Jumping away from are targeted regions today, we will examine a story that has great significance not only in the Middle East but also in the rest of the world. As most of us know by know, Iran has been in the process of building it own nuclear stockpile. This whole debacle started a couple years ago when we found out that Iran had built nuclear facilities which they swore where only for power purposes. Even more recently they have began enriching large amounts of uranium (which isn't necessarily needed for power purposes). This move put them on the worlds radar. Major world powers and organizations have increased pressure on Iran to discontinue their nuclear endeavors, and finally after they agreed to meet in Vienna to have talks with the major world powers to come to an agreement they have failed to do just that thus extending any any further negations to be pushed back any further. The major world powers want Iran to curb their nuclear production and amount of uranium enrichment in exchange for a reduction in sanctions, even though they swear they only want atomic energy (the world powers aren't buying it). This delay till June provides a very large time period for Iran to continue to produce at the rates it wants. It will be interesting to what comes of this six month hiatus.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30180968
You make a great point. I actually watched a segment on FOX News tonight about this. The fact that negotiations are not going anywhere and have been postponed for another six months gives Iran the opportunity to continue with their uranium enrichment but also weakens the negotiation power that the United States has.
ReplyDeleteWhile this all sounds very scary I have serious doubts regarding Iran's intentions to harness nuclear weapons considering the serious retaliation that would be headed straight their way from any world power. I feel that the Iranian nuclear program is more of a desperation move to strike fear into nations who might consider military incursions for one reason or another into Iranian territory. The Middle Eastern region has been stricken with war for decades and the trend seems to be continuing, so it makes sense to create a sort of insurance policy that other countries will have to consider before meddling in Iranian affairs.
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