North Korea Points to the Way on Iran

Abe Greenwald weist für Commentary auf etwas hin, das eigentlich bis auf Weiteres auf Seite 1 sämtlicher westlicher Tageszeitungen stehen sollte (bislang freilich aber kaum erwähnt wurde):

Our paralysis on North Korea, therefore, makes one thing clear: we cannot, for any reason, allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. The only good option today is to ensure that we do not end up with “no good options” when faced with an aggressive and unpredictable nuclear Islamic Republic. If guessing at Kim Jong-il’s motives makes fools of us all, just imagine trying to react to a nuclear theocratic thug-state perpetually sponsoring regional terror and frozen in a cold domestic revolution. Just as the U.S. is obligated to defend North Korea’s neighbors, so too are we obligated to our allies in the Middle East, most critically Israel. If war on the Korean peninsula threatens to destabilize the region, imagine what happens when you throw oil into the mix. Worst of all, where the cult of Kim is unpredictable, the doctrine of Khomeinist Islamism is not. Pyongyang may ultimately only want goodies or talks or an unfettered palace ascendancy. For the leaders in Tehran, however, everything is a means to defeating America and her allies.

Und dennoch braucht man kein Prophet sein, um vorauszusagen, dass weder die Obama-Regierung, noch Christoph Bertram und die ganzen anderen Appeaseniks zu dieser Erkenntnis gelangen werden. Von den Europäern einmal ganz zu schweigen.