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Not sure he showed us how they can be deterred random thoughts Send a noteboard - 23/02/2010 01:56:42 PM
It is hard to take any foreign policy article seriously when it starts with the words Sarah Palin but I really don't see much here that isn't simply saying what we have been hearing for years. The article seems to suggest that we should just learn to live with a nuclear armed Iran more then it suggests we can stop them.

I don't think the North Korean comparison is valid. For one thing North Korea is contained by two very powerful nations that they have zero chance of moving against and one of whom they have been very dependent on for decades. Iran on the other hand has multiple neighbors who can and should fear nuclear armed Iran.

North Korea has made some profit off terrorism but Iran has a history of funding and supporting terrorist groups and that includes training them and providing them with arms. North Korea with nuclear weapons scares people but they are isolationist who are mostly concerned with keeping their little fiefdom intact and keeping their grip on their population while Iran is a eager to be a player in regional not to mention international politics. Sorry but I don’t think his arguments are valid even when you use the “it most be right because it isn’t what Sarah Palin wants” argument.
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Why Iran's dictators can be deterred - 23/02/2010 01:31:52 PM 893 Views
Not sure he showed us how they can be deterred - 23/02/2010 01:56:42 PM 417 Views
Er yeah, that's totally the argument I was going for. - 23/02/2010 02:06:52 PM 460 Views
No Palin was simply cover for the "we just have to accept Iran will get the bomb argument" - 23/02/2010 02:26:45 PM 487 Views
She wasn't cover for anything, but I like how this argument keeps going that way. - 23/02/2010 02:36:47 PM 480 Views
As I have noted it isn't conseratives that keep bring her up - 23/02/2010 03:26:11 PM 410 Views
and I tried to take her out of the argument. But here we are. - 23/02/2010 03:39:29 PM 439 Views
dealing with the repercussions of attacking another Islamic country may be our best option - 23/02/2010 04:25:47 PM 536 Views
The world needs to decide how it feels about non-proliferation. - 23/02/2010 07:11:51 PM 380 Views
yes American used the bomb so now we should let everyone else take a turn *NM* - 24/02/2010 06:22:23 AM 236 Views
It would certainly demonstrate the folly of that view. - 24/02/2010 06:49:56 AM 433 Views
well hell then why not just sel them nukes and get it over with - 24/02/2010 02:33:00 PM 435 Views
I really don't think the folly need be demonstrated more than once. - 28/02/2010 02:49:30 AM 369 Views
No I never played Civ - 28/02/2010 06:02:38 PM 451 Views
It's a classic, you should. - 28/02/2010 06:19:21 PM 505 Views
Oh. - 23/02/2010 02:07:32 PM 394 Views
Sheesh! - 23/02/2010 02:11:34 PM 596 Views
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I think this guy lives on the moon - 23/02/2010 02:51:20 PM 520 Views
Ehm. I disagree strongly with your opinion of Mr. Zakaria. - 23/02/2010 03:23:09 PM 536 Views
Views on him tend to be polar - 23/02/2010 04:06:04 PM 581 Views
I was just talking to Lupine about how I like your posts, but I'm gonna make an exception here. - 23/02/2010 09:28:44 PM 500 Views
You'll have to link that then, I always like to read things that feed my ego - 24/02/2010 12:17:37 AM 486 Views
Oh, it was on AIM. - 24/02/2010 01:13:07 PM 551 Views
Should've been on wotmania Skype chat. - 25/02/2010 12:47:42 PM 410 Views
Here's an article in response to Zakaria's article - 23/02/2010 03:19:41 PM 528 Views
I like that article, actually. - 23/02/2010 03:58:39 PM 429 Views
Re: I like that article, actually. - 23/02/2010 04:22:27 PM 429 Views
I don't believe they can be stopped - 23/02/2010 10:37:47 PM 418 Views
One thing he forgets... - 24/02/2010 12:19:12 AM 447 Views
Iran is a thorny problem - 24/02/2010 05:38:09 AM 449 Views
I still don't believe North Korea harmless. - 24/02/2010 06:59:15 AM 550 Views
I never used the term 'harmless' - 24/02/2010 10:01:14 PM 482 Views
Fair point, sorry. - 25/02/2010 12:45:47 PM 544 Views
No worries - I was just making sure you understood my position - 25/02/2010 05:19:10 PM 416 Views
Re: No worries - I was just making sure you understood my position - 28/02/2010 02:30:26 AM 550 Views
Re: No worries - I was just making sure you understood my position - 01/03/2010 03:53:58 PM 430 Views
A carrot without a stick is just a free carrot. - 02/03/2010 08:01:23 AM 531 Views
It's not a carrot/stick thing at all - 02/03/2010 04:29:00 PM 525 Views
Maybe I'm just out of the loop, but it doesn't seem that way. - 05/03/2010 01:02:57 AM 576 Views
They can hit Tokyo - 25/02/2010 06:10:44 PM 444 Views
So? - 25/02/2010 07:01:37 PM 598 Views
I think you are grossly overestimating our border security - 25/02/2010 08:03:13 PM 381 Views
Well, I KNOW you're ignorant about a lot of things and this shows it. - 25/02/2010 08:56:45 PM 461 Views
Yes you are the Great Cold War Warrior of the chairforce - 28/02/2010 06:44:31 PM 493 Views
Oh I'm sorry - so you're not so much ignorant as idiot. - 01/03/2010 03:48:32 PM 377 Views
Is that what taught you in chairforce school loser boy? - 01/03/2010 04:33:53 PM 465 Views
Nope, it was the internet actually - 02/03/2010 04:31:36 PM 402 Views
Israel does not have the military capability to destroy or significantly damage Iran's nuclear sites - 24/02/2010 12:33:00 PM 528 Views
I agree, even if for different reasons. - 24/02/2010 01:01:00 PM 384 Views
You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about - and it shows to anyone who does - 24/02/2010 10:33:29 PM 479 Views
But... - 25/02/2010 12:44:15 AM 516 Views
Re: But... - 25/02/2010 05:52:07 PM 628 Views
Here's a few questions for you then. - 25/02/2010 02:55:00 AM 584 Views
You're not asking questions you're trying to support your point - 25/02/2010 06:49:28 PM 512 Views
I think this ties in well with this article - 25/02/2010 09:56:04 AM 446 Views
That's actually a really good idea - 25/02/2010 07:05:37 PM 378 Views

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