Whoa!!! IMO, there are some fundamentally, and fatally, flawed opinions in that article:
Here’s why: a nuclear Iran is primarily a threat to its neighbors, not the United States. Thus Washington could offer regional security — primarily, a Middle East nuclear umbrella — in exchange for economic, political and social reforms in the autocratic Arab regimes
NO Arab state is going to be able to withstand the domestic pressure to pursue their own Nuclear weapons program under such circumstances.. To rely upon a Western "nuclear umbrella" would be perceived as a humiliation, just as it was humiliating to have the US station troops on Saudi territory to evict Saddam from Kuwait.
That will only increase the rhetoric and status of the Militants.
Second, becoming the primary provider of regional security in a nuclear Middle East would give the United States a way to break the OPEC cartel
The way to break this cartel is to produce more oil domestically, as well as focus on completely ending our strategic reliance upon fossil fuels. I'm not convinced the existing technology is sufficient (PHEV with Li-Ion batteries), but I have little doubt we're on the verge of such a technological change using Ultra-Capacitors.
Besides, OPEC isn't quite the force it used to be.
This shared danger might serve as a catalyst for reconciliation between the two parties, leading to the peace agreement that has eluded the last five presidents.
LOL!! Where does this guy think Hamas is getting most of their support from? IRAN!!
Yes, Hamas is Sunni/Salafist, and Iran is Shi'a, but the enemy of my enemy is my friend. They are united on the destruction of Israel, at which point they will turn and fight each other.
And to think there can be a peace treaty while Hamas is in charge is delusion. There might be a long-term truce, but Hamas cannot exist as a political entity and still make peace with Israel. Hamas must be eliminated as a political party, or at least "defanged".
Fourth, a growth in exports of weapons systems, training and advice to our Middle Eastern allies would not only strengthen our current partnership efforts but give the American defense industry a needed shot in the arm.
This is frightening. Permitting a nuclear standoff to exist solely to put money in the pockets of the defense industry? That's disgusting. We fight wars to win them, not to create some kind of detente.
Besides, Iran with a Nuke and the means to deliver them puts this country at risk from an EMP decapitation strike should one of their missiles make it through. Not worth the risk, IMO.
Actually, that’s less of a risk than most people think. Unless the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, and his Guardian Council chart a course that no other nuclear power has ever taken, Iran should become more responsible once it acquires nuclear weapons rather than less.
Again.. VERY FLAWED THINKING. It's from someone who doesn't understand the minds of religious/messianic fanatics. The Russians didn't want to die. They were secular, just as we were, and we could calculate the intentions/reactions of each other fairly well.
But Islamo-Fascists don't think like we do. They know the only way that Islam can prosper is for the infidels to be conquered and converted, or killed. I have no doubt that Ahmadinejad truly believes his purpose on earth is to usher in the advent of the Mahdi (Shi'ite messiah).
He sees his main mission, as he recounted in a Nov. 16 speech in Tehran, as to "pave the path for the glorious reappearance of Imam Mahdi, may Allah hasten his reappearance."
wnd.com
foxnews.com
washingtonpost.com
This Iranian President REALLY believes what he's saying. Of that, I have no doubt. And the more he preaches that his government is preparing the way for the Mahdi's return, it's rather difficult for the clerics to oppose him.
And more importantly, the Sunnis in the region understand that better than we do. They probably have no doubt that Ahmadinejad would accept the martyrdom of millions of Iranians just as he did thousands of children who became human mine-detectors during the Iraq-Iran war.
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