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Would You Trust Ahmadinejad?
Would you trust a man to keep his word that continues to deny that the Holocaust took place, claiming it to be nothing but a myth perpetrated by Jews? A man who routinely calls for the destruction of another country? A man who participated in the invasion of a U.S. Embassy, holding 66 diplomats and citizens of the U.S. hostage for 444 days? Would you trust this man to keep his word about not using nuclear technology to achieve his goal of destroying Israel?
The man I am writing about is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Presidnet of Iran, a country that has been under totalitarian rule since President Jimmy Carter abandoned our ally, allowing for religious extremists to oust the Shah of Iran from leading (and Westernizing) that country.
It is no secret that Iran has been enriching uranium for some time now. The United States, the ineffectual United Nations, and much of Europe have been calling for cessation of the enrichment programs. Iran has claimed they will cease only under what it would consider "fair and just" conditions.
Like North Korea, who also claimed they were not using the technology to develop nuclear weapons, should we take their word at face value? As long as we recognize that "face value" isn’t worth a plugged nickel, sure. Otherwise, Ahmedinejad and the ruling class of Iran should not be trusted to keep their word.
In the ‘90s, thanks to Jimmy Carter and the Clinton administration, North Korea was given nuclear energy technology for peaceful purposes; to generate electricity only. It did not take long for North Korea to break their agreement and use the technology that the United States (using the money of the American taxpayer) to develop nuclear weapons. All the time that they were working on weapons technology, they continued to claim to be abiding the agreements made and be open to inspections.
There is no doubt in my mind that Iran is using the same methods as North Korea to achieve their goal of developing nuclear weapons. Worse yet, they are highly likely to hand over sufficient quanities of uranium-235, or, if they pursue it as North Korea has, plutonium. Then it will only be a matter of time before al Qaeda achieves its goal of acquiring the main ingredient for nuclear bombs and go down the path of nuclear terrorism. Or, maybe, Iran will simply use the tech to extort the West out of even more concessions, continuing to use the Norht Korean model of, "if we promise to be good this time, will you give us more stuff?"
Why our State Department granted Ahmadinejad diplomatic immunity is beyond me. This terrorist should never have been allowed entry into the United States. And he certainly should not be trusted with nuclear technology of any kind, no matter what he says or claims it is for.
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