When the news broke about the Iranian nuclear facility in Qom, three world leaders stood behind a microphone and condemned it.
The United Kingdom’s Gordon Brown was very direct with his language:
“The level of deception by the Iranian government and the scale of what we believe is a breach of international commitments, will shock and anger the whole international community and it will harden our resolve,” Mr Brown said, adding that it was time to “draw a line in the sand”. He went on: “This is the third time they have been caught red-handed, not telling the truth.”
French President Nicholas Sarkozy handed down a deadline and threatened sanctions.
Obama? Meh:
Flanked by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Britain’s dead man walking, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, our president offered more uselessly vague rhetoric in response to proof of a major “covert Iranian enrichment facility” and its implications.
Obama’s statement amounted to, Ooooh, I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house down . . . maybe . . . eventually . . . but not really . . . let’s talk . . .
Only Sarkozy made a serious attempt to get the Iranian leadership’s attention, stressing the consistent failure of negotiations and the need for action. He understands that a decade of talking with Tehran brought zero results.
Obama cringed.
Shouldn’t we be ashamed that a French president’s leading the fight to protect Israel and the free world?
What’s worse than that is the verbal beatdown Sarkosy gave our commander in chief:
“President Obama dreams of a world without weapons … but right in front of us two countries are doing the exact opposite.
“Iran since 2005 has flouted five security council resolutions. North Korea has been defying council resolutions since 1993.
“I support the extended hand of the Americans, but what good has proposals for dialogue brought the international community? More uranium enrichment and declarations by the leaders of Iran to wipe a UN member state off the map,” he continued, referring to Israel.
The sharp-tongued French leader even implied that Mr Obama’s resolution 1887 had used up valuable diplomatic energy.
“If we have courage to impose sanctions together it will lend viability to our commitment to reduce our own weapons and to making a world without nuke weapons,” he said.
Mr Sarkozy has previously called the US president’s disarmament crusade “naive.”
The world is now officially upside down.
Hat Tip: Don Surber
