Counting Down for the Tyrannic Regime in Tehran

President Obama this week has urged the US Senate to pass a bill - currently is being debated in the Senate - to clear the way for signing a nuclear pact with Russia. He called the treaty "imperative for the US national security."

Interestingly the debate in Washington has coincided with other - apparently separate but well-woven - developments at the world stage. First and significant for us in Australia was the visit by the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, along with her Cabinet colleague the Secretary of Defense - Robert Gates. They were here to discuss a greater military coöperation between Australia and the US. Both sides emphasized on a stronger military ties which may be translated to a stronger US military presence in South-East Asia. This, based on China's global activities including in the region, should have understandably happened earlier. However, my guess is the White House had been carefully studying its arch rivals and calculating proper responses accordingly. What it meant is the US foreign policy-making-machine had been mixing all the available economical and security ingredients and put them into its foreign-policy-oven. What Ms. Clinton announced last week in Australia, and the president adamantly said on the importance of the nuclear pact with Russia are both - I believe - the end products out of the oven. The products are finally presented to world for tasting. There is a fundamental shift in policy regarding Russia though; and understandably so.

Comparing the Missiles-Defense-Shield-Program of the Bush presidency, seen by the Russians as a direct threat to their national security, president Obama has apparently walked away from it. Not only did that, he has also invited Russia to join a similar program which expands all over the European countries to protect them from evils in Tehran. But I would suggest it is not the president by himself alone behind the idea today. It was - I believe - probably the entire US political machine that reached a turning point in 2008 - at the time when Russia invaded Georgia. Projected by the current Prime Minister of Russia Viladimir Putin - president at the time - back then by his uncompromising action over Georgia; the alternative was unimaginable. That caused the US to change course in relation to its arch rival of the Cold War. Since then it has received good - but calculated - responses from Moscow.

And today in light of increased feasibility of using force, in order to stop Tehran's generals making a Big-Bomb and consequently endangering the world peace and stability, against the tyrannic regime of Mullas in Tehran, Russia's role has been magnified. In any event relating to Tehran, Russia would, undoubtedly, be a serious player. US now seems to acknowledge that fact, and accords Russia with incentives - rather than deterrents in case of China - such as the nuclear pact with a further option to coöperate with or even joining the NATO in future. The incentives may also deem necessary in the wake of a recent new development - the deployment of M1 Tanks to Afghanistan by the US after almost 10 years war - reported by the Washington Post. Russia needed its insurance policy in case of any significant escalation in the existing war in Afghanistan or should a new conflict with the tyrannic regime in Tehran triggered. The bell is ringing loud and clear for the regime in Tehran.
Notwithstanding of existing hurdles the tyrannic regimes are unacceptable in the Middle East and must be dealt with accordingly; especially Iran. Counting down for the regime in Tehran has long been started.