Iran and North Korea...and a lesson from Elementary School

Submitted by Douglas G. Lowenstein (United States), Sep 26, 2006 at 10:18

The long sordid tale of Iran and North Korea

• During the 8 years of the Clinton Administration, and for the first several months of the Bush Administration, the United States had been in direct and multilateral dialogue with Iran and North Korea, or in other words, they had called them into the principals office after they misbehaved and asked them nicely to cooperate in class, and be better world citizens.

• The unruly school children did not listen and the principal did not expel them from school, or even give them detention

• To the contrary, the students were given toys (nuclear reactors) and financial aid.

• Then there was a big fight in one of the older grades, and it was a very serious fight where lots of innocent students were hurt, and 3000 kids were killed (9/11 attack on this country)

• The United States, as principal of the school, saw that Iran and N. Korea were beginning to take advantage of the disorder, and because of their immaturity, started to intimidate the other students in the school by suggesting that they were also going to start a very big fight.

• The other students in the class (the free nations of this earth) became uneasy and scared

• The United States (the Principal) called the parents of Iran and North Korea (EU and Russia) to seek their assistance in controlling their children

• This had no effect

• The parents (EU and Russia) really don't like the school principal (U.S.) in the first place, and think that complaints about their children are overstated in the second place.

• This is understandable since these are absentee parents and they are not really watching what their kids are doing

• Worse, the parents (EU and Russia) despise the control that the principal (U.S.) has over the school, and would be pleased to see their kids (Iran and North Korea) destroy it (laissez-faire capitalism)

• The kids kept on disturbing class, mostly in the form of threatening to wipe Israel off the map, and launching missiles toward Japan

• Since parental intervention did not help – the principal called in the grandparents (United Nations) of these unruly and very dangerous brats

• Although physically less intimidating than the parents, the hope of the principal was that the unruly children would have more respect for their grandparents than they showed to their parents

• The principal was aware that the grandparents (United Nations) had lavished these unruly brats with special treats over many years, and the hope was that in appreciation the kids would begin to behave pursuant to the grandparent's request.

• The principal (U.S.) knew about the gift giving of the grandparents (United Nations) to the school kids (Iran and North Korea) because the principal, since the kids were attending their school, contributed 25% of the cost of the gifts. (see U.S. financial support for the United Nations)

• The grandkids (Iran and North Korea) laughed wildly at the notion that their grandparents would have more influence on them than their own parents

• The kids reasoned that if their own parents (EU and Russia) were not going to punish them certainly Grandma and Grandpa (United Nations) were not capable of doing anything!

• The principals had one last idea

• The older siblings (IAEA) of the nasty unruly school kids (Iran and North Korea) were called upon to see if they could put a halt to the disruptive behavior

• The main cause of the problem was that these unruly kids had found WMD toys in their parents closet

• The principal knew that the older siblings (IAEA) had a detailed understanding of the WMD toys

• The older siblings tried to explain to their unruly younger siblings (Iran and N. Korea) that these toys were very dangerous

• The older siblings went on to say that only responsible parents (EU and Russia), and the school principal (United States) could be in possession of these toys.

• The unruly kids (Iran and North Korea) thought that was hilarious and felt that because their parents and the principal had these toys, they could play with them too

• The bratty school kids did not believe, or accept, the warnings of the their older siblings (the IAEA)

• The older siblings were quickly blown off by their younger sibling brats and the principal was left scratching his head?

BACK TO REAL LIFE

• Democrats think that we should continue to talk with these kids.

• Republicans think the time has come to EXPEL them from school and take away their WMD toys.

Who do you agree with?

• Perhaps there is one last chance at a resolution and that would be to have a parent/principal conference with the kids in attendance

• I trust that this will occur before the principal expels these kids by force; but I doubt the kids will comply with one last request to behave

• The fact is they are instigating the principal into a fight since they now have the same toys and they think they can rule the school ground!

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