Amazing to read this in the New York Times--sanity, at last, and from Tom Friedman of all people. He says that having a nuclear armed Iran is better than having W. and Rummy launch attacks. In his own words:
If these are our only choices, which would you rather have: a nuclear-armed Iran or an attack on Iran's nuclear sites that is carried out and sold to the world by the Bush national security team, with Don Rumsfeld at the Pentagon's helm?I'd rather live with a nuclear Iran.
While I know the right thing is to keep all our options open, I have zero confidence in this administration's ability to manage a complex military strike against Iran, let alone the military and diplomatic aftershocks. As someone who believed — and still believes — in the importance of getting Iraq right, the level of incompetence that the Bush team has displayed in Iraq, and its refusal to acknowledge any mistakes or remove those who made them, make it impossible to support this administration in any offensive military action against Iran.
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It's far saner than Tom Friedman usually is, but notice the implication that if the current clown show weren't in charge, war might be the better option.
Posted by SqueakyRat | April 23, 2006 5:36 PM
Posted on April 23, 2006 17:36
What mystifies me in all this is that the cold war logic that prevailed for decades - into the 1990s, no less - has disappeared. What was sauce for the Reaganite goose, including Bush sr. - that mutually assured destruction was the only deterent to nuclear war - doesn't play out in the Middle East for some reason. I don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons, but only because I don't want Israel, or France, or India, or least of all the USA to have them. But to have nuclear weapons in the hands of fanataics like Ariel Sharon is asking for trouble.
Posted by Andrew | May 16, 2006 8:54 AM
Posted on May 16, 2006 08:54
It's a good sign when those of the right are realising the bed they made stinks! Could this be that, coupled with his incredibly low polling right now, he could be on his way out? One can live in hope. As far as my country goes (Australia), while Howard is busy planting a few symbolic trees at the Australian Embassy in Washington with his good old buddy, I cringe that there love for one another is so strong and so are Howard's opinion polls. Something's afoot with that!
Great blog, I will keep reading it! I just read your article on Oil Diplomacy - very, very interesting.
Regards,
Willie
Posted by Willhemina | May 18, 2006 8:29 PM
Posted on May 18, 2006 20:29