In the Middle East, that is. Iran is making overt threats against Israel, Syria has been fingered by the UN for Hariri's (a former Lebanese Prime Minister and outspokenly anti-Syrian) assassination, and the Palestinian problem remains (namely their lack of a state or its institutions). I will comment at length on Iran once I finish finals but for now let me state this: Iran has a finite amount of time to come clean via nuclear weapons. Israel will not allow a nuclear Iran. Iran needs nukes or its 26 year old government may crumble. Nukes are a source of national pride because they will force Iran onto the world stage, 'the nuclear club,' while providing the ruling dictators with a fierce deterrent (insurance policy if you will).
Imagine Germany said Belgium should be wiped off the map. Would the world tolerate that, especially if the Germans were concealing a nuclear weapons program during the previous twenty years? What if a nation was threatening the United States in such a manner? If Israel attacks, it will be with our full support and that may make for a stickier situation in Iraq (politically).
Monday, December 19, 2005
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