Lessons for Iran

From the Arizona Republic:

• If, after you are accused of developing weapons of mass destruction, you submit to international inspection, get ready to be invaded anyway.
• If you say you don’t have any such weapons, you are, of course, lying. If inspectors can’t find any, you’re hiding them. And if, after invasion they still can’t be found, you were just awfully good at both of the above.
• If one of the charges is, specifically, that you’re developing nuclear weapons, best you speed things along.

You see, as Iraq demonstrated, countries that we say are oh-so-close to having nukes get invaded. (Forget for the moment that Iraq was as close to having nuclear weapons as I am to becoming a Benjamin Bratt double).

On the other hand, we use diplomacy and stinging rebukes for countries such as North Korea. You know, countries that are apparently far along in nuke development, hint that they may actually have one or two of the little nasties and have the means to deliver them.

If you have nukes, are an authoritarian government, and help us with terrorists, you become an ally. Just ask Pakistan.

And if you’re an authoritarian government in a country with no religious freedom, supply the world with terrorists and have an abundance of oil, you’re also a bosom buddy. Just like Saudi Arabia.

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