| Topic: | Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | Steven Rose | |
| Date/Time: | 15/04/26 18:04:00 |
| Michael, I am not aware that contributors to this thread have traded insults. I have certainly not insulted anyone personally, so I don’t know why you are addressing your remarks to me. Perhaps you could explain what insults you are referring to. Jonathan, I read the article on the Aljazeera website. The author argues 1) that there is no proof that Iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon and 2) that Israel’s alleged nuclear capability does not attract the same level of scrutiny. His first point strikes me as disingenuous. What possible reason does Iran have to purify 400 kilos of uranium to 60%, when 3-4% is sufficient for peaceful purposes, if not to build a bomb? Why would anyone take the word of the late Ayatollah, who only three months ago ordered his security forces to murder over thirty thousand of his fellow citizens, that Iran was not intent on developing a nuclear capability. The second point assumes that there is a moral equivalence between Israel and Iran. The assumption seems to be, ‘if Israel has a nuclear bomb, why shouldn’t Iran?’The same argument is made by naive commentators about North Korea and America. There is no moral equivalence. Israel is an ally of this country, the only democracy in the Middle East, which has sought to live in peace with neighbours who do not threaten its existence (e.g. Egypt, Jordan). Iran is a vicious theocracy which has funded and armed terrorists to attack Israel and indeed threatened to wipe Israel off the map. It has also supplied drones to Russia to kill Ukrainians. |
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| Re:Reply | 14/04/26 18:14:00 | Jonathan Callaway |
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| Re:Re:Reply | 14/04/26 19:00:00 | Jonathan Callaway |
| Re:Reply | 14/04/26 18:20:00 | Ivonne Holliday |
| Re:Re:Reply | 14/04/26 20:27:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 14/04/26 20:52:00 | Jonathan Callaway |
| Re:Re:Reply | 14/04/26 22:44:00 | Gerry Boyce |
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| Re:Re:Reply | 15/04/26 10:02:00 | Michael Brigo |
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| Re:Reply | 15/04/26 10:41:00 | Jonathan Callaway |
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| Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 15/04/26 12:18:00 | Michael Brigo |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 15/04/26 13:10:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 15/04/26 14:21:00 | Ivonne Holliday |
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| Re:Reply | 15/04/26 15:01:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Reply | 15/04/26 15:41:00 | Ivonne Holliday |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 15/04/26 15:50:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 15/04/26 15:54:00 | Jonathan Callaway |
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| Re:Reply | 15/04/26 18:04:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Reply | 15/04/26 18:29:00 | Jonathan Callaway |
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| Re:Re:Reply | 16/04/26 12:57:00 | John Hawkes |
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| Re:Re:Reply | 16/04/26 17:00:00 | Sue Hammond |
| Re:Re:Reply | 16/04/26 19:29:00 | Ivonne Holliday |
| Reply | 16/04/26 20:06:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 16/04/26 20:36:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 16/04/26 21:04:00 | Ivonne Holliday |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 16/04/26 21:53:00 | Steven Rose |