Iranian negotiator boasts of fooling Europeans

Well we knew this all along. And by now, even the Europeans know they are being played for fools. The question is, will the Europeans now take the tough measures to deal effectively with the Iranian nuke problem, or will they just continue to prove how irrelevant and counterproductive their weak efforts are?

From the Sydney Morning Herald: "THE man who for two years led Iran's nuclear negotiations has laid out in unprecedented detail how the regime took advantage of talks with Britain, France and Germany to forge ahead with its secret atomic program.

In a speech to a closed meeting of leading Islamic clerics and academics, Hassan Rowhani, who headed talks with the so-called EU3 until last year, revealed how Tehran played for time and tried to dupe the West after its secret nuclear program was uncovered by the Iranian opposition in 2002.

He boasted that while talks were taking place in Tehran, Iran was able to complete the installation of equipment for conversion of yellowcake - a key stage in the nuclear fuel process - at its Isfahan plant while convincing European diplomats that nothing was afoot.

'From the outset, the Americans kept telling the Europeans, 'The Iranians are lying and deceiving you and they have not told you everything'. The Europeans used to respond, 'We trust them',' he said."

Read the rest here.

Meanwhile, Iran's President Admadjihad (my name for him) talks about harm and pain while promising peace:

Reuters has a new statement from Iran, issued at the nuclear talks in Vienna. "The United States may have the power to cause harm and pain but it is also susceptible to harm and pain. So if the United States wishes to choose that path, let the ball roll."

Meanwhile in Iran, the state-run news agency issued a release that described President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as calling for peace in the nuclear process. "I would like to inform all nations, in particular those neighboring Iran, that the Iranian people call for peace, security and tranquility based upon justice for the world nations," Ahmadinejad reportedly said.

Sound Familiar?

A week ago I wrote about the upcoming 70th anniversary of the NAZIS remilitarizing the Rhineland: one of the early signs that World War II was coming. After taking that move which violated Germany's treaty obligations, Hitler promised "Secondly, we pledge that now, more than ever, we shall strive for an understanding between European peoples, especially for one with our Western neighbor nations...We have no territorial demands to make in Europe!...Germany will never break the peace."

Is history repeating itself? Will we "give peace a chance" once again until the cost of restoring peace with justice can be measured in MILLIONS OF LIVES?