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ORIGINAL: ArtCatDom
Basic policy: Iran is a country with split level of government. The elections were notably rigged for President. I would recognize the legislature of Iran as holding the legitimate power of government and hold an official policy that the Presidency is held under an illegal coup. In other words, I would only recognize diplomats appointed by the legislature from that country. Any sent from the President of Iran would be detained and deported. Any sent from that President who have notable records of international law violations would be offered to the UN and related tribunal bodies before simple deportation.
Actions: I would quickly work to secure oil and coal supply lines with promised minimums from South America and Asia. I would try to find consensus points with other nations and found a political and economic coalition to deal with Iran on that common ground. I would direct policy advisors to research the most effective tools to place pressure on Iran. I would direct policy advisors to research the current up-to-date political landscape (or maybe minefield) of Near Eastern politics so we have reasonable prejudgements of reastions to a variety of actions. I would put the intelligence community to work not on military aims, but to find the greatest economic and political weaknesses of Iran.
After all that, I would place obsenely high tariffs on oil of Iranian origin (under trade exceptions for sanctions). I would tariff goods using secondary sanction rules on industrial products from countries with significant energy resources drawn from Iran. I would tax-exempt oil, coal and other energy products produced in our own hemisphere to offset the price rises sure to come from such actions. I would use other straightforward means to destabilize to political system and economy of Iran based on the analysis of the above direct research.
Line in the sand Statement: You certainly have every right to persue peaceful nuclear power under the Nonproliferation Treaty. However, you must abide by its terms and conditions, most importantly allowing full and free inspections of such facilities. We cannot accept the possibility of further nuclear arms proliferation. North Korea has set the tone for this political impasse. If you persist in violating the terms of the treaty, or choose to withdraw from the treaty, we will consider that you are seeking to develop nuclear weapons a priori. What occurs from this point forward is entirely in your hands. If you wish for us to treat you respectfully and without prejudice, respect your obligations to nonproliferation. Allow inspections and your peaceful nuclear energy efforts will not be impeded. Reject inspections and we will use whatever means are necessary to prevent the spread of nuclear arms.
Israel: Israel can be said to be a nation formed by an illegal land grab contrary to international law. It can also be said to be persisting in illegal aggression and occupation contrary to countless UN resolutions. Until Israel pulls itself back into the appropriate realm of lawful activity, I would not aid them if they were invaded. In fact, I would even cut off all military and other aid until they complied with such resolutions.
*meow*
I've been thinking on the original post since it was made, and feel that ArtCatDom has a plan worth consideration, for three reasons.
First, it takes real action, as opposed to some of the empty sanctions we read about before the latest round of conflict in Iraq. It also brings other nations into the pressure cooker, by threatening their pipeline to the world's largest consumer. I think this is very well thought out.
Second, it's a measured response, that doesn't tell anyone what to do ... but rather simply states what our response will be to certain actions. This puts us in a postion of making our point, while clearly articulating our policy. From my reading of late, this is a major sticking point with some western countries ... that the position of the United States is unclear.
Lastly, a plan is put in place to keep the taxpayer from feeling our foreign policy too deeply in the pocket book. I feel this is very important, in order to keep citizen backing for our policy.
I'm excluding the points made about Israel from my response, simply because I don't currently know enough about that topic to speak intelligently.
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