[lbo-talk] FW from the NLG: Bush Plans War on Iran

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Sun Sep 2 17:54:22 PDT 2007


Michael Pollak wrote:
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> conciliatory moves towards the United States
> either in relation to Iraq or more significantly in relation to Iran's
> nuclear file) are of no use since US policy objectives in Iran are not
> behavior change but regime change.

1) Of course these _are_ u.s. goals. And make no mistake they are _u.s._ goals, not merely Bush administration or neo-conservative goals -- as just as they were during the Eisenhower administration, and will be under a Obama, Clinton, or Edwards administration.

2) And it is to the interests of humanity that Iran achieve nuclear weapons. That and only that would make peace in the Middle East probable.

Carrol



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