Yesterday I posted an article with the following opening paragraph:
"Yesterday China View reported that Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei said Sunday that "Israel is number one threat to Middle East" with its nuclear arms. This statement was made at a joint press conference with Iran's Atomic Energy Organization chief Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran."
That in itself was a little disconcerting, but there is an article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal that is even more troubling. The article points out that President Obama has stated his aim to make the world free of nuclear weapons. He is going to have to start somewhere. Why not Israel? Bret Stephens predicts a news article in January of next year regarding a United Nations resolution:
"The resolution calls for a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East. It also demands that Israel sign the 1970 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and submit its nuclear facilities to international inspection. Two similar, albeit nonbinding, resolutions were approved last September by the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna."
In his prediction, America abstains in the voting, letting the resolution pass, in order to show Iran that we have changed from our 'unfair' policies of the past.
Unfortunately, this is a possibility. With the coziness between the IAEA and Iran, the chances of Iran curbing her nuclear program are almost non-existent. Considering the UN's love of sanctioning Israel at every opportunity, the attempt to confront Israel on her nuclear weapons will occur as soon as America gets out of the way. Unfortunately, the administration of President Obama has already sent signals that it will not stand up for Israel.
Hopefully this prediction is totally off base, but I don't think it is.
Yesterday, Investor's Business Daily ran a related story.
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