Will Sanctions Work?

Can any action short of war thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions? I think not, and certainly not the anemic sanctions agreed to by the United Nations Security Council yesterday that were a split the baby compromise with Russia and China serving once more to shield the Islamic Republic. Obviously, Iran is committed and determined to pursue her current course of action as the national goal and that objective is not atomic power but the oft repeated objective of Ahmadinejad to obliterate Israel. There is a spirit of appeasement wafting through the air, sickeningly similar to the zeitgeist that prevailed in the late 1930s. No nation or international body is prepared to stand up against Iran with substantive measures except Iran's tiny target- Israel. And Israel is already in the world's crosshairs and being cast as the universal villain for having the temerity to defend herself in very minor ways like interdicting ships to see if they contain war materiel bound for irredendist Hamas in Gaza. An air attack or limited strike on Iran will not be sufficient to slow Iran's genocidal work as Iran has had the foresight to scatter and fortify nuclear sites across the country. Ironically, at this point, the only action that might save Israel from Iran is a nuclear strike which would bring down the force of the rest of the world on the Jewish state. So, just like the flotilla launched from Turkey as deliberate provocation, either way the Jihadists of the world win- they advance their weaponization program until they are able to "wipe Israel from the map" or they achieve the self-stated goal of some of those on the Mavi Marmara pretend aid vessel and become shahid- martyrs.