Diplomacy Not Blood

In Vienna, Austria key European nations are meeting this week to discuss how to handle Iran's nuclear enrichment project among other issues. The latest development is that several European nations are considering giving Iran a light-water nuclear reactor in hopes that it will stop development of a heavy-water nuclear reactor that they are currently implementing. The International Atomic Energy Agency aggress that the chance of misuse (for nuclear weapons) is much lower with a light water reactor than with the heavy-water design. British and UN officials have confirmed that this offer is on the table, but Washington is still very skeptical about such an idea. They are not convinced that this measure will prevent Iran from continuing its development of nuclear enrichment. China and Russia are still dead set on opposing the U.S. position of force stating that diplomacy must be used, and that there was no reason to use brute force or military action against Iran. Ramble On urges the U.S. and its citizens to continue to promote diplomacy before we even begin to speak of more military action in the most volatile region in the world.