Bush impotent
5. August 2006 - 09:11
Okay, der Titel ist ein wenig reißerisch, aber er trifft im Kern, was John M. Broder und Mark Mazzetti heute in der NYT zu berichten haben.
Die beiden beobachten, dass das Weiße Haus zwar immer wieder auf eine Verbindung zwischen dem Iran und der Hisbollah anspielt, es aber sehr vorsichtig sei, Teheran direkt für die gegenwärtige Krise verantwortlich zu machen.
Despite suspicions that Iran is intimately involved in the current conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the Bush administration has carefully stopped short of accusing Iran of inciting the crisis.
Zwei Gründe. Nummer eins:
Most significantly, with the American military bogged down in Iraq, the United States lacks the means and political support to engage in another conflict in the region.
Nummer zwei:
Officials also say that available intelligence does not offer proof that Iran inspired or directed the Hezbollah kidnappings and rocket launchings that set off the war with Israel.
Ahja? Ich will mir jetzt nicht die Mühe machen und in meinen Unterlagen kramen, aber klang das nicht schon einmal anders?
Deshalb noch einmal, ebenfalls aus dem selben Artikel:
But intelligence analysts say there is little evidence that the Hezbollah raid more than three weeks ago that touched off the current fighting was ordered by Tehran, or that Iran is directly coordinating the steady attacks on Israeli targets.
“Nobody thinks that the Iranians have walked off the field, but we are just not seeing any direct control of things from Tehran,” said an intelligence official who was given anonymity to discuss classified intelligence.
Dennoch zu behaupten, was man nicht belegen kann, wäre laut Broder / Mazzetti derzeit politisch auch nicht allzu klug.
Administration officials say they fear that identifying Iran as an instigator of the current crisis could scare off some countries whose votes are needed at the United Nations Security Council, and who are already suspicious that the United States is planning a confrontation with Iran if Iran rejects the Council’s demands regarding its nuclear program.
Die jüngste Resolution des UN Sicherheitsrats schafft noch ein anderes diplomatisches Problem. Sie bindet der US Regierung die Hände, direkte Kontakte mit dem Iran aufzunehmen, um einen Ausweg aus der Krise im Libanon zu finden, denn Washington ist erst bereit, mit Teheran zu verhandeln, wenn der Iran seine Arbeiten an der Urananreicherung einstellt.
“They are caught in a bind,” said Dennis Ross, who was chief Middle East negotiator under the first President Bush and President Bill Clinton. “They have set tough conditions before they are willing to sit down and talk to the Iranians. But they also know that to get to the roots of the Hezbollah problem — the phrase President Bush keeps using — they have to go through the Iranians.”
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