President Obama has made a huge deal about how eager he is to extend his hand in peace to those who were traditionally considered the enemies of the United States.  It seems to be his belief that but for the strength, and aggressiveness of the United States, countries such as Iran, Syria, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia would be America loving democracies.  Although the Obama Administration has famously stated that they are expecting Iran to unclench their fist, it seem that instead Iran would rather punch the U.S. in the face.

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Iran’s Strategy In Upcoming Nuke Talks With U.S.:  Come Out Swinging

Iran intends to “come out punching” at an upcoming conference regarding nuclear armaments, and will attack the U.S. for cooperating with Israel and India on nuclear programs, according to the Reuters news agency.

The news service reported Sunday that it has obtained four Iranian working papers prepared for the meeting of the signatories of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which is aimed at halting the spread of nuclear arms. The working papers show Tehran is “redoubling its efforts to draw attention away from its own nuclear program by turning the spotlight on Washington for what it says are clear breaches of the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty,” Western diplomats told Reuters.

Iran will claim that the U.S. itself has violated the treaty by developing new nuclear weapons and providing nuclear aid to Israel and India, neither of which has signed the NPT.

Tehran will also slam what it calls the “nuclear-related cooperation of the United States with the Zionist regime” and say the U.S.-India nuclear deal has “severely damaged” the NPT by showing that non-signatories can receive special treatment.

In addition, Iran will blame the U.S., Britain and France “for working to prevent [Iran] and other developing countries from having complete nuclear energy programs.”

Meeting begins Monday

The signatories of the NPT gather on Monday to prepare for a major conference in 2010.

Some countries want the nuclear powers to carry out past pledges to disarm and to agree on a plan to seal loopholes that have enabled states like North Korea, which withdrew from the pact, to develop nuclear weapons.

U.N. diplomats involved in the conference told the news agency that Iran has “gone on the offensive ahead of the meeting” in order to “keep the focus away from its nuclear program.”

Tehran has refused to halt its uranium enrichment program despite three rounds of U.N. sanctions.

Iran’s NPT papers do not mention the fact that President Barack Obama has offered to conduct direct talks with Iran nearly 30 years after Washington severed ties with Tehran. “Iran is very worried that Obama’s commitment to disarmament … will make it harder to portray the Americans as the enemy,” a Western diplomat said.  “The same goes for Obama’s engagement policy. So they (Iran) want to come out punching.”

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The enemies of the United States smell blood in the water, and we are all going to pay for it.   I’m afriad that someone who made his bones selling hope to hippies doesn’t realize that it is a bit different than selling peace to predators.  Hope is not a national security policy!