WASHINGTON POST
by Jennifer Rubin
April 29, 2015

The New York Sun editorial board tells us: “The Gods of Irony certainly were on their game when they had the Iranians interrupt their plot to acquire an atomic bomb so they could seize a ship flying the flag of the Marshall Islands. The Marshalls are levying a lawsuit at the Hague against the nine nuclear powers for failing to live up to their obligations to reduce their arsenals and prevent nuclear proliferation….”Unfortunately, we are seeing the continuation of a disturbing pattern. In Ukraine, we pledged to support that country’s territorial integrity if it gave up its nukes. It gave up the nukes and we gave up defending its territory, a chunk of which Russia now occupies. With regard to the Marshall Islands, we are obligated to provide defense, but yesterday the State Department could not manage to condemn the Iranians’ action or admit that the seizure violated freedom of the seas. READ MORE