February 10, 2006

The Coming War in the Security Council

By Ed Lasky
After two years of feckless faux negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear weapons program, America and the EU have used their influence to compel the International Atomic Energy Agency to bring the Iran nuclear weapons issue before the UN Security Council. Some optimists have viewed this as a triumph for multilateralism and a repudiation of what they have considered an untoward unilateralism in the past by the Bush Administration. Even such persistent critics of George Bush as the New York Times have offered grudging praise to the Bush administration for working with our allies to bring this perilous issue before the united Nations — even if they cannot bring themselves to mention the President's name when they do so. Others view it more pessimistically (or realistically) as a defeat — considering it inevitable that Russia or China will wield their veto power to shield Iran as a way to protect their own commercial ties, oil supplies, and their geopolitical...(Read Full Article)