So Iran has agreed to allow international inspection of its nuclear facilities. Problem solved. Whew. No more worries. That was close. Peacenik is relieved.
Except that the neo cons will never be satisfied. An opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal says Iran doesn't have the right to any nuclear technology. This article says Israel might not be satisfied with inspections. And of course the demonization of Iran's leaders will continue. Don't forget, Iraq allowed inspectors and look what happened to them. Should Peacenik be relieved? Are you?
By Michael Gerson
Friday, October 2, 2009
On June 7, 1981, Israeli F-15s and F-16s took off for the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq, after the pilots were emotionally briefed that "the alternative is our destruction." In fact, Prime Minister Menachem Begin had no idea whether the raid would stop the Iraqi nuclear program or merely slow it. But slowing it was reason enough.
Since the George W. Bush administration, the American military has estimated that an attack against Iran's nuclear facilities would only delay the development of its program. "The reality is," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said recently, "there is no military option that does anything more than buy time. The estimates are one to three years or so."
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