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Tuesday, October 03, 2006 QandO: Let's 'Em Have Nukes! Well, not really QandO, but Ted Koppel who uses that mastermind of foreign policy and diplomacy: Don Corleone: 'You insist on having nuclear weapons,' we should say. 'Go ahead. It's a terrible idea, but we can't stop you. We would, however, like your leaders to view the enclosed DVD of 'The Godfather.' Please pay particular attention to the scene in which Don Corleone makes grudging peace with a man - the head of a rival crime family - who ordered the killing of his oldest son.' In that scene, Don Corleone says, 'I forgo my vengeance for my dead son, for the common good. But I have selfish reasons.' The welfare of his youngest son, Michael, is on his mind. 'I am a superstitious man,' he continues. 'And so if some unlucky accident should befall my youngest son, if some police officer should accidentally shoot him, or if he should hang himself in his cell, or if my son is struck by a bolt of lightening, then I will blame some of the people here. That I could never forgive.' If Iran is bound and determined to have nuclear weapons, let it. The elimination of American opposition on this issue would open the way to genuine normalization between our two nations. It might even convince the Iranians that their country can flourish without nuclear weapons. But this should also be made clear to Tehran: If a dirty bomb explodes in Milwaukee, or some other nuclear device detonates in Baltimore or Wichita, if Israel or Egypt or Saudi Arabia should fall victim to a nuclear 'accident,' Iran should understand that the U.S. government will not search around for the perpetrator. The return address will be predetermined, and it will be somewhere in Iran. McQ prefaces with the theory that MAD will keep the peace. Perhaps, but the threat of nuclear winter hasn't done much to keep the hornets from stinging in Northern Israel... posted by Shaun Kenney \| 10/03/2006 07:50:00 PM \| 1 comments 1 Comments: At 9:27 PM, James Atticus Bowden said... Except the Nuke could have come from North Korea or Russia or Pakistan. And, you never know when the French might turn on you. Post a Comment Home
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