It looks like the sanctions against Iran will start to be lifted. Iran has been fulfilling its obligations so far to dismantle its nuclear arms program. There is no guarantee that it will not start the program in the future but this agreement has delayed Iran from getting a nuclear bomb for at least more than one year. There are still skeptics, of course. But if there was no agreement, Iran would have gotten the bomb by now and Israel may have attacked. So we have avoided that and if Iran goes back on its word, then attacking is still an option.
One plus as the result of the agreement is that at least there is a dialogue between the U.S. and Iran. This led to release of four or five hostages today. There was also the quick release of American sailors who wandered into Iran waters. Somebody made a big mistake here and gave Iran an opportunity for propaganda. But with sanctions about to be lifted Iran acted better than they would have otherwise and released the sailors by the next day. The GOP candidates were screaming for Obama to act tough. But what do they want to do? Start a war over the capture of 2 boats and 10 sailors? Obama and Kerry did the right thing by not escalating things and quietly negotiated for the release of the sailors. Apparently some people mistake talking tough as being competent or smart.
It seems like everyday now I read that a Sikh is being attacked because some idiot thinks he is a Muslim. Of course those idiots have no reason to attack a Muslim either since overwhelming majority of Muslims are not terrorists. A Sikh bus driver in California was beat up recently. Somehow he was able to prevent the bus from crashing. Somehow the perpetrator has not been charged with a hate crime. He was calling the driver a terrorist before attacking. If that isn't a hate crime, I don't know what is.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
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The relationship with Iran is so fragile. I can't pretend to understand it and figure a way to make it stronger, except to try diplomacy. It's interesting how being in a war with Iraq didn't help much in relations with Iran.
ReplyDeleteIt's tough being Sikh in this country right now. You are right, the perpetrator was wrong no matter what. Who cares if he was Sikh? They thought he was Muslim which doesn't make it any better. I don't understand how these things, especially in California, aren't called hate crimes almost immediately.
I actually got a chance to watch about a half hour of the Democratic debate on Sunday. I can see the appeal of Sanders. He talks plainly and seems to be very true to his words. Clinton is obviously a well prepared politician and attacked Sanders on a few occasions.
I don't understand why O'Malley is still in the race. Is he trying to get a cabinet job? I will say that I do like him still, but he's so far behind, he's just wasting money. I think the whole time, he was asked one question by the moderators. He was pretty silent and tried to get into the conversation a few times.
-LBOAYM