Jack Risko of Dinocrat has made a very telling comparison in a post entitled "Iran's Rhineland Moment." Iran's gaudy announcement of its uranium enrichment capabilities, in defiance of the international community, coupled with its threat of the elimination of Israel in 'one [presumably nuclear] storm' may be considered its Rhineland Moment — the equivalent in our time of Hitler's remilitarization of the Rhineland in bold and open defiance of its international agreements. The current Rhineland Moment is being met with the same international inertia and media denial that took place 70 years ago with catastrophic results. On March 7, 1936, after years of secretly building his military capability, Hitler began the German army's reoccupation of the Rhineland, specifically forbidden under the Versailles treaty that ended World War I, as well as by another agreement called the Treaty of Locarno. The West did nothing in response to Hitler's violation of the treaties, preferring the...(Read Full Post)