The big headline reads: “Iran Made Illegal Purchases of
Nuclear Weapons Technology Last Month,” but do you believe a word of it? Look
at the article that was written by Benjamin Weinthal and Emanuele Ottolenghi
under that headline and was published on July 10, 2015 in the Weekly Standard.
This done, pass your own judgment as to who is more reliable
in this world, the Jewish so-called journalists you've been reading or the
Iranian leaders who are protecting their republic from a Jewish American
onslaught that knows no bounds.
The headline is straightforward in that it clearly says: Iran made
illegal purchases. That is, the headline says that Iran committed an offense in the
past. And based on that notion, the article begins like this: The question is
not whether Iran can be
trusted (it can't), but whether the Obama administration and its P5+1 partners
can be trusted to punish Iran
when (that's not if; it is when) Iran violates the agreement?
So you decide you need to look into the article to see
exactly how Iran
committed an offense. But before you do that, you think about the reasons why
an issue such as that may have arisen in the first place. And the only thing
involving legality that comes to mind is the interim agreement that Iran and the
P5+1 signed not long ago. But there is nothing in it about Iran agreeing
not to buy one thing or another.
Well, there was something about the Security Council of the
United Nations passing a resolution forbidding the member states from selling
certain items to Iran
... which is something that the Council does often. But the targeted nations
always seek to circumvent such embargoes because the onus to abide by the
resolutions falls on the shoulder of the nations that sell the items. That is,
it is taken for granted that Iran ,
like South Africa , Saddam's Iraq , North Korea and others before it –
will try to procure what it needs. And it will be up to the other nations to
block the sale, and report the attempt to the Security Council.
Having thought of all this, you now look into the article.
And guess what you find. Despite the fact that the headline reads: “Iran Made
Illegal Purchases of Nuclear Weapons Technology Last Month,” you find that
there is not even the claim that Iran made such purchases. What you
find instead is this: “Two reports regarding Iran 's attempts [that's only
attempts] to illicitly procure technology for its nuclear and ballistic
missiles programs have been released.” And there is this: “the [German] Federal
Office confirmed to us that Iran
continues to seek [that's only to seek] illicit technology for its nuclear and
ballistic missiles program.”
Weinthal and Ottolenghi complain that Iran sold more
oil than it should have but no one reported the incident. They also complain
that Tehran
“repeatedly pushed the envelope on technical aspects of the agreement – and got
away with it,” which means that nobody reported this incident either. If so,
from where did those two guys get the information? Apparently, the only
authority they could cite was that “experience shows that unless Iran violates
the deal egregiously, the temptation will be to ignore it.”
And so, they sat in judgment not only of Iran but also
of the P5+1 nations. This led them to speak directly to the negotiating team.
They told it: “Iran 's
cheating should give Western negotiators additional resolve to impose ironclad
guarantees in the agreement. They should compel Iran to reveal past activities, and
impose tough inspections before sanctions are suspended.”
As to the governments of the Western nations, Weinthal and
Ottolenghi have something to say about them too. It is this: “the lack of
reporting to the U.N. despite evidence of cheating suggests a lack of resolve
on the part of Western nations. This does not bode well for the future.” Maybe
we should all start worrying about a future that is left in the hands of these – what
to call them? – nincompoops?
And so, they wonder: “If Western powers are reluctant to
penalize Iran
for trying to evade sanctions, what will happen when...?” Do you get the gist
of this, my friend? No nation was ever penalized for trying to evade an
embargo. Worse, America is –
at this moment – cracking the whip in the face of anyone that might be tempted
to participate in the embargo against Israel .