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RobotTalk · 02-06-2012, 11:38 AM

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/1754...ng_glass/#more

An interesting article which tries to see things from the Iranian perspective. If you were in their shoes, sitting on one of the largest oil reserves in the world, having been subject to meddling of first the British then the Americans (including the overthrowing of a democratically elected Prime Minister and instillation of a brutal dictator), and were repeatedly threatened with regime change, wouldn't you want to develop nuclear weapons as well? I know that's not a popular viewpoint here but it's an interesting thought experiment nonetheless.

02-06-2012, 11:38 AM	#142
RobotTalk Farm Team Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Exp:	http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/1754...ng_glass/#more An interesting article which tries to see things from the Iranian perspective. If you were in their shoes, sitting on one of the largest oil reserves in the world, having been subject to meddling of first the British then the Americans (including the overthrowing of a democratically elected Prime Minister and instillation of a brutal dictator), and were repeatedly threatened with regime change, wouldn't you want to develop nuclear weapons as well? I know that's not a popular viewpoint here but it's an interesting thought experiment nonetheless.