Webloggin » Straight Ahead, Confrontation with Iran

Terror experts believe that ‘Tehran has been maneuvering for years to secure certain interests in the region. First and foremost is the country’s own national security, for which the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Baghdad was prerequisite. An Iranian strategy began emerging almost from the moment the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad fell in April 2003, leading to the secondary and equally desirable goal: regional hegemony.’

Iran’s plans may be coming to fruition in the next 3 to 6 months. Kenneth R. Timmerman believes that “We got to this point because the White House essentially caved in to intense pressure from the CIA and the foreign policy establishment, and refused to do the one thing that could have headed off this crisis: that is, to support the rights of the Iranian people and their struggle for freedom against this clerical tyranny. And now, it is almost – almost – too late.“

The United Nations finally passed UNSC Resolution 1737, ‘which bans nuclear and missile-related trade with Iran, and includes a short list of Iranian government entities and individuals whose assets could be subject to seizure and who could be banned from international travel.’

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad responded to the UN resolution by saying, “This resolution will not harm Iran and those who backed it will soon regret their superficial act, … Iranians are neither worried nor uncomfortable with the resolution…we will celebrate our atomic achievements in February,” he added.