IRAN AND NORTH KOREA. BEHAVIOR IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS:

The new president of the U.S. Barack Obama starts his administration changing paradigms in U.S. Foreign policy, a new way to look at things is developing right now in Washington, for some people will be too little too late and for others (Mainly Republicans), is the wrong path to follow, and for many people in the world (including me) it’s just a breath of fresh air, He is doing all the sensible things that you are suppose to do when you have such power as POTUS (President of the United States) have.

Let us take a closer look to these two unfriendly countries that have been “called” by Obama to make a reengineering of his relationship with the free world (That means the Western World).

Iran has a history of anti Americanism probably in the recent history the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was the one who escalated the most the anti Americanism in Iran, but the most important think for the NOT scholars in this subjects is that in Iran the Ayatollahs hold most of the power, that happened with Khomeini from 1979 to 1989 and now with his successor Kamenei.



Khamenei issued a statement of support for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; therefore, the president would be merely a puppet for the Ayatollah and his court, the real rulers of the country.

But what are trying to preserve in Iran?; Maybe now with this new diplomatic speech they just wanted to assure they will still have a difficult relationship with the U.S. why?, and here is the important point, This is because they need a high price in oil in order to make profitable the production of oil in Iran, they have such an old machinery and old technology, that they need a high price in order to make it profitable because is the main export and source of money for this government; Also this is the way they can rule the country under the Islamic paradigm,
the last thing the Ayatollah want is a country becoming a secular state.

Pretty difficult isn’t it?, but although at first glance the attitude from the U.S. towards Iran seems very soft, compare with the strong statements in the past administration, it looks more sensible, this prevents injects fuel to the discussion and at least won’t fire up the oil prices (Much more intelligent than the predecessors).



Now, what about North Korea?, Kim Jong Il, is old, and according to some reports he had suffered an stroke in august 2008, that’s why many people believe that he is currently preparing his Third son and a brother in law to succeed him in power; That could explain why he is raise the stakes with his nuclear program and his threats of attack even Hawaii in the U.S. he is preparing a strong introduction to the world for the new iron hand in the power line in North Korea; But this has gone too far, even Russia and China does not support in the Security council this behavior, and every ones knows that an attack from North Korea towards U.S. or one of his allies (South Korea, Japan) will launch an immediate retaliation with devastating consequences for Jong’s Il Dynasty and For North Korea Of Course.

The international Arena Does not look easy for Obama, but we will see how the world reacts to this new speech and his all new approach to this countries, I still think this new policy puts more pressure on Iran, North Korea, Syria and others than in the previous administration, what do you think?