From: glevy@PRATT.EDU
Date: Thu Jan 25 2007 - 09:34:20 EST
> This is a serious issue as it looks likely that the US and Israel > might use this address by the Iran premier as an excuse to launch a > nuclear attack on Iran. Paul C: I agree that this is a possibility, but I think it is more likely that we are in the preliminary period when the US and Zionist states and the media are attempting to manufacture conscent for a military 'strike' against Iran. Nuclear weapons would be quite literally 'overkill' for such a strike and wouldn't be necessary from a strictly military perspective but a nuclear strike would obviously be a stronger 'message' to Iran yet -- the reason I think it is less likely -- one which would probably backfire on Israel and the US to the extent that it would rally international opposition in a way that a conventional strike wouldn't. In any event, it _is_ a serious issue. To a significant degree, Iran and North Korea raising the possibility of developing a nuclear arsenal is a consequence of the Bushian Doctrine concerning the "Axis of Evil". Once states were labeled as "evil", then that pushed them in that direction. From a Marxist perspective, should we really be in favor of "nuclear non-proliferation" if it means that the major imperialist and nuclear powers are able to keep their arsenals? Shouldn't oppressed nationalities which are threatened by imperialism with nuclear weapons have the right to self-defense? Self-determination implies self-defense, doesn't it? In solidarity, Jerry
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