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Submitted by J G, Dec 4, 2007 11:30

Mr. La,

Do you know anything whatever about the history of the Khomeinist revolution? Are you aware that the motto of the Khomeinist Iranian revolution was (and still is) "Death to America"? Are you aware that Iran has (on multiple occasions) threatened to destroy Israel (on at least one occasion "by fire")? Are you aware that Iran is arming the Iraqi insurgency to kill American soldiers, and that members of the Iranian national guard have been captured in Iraq? Are you aware of what happened in the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983? Are you aware that Iran is the planet's biggest state sponsor of terrorism?

Let's capsulize your argument, shall we. Because the USA and Israel have nukes, Iran should have one too?

By that logic, I guess you wouldn't mind if the convicted rapist next door to you (ie the one who has been ogling your wife, and whose motto is "Death to Lala") has a pistol, because you and the cops have one. Fair is fair, right?

Is there ANY regime on the planet so vile and despotic, that you would NOT want them to have nuclear weapons? How about individuals? Or you have "no right" to say?

Oh, and because Iran has "friends" their threats of nuclear annihilation shouldn't be taken seriously? Hitler had friends too. . .what's your point?

Perhaps you aren't concerned if there is a second Jewish Holocaust, but I assure you, the Jews of Israel are concerned about it.

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Tom Fingar, formerly of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Vann Van Diepen, the National Intelligence Officer for WMD Kenneth... [MORE]	no one	Dec 26, 2007 16:00
This is like saying we stopped bullet development, while continuing to develop rifles (missiles) and gunpowder (enriched uranium) [MORE]	m	Dec 6, 2007 08:15
The magic number is 100 pounds of highly enriched U-235. The rest is easy, and no testing is needed. The... [MORE]	oracle2world	Dec 5, 2007 21:29
And when, exactly, was the last time an Iranian used a suicide bomb, or, more pointedly, a weapon of mass... [MORE]	Jamie Newman	Dec 5, 2007 19:57
It is astonishing that Americans sit by and watch their society unravel with barley a murmer of dissent. The about... [MORE]	Steve	Dec 5, 2007 18:40
With the benefit of hindsight it is now possible for us to declare that Iran is only interested in peaceful... [MORE]	Jaffer Clarke	Dec 6, 2007 10:51
These shadow government clowns at the CIA and other agencies act and believe they control our elected government and foreign... [MORE]	Buzz	Dec 5, 2007 17:42
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To us old folks this sounds like the debate we had after WWII that McCarthy got right. The traitors in... [MORE]	Carl Hoffman	Dec 5, 2007 17:26
Why not save a lot of time and let Iran put moles and spies in the State Department and at... [MORE]	darth	Dec 5, 2007 17:24
This is pure politics. Israel just leveled a joint Syrian and Iran nuclear weapons production site in Syria. Remember we... [MORE]	Lou Rodgers	Dec 5, 2007 16:38
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Now the cold civil war against the Bush administration is squarely in the open. The schemers and plotters in what... [MORE]	Ardmoor Oakes	Dec 5, 2007 11:04
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Both chasli and JG have persuasive sounding arguments. chasli's is based on the theory that what's good for the goose... [MORE]	Mike Riezenman	Dec 4, 2007 23:13
The bottom line remains that if it's allright for Israel, Pakistan, and India to have nuclear weapons, it's allright for... [MORE]	chasli	Dec 4, 2007 09:50
Yes, Pakistan already has nukes, which is precisely why we can't do anything about it. But we can prevent Iran... [MORE]	chili	Dec 4, 2007 11:01
Mr. La, Do you know anything whatever about the history of the Khomeinist revolution? Are you aware that the motto of...	J G	Dec 4, 2007 11:30
Dear J G, You totally miss my logic. Using your analogy, if I choose to have my good old friend (let's... [MORE]	chasli	Dec 4, 2007 13:17
Chasli it's not a double standard, it's just a standard. World community expects nuclear powers to behave in a civilized... [MORE]	Jack Sheet	Dec 4, 2007 16:15
La-la, etc. is right, but not in the delusional way chasli either dreams it, or would have everyone else believe.... [MORE]	John Spencer Yantiss	Dec 4, 2007 18:03
how do you suggest we go about preventing Iran? [MORE]	chasli	Dec 4, 2007 19:15
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