects many things. The line must be drawn soon but I do not think the UN is up to the task. Anyway, just a friday morning rant.