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How Close Is Iran, Really, To Nuclear Weapons
Lasrick writes "A Reuters blog post by Yousaf Butt explains the science, or lack thereof, behind recent claims that Iran is closer to building the bomb. Butt has been writing in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, most recently blasting the unsourced AP 'Iranian graph' that claimed to show nuclear testing activity as well as the Washington Post story about Iran's alleged order of 100,000 magnets for their centrifuges."
"western media is very biased," he said, linking to Al Jazeera...
yeah, that report also said Iran wasn't exactly being forthcoming about certain locations and installations.
Given their clear intentions, how close should we be willing to let them get? If a thug on the street says he wants to kill you and claims he has a knife, do you call his bluff, turn around and walk away, or do you prepare to defend yourself?
Iran wants to meddle deeply in the affairs of its neighbors, maybe assassinate those who don't play along [...]
Still better than waging wars like Israel does.
Basically, the Middle East is in the process of descending into an even bigger mess than it has been the last century [...]
Countries standing-up, establishing independent (democratic(!)) governments and showing the independence? Intolerable!
P.S. Your dealer's address?
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
Are you a fucking moron? Or do you just play one on Slashdot?
Now quit draining Rush Limbaugh's testicles, and get Ann Coulter's dildo out of your arse. You got some learning to do.
"Caliphate" is a term with specific historical context, and is profoundly Sunni in connotation. There hasn't been ANY kind of caliphate since the 13th century, when western asia fell completely under Turco-Mongolian dominance.
The only Shia caliphs ever, were in Egypt - hardly world-dominating - and represented a branch of Shia' that the Usili Shia' of Iran today would have found heretical and repugnant, like the Ismaili.
If you knew either any Iranians, or any real history, you'd understand that Iran has a "Vilayat" and that no greater government other than stewardship is permitted, until the return of the mystical, hidden 12 Imam: "Mehdi".
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Never been known to fail..."