Comments on: Ahmadinejad Speaks http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/ahmadinejad-speaks/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Wed, 23 May 2012 08:18:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: ganselmi http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/ahmadinejad-speaks/#comment-4613 ganselmi Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:20:30 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1205#comment-4613 "The political power of nuclear weapons is rooted in the fear which they generate, in the compromises they enforce upon others; you can use them without exploding them. An Iran emboldened by nuclear weapons means a Middle East in which antisemitism, homophobia and theocratic tyranny become even further entrenched." This is the most cogent response to the "so what? they'll never use 'em" crowd. “The political power of nuclear weapons is rooted in the fear which they generate, in the compromises they enforce upon others; you can use them without exploding them. An Iran emboldened by nuclear weapons means a Middle East in which antisemitism, homophobia and theocratic tyranny become even further entrenched.”

This is the most cogent response to the “so what? they’ll never use ‘em” crowd.

]]> By: Eamonn McDonagh http://blog.z-word.com/2009/04/ahmadinejad-speaks/#comment-4612 Eamonn McDonagh Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:50:07 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1205#comment-4612 great stuff. Although it's not an analogy I'd want to take too far it's a fact that the Jewish question *and* an obsession with righting supposed historical wrongs were two of the main pillars of the Austrian corporal's ideology great stuff. Although it’s not an analogy I’d want to take too far it’s a fact that the Jewish question *and* an obsession with righting supposed historical wrongs were two of the main pillars of the Austrian corporal’s ideology

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