On April 1, 2010 I participated in a panel discussion at the University of California at Riverside titled “Obama’s challenge: Iran, Nuclear Weapons & the Mideast” with Reese Erlich, Larry Greenfield and Christopher Records – here is some of my part. Thanks to Mansoor Sabbagh for the video. Reese Erlich’s part here.
Precise, concise, articulate, splendidly presented–and most importantly, on target on every point but one, to wit the cartoonish sketch of Sadr, reflecting the establishment's own naive view unfortunately.
Wonderful summary by Scott. He's good at it because he's had to make these same basic points to so many audiences so often. Perhaps it's time to look past the facts and recognize that the move to war is not based on facts. Enrichment is just an excuse; the problem is Iran's driving while Muslim problem. So long as Iran exists as a single state, so long as it constitutes a remote threat to Israel, and a direct threat as a sponsor of Hezbollah, there will be calls for war. If they gave up enrichment tomorrow the drums for war would go silent- just for a while. Then they'd start up again.
The people on the other side of this debate don't care if Iran enriches uranium or not. It's just a handy stick. If they closed their current program they'd be accused of having a secret one.
Conversely, if they deep-sixed Hezbollah and abandoned Syria, and kicked all the Hamas people out of Tehran, all this talk would disappear faster than a pile of snow in the Russian summer.
Now Winter of the World picks up right the place the first e-book left off, as its five interrelated households—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—enter a time of huge social, political, and economic turmoil starting with the rise of the Third Reich, by way of the Spanish Civil Conflict and the good dramas of World War II. lafrateria.com
Precise, concise, articulate, splendidly presented–and most importantly, on target on every point but one, to wit the cartoonish sketch of Sadr, reflecting the establishment's own naive view unfortunately.
Wonderful summary by Scott. He's good at it because he's had to make these same basic points to so many audiences so often. Perhaps it's time to look past the facts and recognize that the move to war is not based on facts. Enrichment is just an excuse; the problem is Iran's driving while Muslim problem. So long as Iran exists as a single state, so long as it constitutes a remote threat to Israel, and a direct threat as a sponsor of Hezbollah, there will be calls for war. If they gave up enrichment tomorrow the drums for war would go silent- just for a while. Then they'd start up again.
The people on the other side of this debate don't care if Iran enriches uranium or not. It's just a handy stick. If they closed their current program they'd be accused of having a secret one.
Conversely, if they deep-sixed Hezbollah and abandoned Syria, and kicked all the Hamas people out of Tehran, all this talk would disappear faster than a pile of snow in the Russian summer.
The great debate that does not end.
Sean
Debate wont save us, actions will.
Charles
Now Winter of the World picks up right the place the first e-book left off, as its five interrelated households—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—enter a time of huge social, political, and economic turmoil starting with the rise of the Third Reich, by way of the Spanish Civil Conflict and the good dramas of World War II. lafrateria.com