Ha'aretz reports:
The Swedish government is trying to prevent the European Union from imposing further sanctions on Iran for fear of losing a lucrative deal for Swedish communications company Ericsson, according to a Foreign Ministry official in Jerusalem.Why does the EU refuse to take effective action to halt Iran's march toward nuclear weapons? That march will, if not stopped, lead to the slaughter millions of people in an instant. It will allow the IRI to realize its genocidal ambitions. It will allow Iran to terrify its neighbors into submission. It will poison the air, water, land, and of course everything that lives on them. It will destroy any hope of peace in the middle east for decades.
And why does the EU drag its feet? Are EU countries afraid?
No, it's not about fear.
It's all about greed..
The greed of European politicians, who are in the pockets of European corporations.
The greed of European consultants, who are paid water carriers for European corporations and for middle eastern dictators.
The greed of European businessmen, whose companies grow bloated on the profits that they gain by helping dictators to clamp down on their own people and by providing dual-use technology.
It's not just about fear of terrorists, as bad an excuse as that would be.
It's about rampant greed - in this case, centered in Stockholm.
The Swedish government is evidently an ethics-free zone in which the most incredible hypocrisy is king.
Care about peace? Not if it means that Ericsson doesn't score a deal with a pack of thugs.
Care about human rights? Not if it involves losing an Ericsson deal.
Care about the environment? Not if it involves paying a real price.
Care about minorities? Not if they're Jews.
Swedish politicians must evidently check their consciences at the door before they enter government.
Does the Swedish king have anything to say about this? About the terror of Jews in Malmo? About the Swedish government aiding and abetting the regime in Tehran, a regime that stole elections, murdered Nada and her fellows and beat the protesters into the dirt? A regime that sends heavily-armed soldiers to slaughter Syrians and occupies Lebanon?
Why not?
Why NOT?