COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama said Sunday it would be risky to attack Iran. Ya think? He wasn't concerned about Iranian military capabilities, and really shouldn't be. They are no match for anything the U.S. Navy would throw at them or anything our allies already have positioned in the region. He's more concerned about the impact it would have on the price of oil.
The president wants to utilize all diplomatic means against Iran in order to force it to abandon its nuclear research program, Reuters reported. That's a nice ambition Mr. President, but the United States has had some form of sanctions against Iran for the last 30 years, and they have achieved absolutely nothing.
Granted, Iran is really starting to feel the pinch of this latest round of sanctions, and it might accomplish one thing: It could bring Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government to the negotiating table once more. But nothing is ever achieved there. We've all been down that path before. Least we forget, Ahmadinejad is not the real power in Iran, so whatever he negotiates or even compromises will be unenforceable once the clerics overrule it -- and they will.
It is unlikely that Iran would initiate any military action. Right now, they are all bark and no bite. Armed conflict could begin if Israel gets a wild hair and decides to act unilaterally to put an end to the nuclear threat that it sees pointed at it. Obama publicly has said the United States is working in concert with the Israelis. That's probably true to an extent. But if Israel decides that it is time to act, they will act alone.
On Monday, Obama pressed the issue a little further by imposing a new string of sanctions against the Iranian Central Bank. This latest batch is unlikely to have much effect, as Iranian assets in the United States have been minimal since 1979. It remains yet another outward measure of U.S. determination.
The White House does not want armed conflict with Iran. I agree. But, it may become unavoidable very soon.
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