LIVING THE FANTASY - AT 8:09 A.M. ET:  From AP: 

Iran, whose nuclear facilities are under threat of possible Israeli military strikes, proposed Wednesday that a 150-nation conference convening in the fall ban such attacks.

Iran says the proposal, revealed to The Associated Press by diplomats and confirmed by a senior Iranian envoy, is not linked to veiled threats by Israel of an attack as a last resort if the international community fails to persuade Tehran to freeze its nuclear activities.

Instead, all of the diplomats said the Iranian initiative seeks support for a generally worded document prohibiting all armed attacks against nuclear installations anywhere, when 150 nations convene for the September general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

COMMENT:  I would take this very seriously, even though the proposal is absurd.   There are plenty of countries that would back it just to be in the "peace" camp and to put a stick in the eye of Israel, and even the United States. 

The ban would be unenforceable, of course, but would have a kind of "moral" impact, although proposed by one of the least moral regimes on Earth.

August 13, 2009