Israel’s Monday allegation that they had “discovered” a super secret Iranian nuclear warehouse, but that there was no evidence to support it because Iran demolished the building months ago, was dismissed with appropriately little fanfare.
But US officials never saw a flimsy accusation against Iran they didn’t love, and on Tuesday said the allegation raises “serious and profound questions” about Iran, while accusing Iran of dragging its feet on IAEA questions.
Iran provides more access to the IAEA than any other nation on the planet, a term of the P5+1 nuclear deal. The US has dishonored the deal, and continues to condemn Iran despite the IAEA affirming Iranian compliance.
The US putting its rubber stamp on an Israeli accusation probably doesn’t change its lack of credibility as far as the world is concerned. Even if some suspected it was true, the building is long gone, along with whatever evidence may have once existed.
Is this something that Bolton did as he was on his way out the door? Such planted and leaked public statements suggesting war were his specialty, and he had placed minions to do it.
Yisrael to America, “Good doggy, good doggy.”
This could set a precedent. Just accuse someone of doing something nefarious, claim you can’t prove it because it’s no longer there, ask uncle sam to back you and presto, it’s a fact. Now lets sanction the Iranian paper boys since there is nothing left to sanction there.
How old where you when the invasion of Iraq went down? The were asking Saddam to prove a negative, which is logically impossible.
Plenty old. But apples and oranges. This is another country asking us to back their baseless accusations and us obliging obediently and making it fact.
I wouldn’t exactly call it “proving a negative” as the US blatantly lying about documented facts.
If ever there were a nation with an urgent need to develop a robust nuclear deterrent to imperialist aggression, that nation is the Islamic Republic of Iran.
So much for “Bolton gone means less chance of a war with Iran.”
Business as usual.
Hope you didn’t bet Bolton’s firing would change anything…..
I would never bet on anything getting better ever – certainly not foreign policy. Only the Trump supporters do that – and they are gonna lose.
The credibility of the US Government at this time is zero. Our support of Israel in this entire issue is two-faced, hypocritical and utterly ridiculous. The Symington Amendment of 1976 bans United States economic and military assistance to countries who do not comply with IAEA regulations and inspections. In spite of the fact that it is a confirmed fact that Israel has a stockpile of atomic weapons, the United States Government supports Israel to the tune of $10 million a day or $38 billion over 10 years. The bottom line is that we write laws to stop atomic weapons proliferation and reward the one country that openly disregards our policies and accuses a third party, Iran, of breaking the law. No wonder we have lost all credibility and respect in the international community.