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in response to reader comment: what if the government changes in Iran

Submitted by Peter Herz (United States), Nov 15, 2010 at 05:46

And so, once again, the USA must risk an entire generation , bankrupt itself, create great strains with its allies, and risk war with both Russia and China?

We learned to live with a nuclear Soviet Union and a nuclear China--and China got its nuclear start under Mao Zedong, who was every bit as insane as Ahmadinejad (the blatherings of Andre Malraux, Gunnar Myrdal, and a host of others about Mao's being "progressive" notwithstanding).

No, I think it is much more important to craft a foreign policy that recognizes that history is going to happen, especially in parts of the world that want it to happen to them.

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Iran is Doing Nothing More than What is Already Written [565 words]M. ToveyNov 8, 2010 18:57180025
1Broder is smoking something [364 words]Kepha HorNov 5, 2010 16:39179951

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