The obvious credibility of the USA military under an incompetent leadership is obvious and nothing short of sustained trustworthiness will return confidence by the people of the USA in it's military deployments. There will be more skepticism regarding any war engaged by the USA and the nuclear ambitions of the American military has to be scaled back to fall in line once again with the United Nations Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Peacekeeper missions that are actually accomplished would be putting the right foot forward after conducting a tragic and failed war in The Middle East.
Internationally, the USA has to get it's act together to be effective in diplomatic efforts to avoid war. Here again the Bush administration is proving that downsizing a government only leads to greater threats to national security of the USA and our allies.
Lack of ID Data Impedes U.N. Sanctions Against Iran
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Published: September 17, 2007
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 — In the six months since the United Nations Security Council acted to freeze the assets and curb the overseas travel of Iranian officials, including members of the Revolutionary Guards, an embarrassing snag has occurred: the United States lacks passport numbers and other data to go after most of the people listed.
Even as the Bush administration is pushing for new sanctions against Iran, officials acknowledge that the United States has not carried out existing Security Council penalties on several companies linked to Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. Officials say they lack identifying information that would ensure that the right companies are punished.
“No one believes in these sanctions more than we do,” a senior administration official said, speaking anonymously because of the delicacy of the issue. “We want to see them applied, not just announced. But there is the technical problem of getting the right identifier information that can pass muster in a court of law.”...
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Published: September 17, 2007
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 — In the six months since the United Nations Security Council acted to freeze the assets and curb the overseas travel of Iranian officials, including members of the Revolutionary Guards, an embarrassing snag has occurred: the United States lacks passport numbers and other data to go after most of the people listed.
Even as the Bush administration is pushing for new sanctions against Iran, officials acknowledge that the United States has not carried out existing Security Council penalties on several companies linked to Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. Officials say they lack identifying information that would ensure that the right companies are punished.
“No one believes in these sanctions more than we do,” a senior administration official said, speaking anonymously because of the delicacy of the issue. “We want to see them applied, not just announced. But there is the technical problem of getting the right identifier information that can pass muster in a court of law.”...
What was that quote again, "No one believes in these sanctions more than we do, blah, blah, blah..." Really? Why don't I believe that?
As Americans used and abused by a Republican infrastruture we not only have a right to disbelieve any and all spoken words, but, are obligated to our self-dignity and self-respect to not only disbelieve but ridicule any agency of government unable to sustain a vigorous effort of diplomatic resolve.
Now.
With that in mind, whom in this country is going to become President and close the credibility gap?
