Monday, September 24, 2007
My new least favorite moment of the week
Sunday afternoon, 2pm. It's when I say goodbye to Laura and Lexi and drive three hours back to the city to begin another week of living apart. It sucks.
* * * * *
I'm no poli-sci major, but what's wrong with these two stories?
(1) Iran closes border with northern Iraq: Iran closed major border crossings with northern Iraq on Monday to protest the U.S. detention of an Iranian official the military accused of weapons smuggling, a Kurdish official said. The move threatens the economy of Iraq's northern region — one of the country's few success stories.
(2) A Major Push for More U.N. Sanctions on Iran: On Friday at the State Department, the No. 3 U.S. diplomat, Nicholas Burns, convened a gathering of counterparts from all six countries involved in the Iran effort, both to take stock of current U.N. sanctions and, for his part, to lobby for a new round of stronger ones.
The American government wants tougher sanctions on Iran so they'll stop any nuclear program they may have, but trade between Iraq and Iran is necessary for Iraq's future.
So if one push succeeds, the other fails? I'm confused.
* * * * *
I'm no poli-sci major, but what's wrong with these two stories?
(1) Iran closes border with northern Iraq: Iran closed major border crossings with northern Iraq on Monday to protest the U.S. detention of an Iranian official the military accused of weapons smuggling, a Kurdish official said. The move threatens the economy of Iraq's northern region — one of the country's few success stories.
(2) A Major Push for More U.N. Sanctions on Iran: On Friday at the State Department, the No. 3 U.S. diplomat, Nicholas Burns, convened a gathering of counterparts from all six countries involved in the Iran effort, both to take stock of current U.N. sanctions and, for his part, to lobby for a new round of stronger ones.
The American government wants tougher sanctions on Iran so they'll stop any nuclear program they may have, but trade between Iraq and Iran is necessary for Iraq's future.
So if one push succeeds, the other fails? I'm confused.
# posted by smacky @ 7:51 AM 
