"Shell Game?"

There is a place in California called "Magic Mansion" it is a place specializing in magic acts of all types , ranging from large elaborate tricks to small slight of hand tricks that both astound and amaze the patrons of the club. I remember when David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear on national television. We all realize that the statue didn't actually disappear , it was a trick , a deception . A good magician suspends reality to present something as real when it is not.I have a friend who performs magic and he does tricks just inches from your face and to this day I don't know how he does it. The magician will tell you it is mis-direction , looking where he wants you to while he does his trickery where you are not looking . I enjoy being fooled in this way , because I know it's a trick. There is an old trick called the hidden ball trick , three shells are on a table and a small ball is placed under one of the shells , then the trickster moves the shells in circular motions quickly daring the other participant to guess under which shell the ball is resting; of course there is a wager involved and the house never loses.The "mark" is duped by the deception of the mis-direction of the operator. You can be hurt by the mis-use of ,let's call it, "black magic". Recently Iran has been involved in the controversy of a secret nuclear facility that many believe is making weapons grade plutonium . The United Nations is requested that Iran allow inspection of the facility in question. Iran has been ambiguous in it's compliance to this request. The U.N. has threatened sanctions against them if they refuse such inspections. At first the security council was in agreement about the possibility of economic sanctions to force Iran into compliance.Yesterday Vladimir Putin said Russia would not participate in the proposed sanctions feeling it would be counter productive in the possibility of peaceful negotiations with the Iranian government. Russia and Iran control two thirds of the natural gas reserves in Europe and the middle east , this is a very lucrative coalition.Iran has purchased weapons technology from Russia and inquired about delivery systems for those systems. Is it possible Vladimir Putin was practicing his own version of slight-of-hand in his dealings as a member of the U.N. Security Council , was there a back door agreement with Iran allowing them to buy time and continue their development of weapons grade plutonium or allow them to move that plutonium out of the reach of possible inspection , kind of like a shell-game. The U.N. and the members of the Security Council hailed the idea of talks and sanctions as a step towards a peaceful solution to a dangerous situation. Were these diplomats the victims of an elaborate con-game , putting the middle east in even more jeopardy then it was facing before the plant was discovered. As we yield more and more power to the United Nations it is becoming apparent they are a toothless tiger. It is time for the United States to step forward and demand disclosure of any nuclear ambitions that this rogue power is involved in. We need to exhibit strength in this situation , talks without the option of something stronger is a waste of time and effort. If the rest of the world sits on their collective hands it is the duty of the president to act. His first duty is to protect the citizens of the United States , even if the rest of the world disapproves . Mr. Obama don't be fooled by the old shell game , it's what is happening under the table that you should be paying attention to. Mr. Obama don't let America be the "mark" in this terrorist shell game!!