As ye sow, so shall ye reap

If the French hadn't been so bloody wet about Iran a few years ago then maybe this wouldn't be the problem it is now,

Iran missiles threat to EU
CHERBOURG, France: Europe's security was "at stake" because countries like Iran were increasing the range of their missiles, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday.

"Everyone should be aware today that nuclear missiles of countries, even if they are far away, can reach Europe in less than half an hour," he said in a defence policy speech as he inaugurated a new nuclear submarine named The Terrible.

"Today, only the major powers have such means. But countries in Asia and the Middle East are rapidly developing ballistic capacities," he said. "I am thinking in particular of Iran.

Or maybe and I am being cynical this is precisely the result hat the French were after. 'Iran is scary', following recent, 'climate change will cause mass immigration' and other such excuses foir demanding a fully fledged European Army.

A little under the radar

Whilst the world is slowly coming to terms with the assassination of Mrs. Bhutto, even Iran has condemned the murder, there is a straw in the wind that augers no good elsewhere.
Iranian Vice-President, Parviz Davoudi has been visiting Tripoli and Djibouti.

The thought of Iran having strategic links with the old French Somalia fills me with foreboding, given that African handkerchief's strategic location, but the noises out of Tripoli are even more worrying.

The cowing of President Gaddafi has been one of the few real gains of the Iraq war but the noises coming out of the meeting yesterday seem to be undermining eve that. Davoudi seems to have taken great pleasure in talking up Iran's nuclear ambitions which can only serve to encourage the Libyan strongman and new best friend of the EU to go recidivist. Though of course the EU will get all sorts of guarantees before it signs a "framework co-operation agreement'. It will won't it?
We had all better watch this space.