"This is the biggest abdication of responsibility by the Western powers since the 1930s. It is far worse than Pakistan going nuclear, which, after all, was just another thing the CIA failed to see coming. In this case, the slow-motion nuclearization conducted in full view and through years of tortuous diplomatic charades and endlessly rescheduled looming deadlines is not just a victory for Iran but a decisive defeat for the United States. It confirms the Islamo-Sino-Russo-everybody-else diagnosis of Washington as a hollow superpower that no longer has the will or sense of purpose to enforce the global order."
Steyn, as usual, makes an accurate assessment. (But maybe once Obama starts to negotiate with Iran with no preconditions we will be safe.)
My main source of hope is that this information is out in the open. The time will come when: if our current government will not protect us, we will install one that will. Information, and the wise use of it, is the ace we have that previous civilizations and societies did not.
"This is the biggest abdication of responsibility by the Western powers since the 1930s. It is far worse than Pakistan going nuclear, which, after all, was just another thing the CIA failed to see coming. In this case, the slow-motion nuclearization conducted in full view and through years of tortuous diplomatic charades and endlessly rescheduled looming deadlines is not just a victory for Iran but a decisive defeat for the United States. It confirms the Islamo-Sino-Russo-everybody-else diagnosis of Washington as a hollow superpower that no longer has the will or sense of purpose to enforce the global order."
ReplyDeleteSteyn, as usual, makes an accurate assessment. (But maybe once Obama starts to negotiate with Iran with no preconditions we will be safe.)
ReplyDeleteMy main source of hope is that this information is out in the open. The time will come when: if our current government will not protect us, we will install one that will. Information, and the wise use of it, is the ace we have that previous civilizations and societies did not.