THE IRANIAN THREE RING CIRCUS

Iran and the US are engaged in a public relations battle. The US is fighting with one arm tied behind its back. The AP, CNN, ABC, CBS and others come close to being on the Iranian side of this battle. Iran has sent the message that it is the country trying to make peace. Iranian officials say that they have answered all the UN's questions about bomb making activities and the country is ready to sit down to negotiate.

This morning the IAEA issued a 9 page report saying that Iran has not come clean. The IAEA report backs up the claim of the USA that Iran has demonstrated that their enrichment program is about nuclear bombs, not nuclear electricity. The 5 permanent members of the UN security council plus Germany have offered several alternatives for Iran to get fuel for nuclear electricity. The 123 treaties being signed around the world show that nuclear power is going to be developed in many nations. Iran, as a signor of the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty, needs to follow the rules.


Yesterday, Iran refocused its efforts to influence Syria. Syria and Israel have reached a preliminary peace agreement but the relationship of Iran to Syria is a sticking point.

With the EU ready to take the next sanctions step, the pressure on Iran continues to build. Iran is running a three ring circus but they can't sell tickets. The west and the east are united in demanding that Iran make a deal to suspend its development of nuclear bombs. Iran fires back with verbal support for Hamas. Not something that wins friends among all who are tired of bomb throwers. The Hamas roll would be that of the clowns at the circus, comic relief, if it were not for their willingness to kill non-combatants, including women and children.

THIS CIRCUS IS ABOUT TO BE CLOSED DOWN BY THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT!