Comments on: Can We Live with a Nuclear Iran?

By: open seclusion

open seclusion — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:20:30 +0000

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By: serious lee

serious lee — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:41:29 +0000

Can we live without a nuclear Iran?

By: Potter

Potter — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:44:15 +0000

We should be torturing AQ Khan.

From yesterday’s NYTimes:

I.A.E.A. officials say solving the mystery of the P-2 shipments has become one of the most critical issues on which they need answers in the next two weeks, before Mr. ElBaradei issues a report to the United Nations Security Council on April 28.

Other pressing questions include Iran’s reluctance to discuss a document found by inspectors â€” one that the Iranians were not willing to let the inspectors take out of the country â€” that sketches out how to shape uranium into perfect spheres, the tell-tale shape for a primitive weapon. Investigators say that document, too, appears to have come from the Khan network.

It is also unclear whether Dr. Khan sold the Iranians a complete Chinese-made bomb design similar to the one Libya turned over to the United States when it gave up its weapons program. Questions about other copies of the bomb design have been met with silence, in Iran and in Pakistan.

“Frankly, I don’t know whether he has passed these bomb designs to others,” Mr. Musharraf said. Even under a loose form of house arrest for the past two years, he said, Dr. Khan “sometimes has been hiding the facts.”

Article: Iran Claims Nuclear Steps in New Worry

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/17/world/middleeast/17nuke.html?pagewanted=print

By: serious lee

serious lee — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 03:01:53 +0000

Lions and tigers and bears. Oh My!

By: sidewalker

sidewalker — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:08:15 +0000

RBI, can’t you get that record player fixed?

By: h wally

h wally — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 02:13:42 +0000

I repeat the words of my favorite philosopher, Rodney King. “CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?”

By: Nikos

Nikos — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 02:00:57 +0000

RBI: “Gen Batiste is part of the â€œold Armyâ€? that is being â€œresructuredâ€? out of business.”

In circa 1930′s USSR, this was called a ‘purge’. Now, I’ll give the neocons their due for merely ‘retiring and discrediting’ the purged instead of shooting them. But the purge is disgusting either way. On the other hand, what else should we expect from convert-ideologues who took lessons from the Stalinist Communists before their conversions to conservatism (hence the ‘neo-’ of neoconservatism) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservative .

Isn’t it reassuring to know that our nation’s military is in the hands of such kindly, humble men?

By: cheesechowmain

cheesechowmain — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:10:27 +0000

Re: Chris’ post game analysis: A one in three chance of a nuclear showdown is very poor odds. So, if you win this bet, who do you pick your winnings up from?

We’ve been at the brink before. Perhaps, it’s just a numbers game. Go to the brink enough time and somebody is going to pull the trigger. Of course, in ’45 the trigger was pulled and the results were catastrophic, but localized. The next time may not be so localized.

By: jazzman

jazzman — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:46:23 +0000

What are the choices? That ship has effectively sailed. If we don’t find common ground with ALL nations that will eventually get the ability to posess nuclear weapons to peacefully control them, then global warming may get an unexpected support.

By: reality_bytes_it

reality_bytes_it — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:21:53 +0000

Gen Batiste is part of the “old Army” that is being “resructured” out of business. The new Army is the one that is meeting and exceeding its recruiting goals because of the fact that the members of the Army who ahve been to Iraq agree that it was as good thing and that that we are winning.

And I love Potters continual use of “illegal war” when this one is now sanctioned by the UN just like Clinton’s in the Caucuses was.

And once agiain, I must point out that in is the UN that says that the world cannot live with a Nuclear Iran.

Talks fail to halt Iran programme

UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei arrives in Tehran

Mr ElBaradei must report back to the UN by the end of April

UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei has failed to convince Iran to freeze its nuclear programme during a brief visit to Tehran.

Our correspondent says that, while there is no sign of a compromise from Iran, there is debate within the country about whether that is the right direction.

Reformists argue that having mastered enrichment, Iran is now in a strong position and can afford to make concessions to the West.

The BBC’s Daniel Griffiths in Beijing says China has so far kept a low profile but it is increasingly keen to be seen as a responsible, international player, and Iran is a perfect opportunity to strengthen those credentials.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4908048.stm

So let me recap:

The international community says, thru the UN that a nuclear Iraq is unacceptable. The reformers in Iraq agree, the Chineese and Russians agree (but not on how to prevent it) yet the moonbat brigade here debates the issue.

Hum . . . .