The Price of Appeasement - Kissing Oily Rear Ends

Lt. Col. Oliver North Tells It Honestly

No Western leader — not Tony Blair, not George Bush, certainly none of the leaders of “Old Europe,” and surely no one at the United Nations — dares risk the wrath of the ayatollahs and the possibility that Iran might shut off 20 percent of the world’s oil. Just the chance that the most recent “hostage crisis” might worsen pushed the price of oil over $66 per barrel — a 7 percent rise — in less than a week.

If ayatollahs laugh, the tin-horned theo-despots ruling Tehran must be chortling in their beards. For nearly two weeks, the Islamic radicals running the world’s pre-imminent terrorist state once again had leaders of the civilized world cowering and cutting back-room deals. But the clerics are confident there will be no consequences — all because of oil.

Other than terrorism, Iran has no ability to project power — yet. Its air force is hardly worthy of the name. The U.S. has the capacity, in the words of one senior retired military officer, now a Pentagon consultant, “to eliminate the entire Iranian Navy in less than an hour.”

... no courage, no conviction, a PC unwillingness to fight the needed battles ... when will an American be elected President?