Posted by aogMonday, 06 November 2006 at 10:24 TrackBack Ping URL

Rhetoric vs. Reality in Arabia

I am losing links right and left. Someone else had the interesting observation about the recent threat of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East that

  • Israel having nuclear weapons wasn’t scary enough
  • The invasion of Iraq wasn’t scary enough
  • But Iran having nuclear weapons is

That says very interesting things about what nations in that area really think about threats to themselves. It also makes them less delusional than a certain mainstream political party here in the USA, doesn’t it?

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Peter Burnet Tuesday, 07 November 2006 at 07:21

Very perceptive. Something similar crosses my mind when I read those articles about how most Iranians are modern, pro-American democrats just itching to give the mullahs the old heave-ho, but will all become dangerous, frothing anti-Westerners if anyone insults their national pride by interfering with their nuclear programms.

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