Thursday, April 19, 2007

Iran and US "Chicken Game at Play" and Gas Prices

Well, gas has sky rocketed again, are the sanctions against Iran be the cause for this? There is always a cause and effect to every action we take. Most people are asking whether or not Iran has anything to do with the rising of gas prices. Here Is what Iran has to say

Iran has in the past expressed a need for a dialog with either UN or the US and all these efforts were ignored. Could it have been much better to hear Iranian President's side of the story and his objectives? well, Iranian President had planned to be at the UN security council to state his side opinions, however, Visa technicalities to the US made him cancel the intended trip. I sometimes wonder if these technicalities and delays on visa were intentional or otherwise. A lot is left to be discussed about this Visa issue.

I can only speculate about these rising high prices on gas, however,the person who feel the pinch on gas prices is not President George Bush or President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.You can figure that out.

One will not stop to wonder the role of Iran in the wake of these rising gas prices and crude oil. A gallon of gas stand at $2.80 in most US cities and speculations are growing wild every passing day that we will soon reach the record high of above $3.00 a gallon. These gas prices do not only affect the US alone, woes of grunted peaceful nations on gas prices can not be silenced or made still unless the fate of Iraq is decided.

And on the other hand, it will be fair enough if the role of US in this dilemma is also explained. First things first, Tehran is viewed by the US as the present and clear danger in the atomic and nuclear era. Tehran is not welcomed in the elite club of the nuclear superpowers. Tehran wants to fletch her muscles any where and with no apparent reason for a soft spot, just to make her presence felt, either in the Arab or western world. Washington believes that Tehran has inflicted his terrorists members into Iraq and therefore undermine the presence of US and coalition forces (even though nowadays you can hardly hear coalition forces, it is always US forces). In simple calculated terms both US and Iran have no intentions of a round table discussion to sort out their differences, however both of them would one in a while take to the press some burning issues between them and so declare their view point or even counterattack the aggressive part.

Iran is boiling with many objectives to show cause that without Iran and Syria involvement in Iraq all US efforts are born in vain. Washington wants nothing to do with Iran when it comes to Iraq mess. Iran is believed by Washington to be the catalyst that has done more aggravation to the progress of Iraq peace, freedom and calmness. When US 5 military choppers were brought down in two weeks, the entire world was divided as to who between US and Iran is doing more damage that good to Iraq.

UN part in this two nations backlash predicament is viewed as the moderator in the triple threat global management at play when US dictate the direction of the UN or otherwise and the stakes of UN are heavily dependent of the US government. UN as a dialog facilitator for this tug of war between the US and Iran, never managed to have both parties at a fact finding dialog. The world is really complicated at each connecting pole, however good global management from UN could harmonize tensions and conflicts of the world irrespective of the nations rating of superiority in military and wealth.

Do the sanctions worsen the global management with the Arab world in one side and the US on the other? How best could this situation have been resolved in the absence of sanctions? And finally how best should the UN be commited to its responsibility without bias considering the tremendous monetary and manpower contributions from US government?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I guess Iran is retaliating has found a way to retaliate against sanctions buy holding tight into controlling gas prices, one may wonder what could be next if Iran is pushed to the wall.

Jeff

Sam Global Management said...

Jeff,

I respect your view point about Iran retaliating, gas pricess are far from dropping and that is the botom line in this game.