U.N. Security Council to vote on Iran

The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote today (Saturday) on sanctions on Iran due to its nuclear program. If you have had your head in the sand, the West and Israel perceive the only possible reason Iran would engage in nuclear power is to refine uranium for weapons grade plutonium.

Iran denies the accusation and claim they are building nuclear plants for civilian and peaceful purposes. It is Iran’s President Ahmadinejad that makes Iran’s claim doubtful. Ahmadinejad continuously in public speeches calls for Israel to be wiped off the map and threatens the West and America if they interfere with Iran’s nuclear program.

Peace and war drums simply do not match up.

The Security Council problem is that permanent members Russia and China have an extensive economic relationship with Iran that works both ways. I will be fascinated to see if those to nations will veto any Security Council Resolution that imposes sanctions that have any teeth that can bite Iran.