"DIPLOMATIC CREDIBILITY"

Sorry about the lack of posting, I’ve been busy, the fork ran away with the spoon, the cow jumped over the moon, etc., you know my excuses.

Anyway, the New York Times had a little ditty today about Iran. It was actually pretty good. It was realistic about the threat Iran poses on the nuclear front and pretty much admitted the United Nations is useless confronting this:

“…the best choice is to support Britain, France and Germany as they search for a diplomatic settlement. The chances of success do not look good; the European initiative has had minimal results and seems to be losing ground.”

What the Times fails to mention is the United States has decided to work multi-laterally on Iran, through the United Nations and not acting Uni-laterally. The Times doesn’t mention this because it doesn’t let the facts get in the way of blaming George Bush for everything:

“The invasion of Iraq, which President Bush has often said would help stabilize the Middle East, is now hindering efforts to deal with a real nuclear threat: Iran. Despite its ritualistic denials, Iran gives every indication of building all the essential elements of a nuclear weapons program. And while the United States has hoped to pressure Iran into halting that program, the government in Tehran has clearly concluded that it has little to fear for now from an American government whose diplomatic credibility has been damaged and whose military capacities have been stretched by the war in Iraq.“

The Times has decided that it’s not the UN with a diplomatic credibility problem, it’s the United States. Perhaps if the Times would take it’s head out of Kerry’s butt, it might see that diplomatic credibility comes from backing threats up with bullets and therefore, United States should have diplomatic credibility. I say should, because people like the Editorial staff at the New York Times rail against backing up words with actions to the point that this countries diplomatic credibility is compromised. Did I just blame the Times? It's not the Times alone, but all on the left who give the terrorists and evil governments the impression that we are divided to the point that we won't back up words with bullets. Any diplomatic credibility problems we have come for ilk like Howard Dean, John Kerry and the New York Times.