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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
What did I say that prompted this?
Sometimes it would be.
My response to that would be fact-specific.
My point -- not rocket science -- is that if Iran decides to use nuclear weapons, Iran bears the blame. At some point, we have to recognize that other countries are going to be able to develop nuclear weapons and that we will not be able to stop them.
As a secondary point, though, recognizing what I just said, we should be adopting policies that actually make us safer, rather than adopting poses of toughness. What Bush has done to date has not made us safer vis-a-vis North Korea and Iran.
Again, I can't figure out what you're responding to. For the sake of this argument, pretend that I think that Iran using nuclear weapons on Israel is bad, and that I would try to minimize the likelihood of that happening.
If we want to isolate Iran, we've picked a shitty foreign policy.
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I guess my point is, the military option is probably necessary here, whether we carry it out or Israel does. Do you agree?
