The UN's disproportionate response

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, flashes the victory sign ... Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006... (AP Photo/ISNA)

Power Line: The Time Is Now

.... Read as a whole, the IAEA report states flatly that Iran is not cooperating. The mullahs are basically telling the U.N. to get lost. The next move is up to us.

John Bolton says that the Security Council must now take action, in the form of sanctions. But the AP reports that the kinds of sanctions on the table are feeble at best:

The State Department has not said publicly what type of punishment it might seek. But U.S. and European officials have indicated they might push for travel restrictions on Iranian officials or a ban on sale of dual-use technology to Iran. The hope is to start with relatively low-level punishments in a bid to attract Russian and Chinese support, the officials have said.

President Bush said today that "the world now faces a grave threat from the radical regime in Iran." There is an obvious disproportion between the gravity of the threat and the meagre steps now contemplated to counter it.

Comments

[N.B. Goldstein]

You said it! Definately disproportionate! I've linked to this post at my blog. You can get a blog sticker there about the U.N. being U.N.-reliable if you'd like. BTW, are you from Boulder, CO? I went to school there. Great post!