Tuesday June 8, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

Iran has made two very important moves and they must be monitored.

# 1: President Ahmadinejad has embarked on a diplomatic trip to Turkey, China and Tajikistan.

# 2 Iran has signed up 8,000 young adults to join flotillas which will sail to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid. Iran promises to sign up another 8,000 by next week. They claim that their first flotilla will set sail on Sunday.

I doubt that the flotilla will sail on Sunday.
What Iran is doing is setting the stage for a series of important diplomatic moves.

Turkey is the key to Iran's uranium enrichment deal. He is there to attend the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA).
China holds the key to sanctions at the Security Council.
Tajikistan is the 3rd largest grower of poppy in the world and has a huge opium and heroin trade.
The flotilla is Iran's kick off to an ingenious public relations campaign.

Iran is set to shake up the entire world.
Iran is flying in the face of the United States.

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