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Iran's German Enablers - Berlin puts business interests ahead of nonproliferation.
Opinion Journal ^ | September 24, 2007 | YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI

Posted on 09/25/2007 5:29:21 AM PDT by Argentine-Firecracker

JERUSALEM--Business opportunities in Iran were the theme of a German government-sponsored conference last week in Darmstadt, Germany. "Iran is accustomed to crises," the conference invitation delicately noted, "but somehow always keeps going forward." In fact, Iran's resilience is made possible in no small measure by Germany itself, which remains one of Iran's largest trading partners. Now Berlin is balking at international attempts to intensify economic sanctions against the Tehran regime for its nuclear program.

Just how discordant Germany's Iranian policy is even within the European Union was made clear to me last spring, when I participated in a "roving seminar" on Iran and nuclear weapons that visited Paris, Brussels and Berlin. As the sole Israeli participant in the seminar--jointly sponsored by the German Marshall Fund and the American Enterprise Institute--I assumed that my role was to play the heavy, reminding naïve and self-righteous Europeans of the unpleasant truths of the Middle East.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: germany; iran; nonproliferation
Didn't see this posted anywhere...
1 posted on 09/25/2007 5:29:25 AM PDT by Argentine-Firecracker
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To: Argentine-Firecracker

This article hit the nail on the head. The Germans are only slightly better than the Russians and Chinese on trading with Iran.


2 posted on 09/25/2007 6:14:21 AM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: GeorgefromGeorgia

Here’s a different version from a German perspective: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,507443,00.html


3 posted on 09/25/2007 8:30:31 AM PDT by Argentine-Firecracker
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