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.
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.
Why Iran's dictators can be deterred
- 23/02/2010 01:31:52 PM
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Not sure he showed us how they can be deterred
- 23/02/2010 01:56:42 PM
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Er yeah, that's totally the argument I was going for.
- 23/02/2010 02:06:52 PM
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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
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She wasn't cover for anything, but I like how this argument keeps going that way.
- 23/02/2010 02:36:47 PM
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As I have noted it isn't conseratives that keep bring her up
- 23/02/2010 03:26:11 PM
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and I tried to take her out of the argument. But here we are.
- 23/02/2010 03:39:29 PM
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dealing with the repercussions of attacking another Islamic country may be our best option
- 23/02/2010 04:25:47 PM
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The world needs to decide how it feels about non-proliferation.
- 23/02/2010 07:11:51 PM
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yes American used the bomb so now we should let everyone else take a turn *NM*
- 24/02/2010 06:22:23 AM
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It would certainly demonstrate the folly of that view.
- 24/02/2010 06:49:56 AM
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well hell then why not just sel them nukes and get it over with
- 24/02/2010 02:33:00 PM
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I really don't think the folly need be demonstrated more than once.
- 28/02/2010 02:49:30 AM
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I think this guy lives on the moon
- 23/02/2010 02:51:20 PM
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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
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- 23/02/2010 09:28:44 PM
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You'll have to link that then, I always like to read things that feed my ego
- 24/02/2010 12:17:37 AM
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- 24/02/2010 12:17:37 AM
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Oh, it was on AIM.
- 24/02/2010 01:13:07 PM
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Ah well, I'll have to self feed my ego instead, fortunately I'm very good at that
- 25/02/2010 03:44:43 PM
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- 25/02/2010 03:44:43 PM
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Here's an article in response to Zakaria's article
- 23/02/2010 03:19:41 PM
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I generally don't care for Fareed, but believe he's right this time.
- 23/02/2010 05:59:00 PM
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Iran is a thorny problem
- 24/02/2010 05:38:09 AM
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I still don't believe North Korea harmless.
- 24/02/2010 06:59:15 AM
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I never used the term 'harmless'
- 24/02/2010 10:01:14 PM
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Fair point, sorry.
- 25/02/2010 12:45:47 PM
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No worries - I was just making sure you understood my position
- 25/02/2010 05:19:10 PM
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Re: No worries - I was just making sure you understood my position
- 28/02/2010 02:30:26 AM
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Re: No worries - I was just making sure you understood my position
- 01/03/2010 03:53:58 PM
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A carrot without a stick is just a free carrot.
- 02/03/2010 08:01:23 AM
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They can hit Tokyo
- 25/02/2010 06:10:44 PM
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So?
- 25/02/2010 07:01:37 PM
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I think you are grossly overestimating our border security
- 25/02/2010 08:03:13 PM
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Well, I KNOW you're ignorant about a lot of things and this shows it.
- 25/02/2010 08:56:45 PM
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Yes you are the Great Cold War Warrior of the chairforce
- 28/02/2010 06:44:31 PM
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Oh I'm sorry - so you're not so much ignorant as idiot.
- 01/03/2010 03:48:32 PM
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Israel does not have the military capability to destroy or significantly damage Iran's nuclear sites
- 24/02/2010 12:33:00 PM
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You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about - and it shows to anyone who does
- 24/02/2010 10:33:29 PM
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I think this ties in well with this article
- 25/02/2010 09:56:04 AM
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It's going to happen regardless sooner or later; might as well get out in front and claim leadership
- 01/03/2010 06:29:57 AM
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