Iran's Oil Weapon Threat Ringing Hollow

Iran's mullahs have threatened an oil embargo in response to pressures exerted to accept curbs on its nuclear program — curbs that it has agreed to when it signed the Nuclear Non—Proliferation Pact. This agreement, and subsequent promises made to the International Atomic Energy Agency and to the European Union, have been broken repeatedly by Iran. A clandestine nuclear program was discovered to exist in Iran, outside the purview of international inspectors. Iran has benefited from the nuclear smuggling ring of Pakistan's A.Q. Khan and from access to North Korea nuclear and missile technology. Clearly, Iran has a nuclear weapons program and it has made clear its intentions to unleash a genocide upon Israel. Now the world is responding, albeit in faltering steps, as the UN Security Council pursues its mincing way toward dealing with the Iranian threat. Nevertheless, even these faltering steps have enraged Iran. The Iranians have not only taunted the world with a...(Read Full Article)

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