The unfolding administration strategy appears to be an effort to repeat its successful campaign for the Iraq war. It is now trying to link Iran to the 9/11 attacks by repeatedly claiming that Iran is the main state sponsor of terrorism in the world (though this suggestion is highly questionable). It is also attempting to make the threat urgent by arguing that Iran might soon pass a “point of no return” if it can perfect the technology of enriching uranium, even though many other nations have gone far beyond Iran’s capabilities and stopped their programs short of weapons. And, of course, it is now publicly linking Iran to the Iraqi insurgency and the improvised explosive devices used to kill and maim U.S. troops in Iraq, though Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace admitted there is no evidence to support this claim.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Preparing for the Iran War
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That "point of no return" is about as real as Condi Rice's mushroom cloud.
South Africa destroyed their six nuclear weapons after they had built them.
People continue to be able to make decisions; history's flow won't overtake us.
CKR
South Africa, though, was a US ally. They also really didn't need nukes since there was no one nearby to aim them at.
I think the supposed "point of no return" is one that's as much of the US' (and perhaps Israel's) own making as it is Iran's.
The more you're threatened, the more you have reason to fear, the more you want to have protection or deterrents. Pretty simple logic.
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