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Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Does Iran have nuclear weapons?Well, they have traces of weapons-grade uranium. And connections to Hezbollah. But we won't topple Tehran for the same strategic reason we haven't gone after Pakistan or the Saudis. In fact, we seem to have invaded the one major Middle Eastern country with no evident weapons program or obvious links to terrorism.
Keep in mind: I still think Saddam earned his war, at least from a bureaucratic, flouting-the-UN point of view. And to a cold strategist Iraq may have been the right place to invade. But the war wasn't sold that way to the public, or to Europe, whose armies would come in handy about now.
Top link via Marc Levy, who for some reason doesn't run a blog.
UPDATE: Josh Marshall, as usual, goes into more detail.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
5:49 AM
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