Comments on: Iran’s Nuclear Program: Don’t Forget the Arabs http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/irans-nuclear-program-dont-forget-the-arabs/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Tue, 22 May 2012 17:27:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: Iran Spurs Regional Nuclear Race at Z-Word Blog http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/irans-nuclear-program-dont-forget-the-arabs/#comment-4311 Iran Spurs Regional Nuclear Race at Z-Word Blog Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:50:12 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1052#comment-4311 [...] I’ve argued before, one of the problems in portraying Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons as a concern for Israel [...] […] I’ve argued before, one of the problems in portraying Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons as a concern for Israel […]

]]> By: Ben Cohen http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/irans-nuclear-program-dont-forget-the-arabs/#comment-3637 Ben Cohen Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:40:00 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1052#comment-3637 Petra, good point. I certainly didn't intend to equate Iran, its people and its culture with the Islamist regime. Thanks for making that distinction crystal clear. Petra, good point. I certainly didn’t intend to equate Iran, its people and its culture with the Islamist regime. Thanks for making that distinction crystal clear.

]]> By: Petra http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/irans-nuclear-program-dont-forget-the-arabs/#comment-3636 Petra Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:22:02 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1052#comment-3636 Very good piece, Ben; one minor note, though: you write "But it's equally true that Iran's raison d'etat is that of a confrontation state; if it didn't challenge American hegemony, if it didn't engage in what Obama called "bellicose" rhetoric against Israel, it would quite simply stop being Iran." I have some good Iranian friends who would object to that passionately, because to them Iran is very different from the "Islamic Republic of Iran", i.e. it is the fanatical mullah regime that is the problem. Very good piece, Ben; one minor note, though: you write “But it’s equally true that Iran’s raison d’etat is that of a confrontation state; if it didn’t challenge American hegemony, if it didn’t engage in what Obama called “bellicose” rhetoric against Israel, it would quite simply stop being Iran.”

I have some good Iranian friends who would object to that passionately, because to them Iran is very different from the “Islamic Republic of Iran”, i.e. it is the fanatical mullah regime that is the problem.

]]> By: Empress Trudy http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/irans-nuclear-program-dont-forget-the-arabs/#comment-3634 Empress Trudy Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:28:05 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1052#comment-3634 Giving Iran nuclear arms would be a terrible mistake if only because of the proliferation aspects, but to claim it would trigger a regional nuclear arms race is utter nonsense. Look on a map, nearly every significant nation near Iran already has atomic weapons: India, Pakistan, China, Russia, Israel. Giving Iran nuclear arms would be a terrible mistake if only because of the proliferation aspects, but to claim it would trigger a regional nuclear arms race is utter nonsense. Look on a map, nearly every significant nation near Iran already has atomic weapons: India, Pakistan, China, Russia, Israel.

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