Tuesday August 14, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

An example of how US foreign policy lacks any real punch:

Last week, President Bush had a press conference with Afghanistan's Prime Minister Hamid Karzai. Bush pointed out that Iran was playing a destabilizing role in Afghanistan which accounted for their recent rise of Taliban power.

Tomorrow, Ahmadinejad of Iran will meet with Karzai in Afghanistan. It is the Iranian leader's first trip to her neighbor Afghanistan. I am certain that the United States and US policy in the region will be a very important topic of discussion.

The questions beg asking:
Why is this meeting happening? Is there no way the US could have prevailed upon Afghanistan not to have this meeting? If they did ask for the meeting not to happen, why is it that the meeting is happening anyway?
Iran cannot be seen - in the region or out - as an acceptable supportive neighbor. Until Iran tows the international line regarding nuclear development Iran must be outcast from the community, Iran must be a pariah state.

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