Monday, November 12, 2007

Don't worry about Iran!

Iran has every right to seek out nuclear power, weapons, or whatever it wants: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20071112_Iran_has_a_right_to_seek_nuclear_capability.html. What struck me most about this incredibly naive Op-Ed was the line in the fourth paragraph from the end, where the writer asserts that Iran needs the weapons to protect itself against various, unspecified "external threats". One can only presume that he means the United States and/or Israel.

Of ourse, the only reason that either one of those two countries could even be considered a threat to Iran would be because the Iranians are seeking to construct a nuclear weapon, but that point seems to escape him.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

See "Blast from the Past" at IranAffairs.com about how the US encouraged and supported Iran's nuclear program precisely because it makes economic sense for Iran to export its oil rather than use it at home to power its economy.

Serket said...

It would be nice if we could use their oil, but I don't think they are doing this for economic reasons.