Evil Empire

Iran's sponsoring of the Non-Aligned Movements' meeting in Tehran is a mixed blessing.  Yes, 120 countries went and so did UN Secty. Gen. Ban-ki Moon.  And as PM Netanyahu pointed out, they all sat quietly while Pres. Ahmedinejad and Ayatollah Khamenei said the most outrageous lies about Israel and threatened once more to destroy this "cancer" in the Middle East.  This is known as appeasement.  But, while they didn't walk out, no one can now say that any potential attack by Israel on Iran was not justified.   Further both Ban-ki Moon and Pres. Morsi of Egypt said things publicly that must have hurt and embarrassed the Iranian hosts. 

Ban speaking from the podium pointed out that it is unacceptable for one UN member to threaten to destroy another UN member, it's against all the rules and threatens peace.  Also Morsi was less than diplomatic in accusing Iran of supporting the Syrian regime in its policy of murdering its Sunni population, and he hinted that Egypt would not stand for it.  It is doubtful that Egypt could to anything about this militarily, but they could form an alliance with the other Sunni countries Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar that are known to be supplying arms to the Syrian insurgents.  The greatest blow to the Iranian regime, as bad as an attack by Israel on its nuclear facilities, would be to lose its only ally in the Arab world, Syria.

While the outcome of the NAM conference will not be any earth-shaking results, nevertheless things have become clearer after it.  Iran as an extreme terrorist-supporting Shia state does not have a lot of natural allies in the world.  And despite all the attempts to delegitimize Israel, these fade into the background compared to the actual isolation of the Iranian regime.  Who supports their attempts to develop a nuclear weapon, only North Korea and Syria.  And what allies can they call upon to help them, none!  

Meanwhile Israel is preparing to take-out the Iranian nuclear facilities if it has to.  A word of advice for the NAM representatives, try not to visit Iran in the next few months.