January 12, 2016

Iran Will Probably Evade New Sanctions After Violations

The bully is winning.

Iran has engaged in numerous provocations in recent weeks that under any other administration would result in hasty recoil. Most recently, the Islamic regime did some saber rattling with “a pair of ballistic missile tests, lawmakers say, setting a potentially dangerous precedent,” according The Hill. “Iran has also recently sent ships within 1,500 yards of a U.S. aircraft carrier traveling through international waters, and failed to protect Saudi Arabian diplomatic buildings from ransacking protesters outraged over the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric.” But the White House’s initial “outrage” seems already to have gone cold. And, alas, defense officials remain steadfastly defiant to do anything about it. “According to reports, the White House has backed away from an initial plan to levy new sanctions in retaliation for the missile tests, which are considered to be likely violations of United Nations sanctions,” the Hill continues. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) said, “Congress had been notified or the indication was that this action was going to be taken. And then the decision was made, after pushback from Iran, not to go forward.” Last week, after North Korea tested another of what it claims is a H-bomb (which intelligence deems questionable, at best), Hillary Clinton said, “We can’t give in to or in any way encourage this kind of bullying.” She’s right in that Korea and Iran are bullies. But the bullies keep winning. Whatever terms were set in the Iran nuclear deal, the ayatollah is still calling the shots.

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