Welcome to the era of a nuclear Iran
foreignpolicy.com / David Rothkopf
15-Sep-2010 (3 comments)


In a world in which Tony Blair could receive an award this week for his commitment to "conflict resolution," perhaps it is not a surprise that we are moving inexorably toward approving a massive $60 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Memories are short, and these events are just the latest evidence that we are moving out of what might be called the "post-9/11 era" and are moving into something new.

The Blair award is just one of those preposterous things that happen to leaders when they enter the eminence grise (which is to say the rubber chicken-lecture tour) phase of their lives. He's got a big book out and after all, he did make a real contribution to peace in  >>>

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Bavafa

And if American would ever learn from history

by Bavafa on Thu Sep 16, 2010 08:38 AM PDT

They have been the biggest arm dealer in the world, arming groups and incite them to use and re-buy those weapons.

With such strong support for arguably the most oppressive regime in the world, who would ever look into their light as a guiding path.

 Thanks for posting OI.

Mehrdad


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iamfine

Those dumb Arabs

by iamfine on Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:04 PM PDT

They keep giving away oil $ to Americans for something useless, more weapons. Instead they can asked Americans to bring more technology to Saudi Arabia. With all that petroleum dollar, Saudis don't even have the steel mill technology yet.


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Onlyiran

I just "tested" the post and it looks like the

by Onlyiran on Wed Sep 15, 2010 03:27 PM PDT

link is broken.  I edited it and it's still broken.  I noticed the same problem with another post from this site below in another post.  So, I'll do the same thing here.  Here'e the link:

//rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/14/welcome_to_the_era_of_a_nuclear_iran


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