My NYTimes Comment #55.
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/world/middleeast/02nuke.html?sort=oldest&offset=3
EthicalDemocracy
New York City
October 1st, 2009
6:58 pm
EthicalDemocracy
New York City
October 1st, 2009
5:23 pm
\"Iran Agrees to More Nuclear Talks With U.S. and Allies\"
It's commendable that Iran is trying to defuse the heated and aggressive response by the sanctions-crazy US.
Hey let's not lose sight of the fact that BOTH Israel and the US have their nuclear stockpiles. So of course Iran must have nukes too.
Why not?
I totally agree with India's position: The International Nuclear Order cannot be discriminatory. That statement recognizes Iran's quandary and is implicit support for Iran. India has steadfastly refused to become a signatory of NPT, while maintaining an impeccable non-proliferation record.
I didn't see that extremely well-reasoned position reported in the NYTimes or any US mainstream newspaper. .
What Iran needs to figure out now is how to strategically withdraw from the NPT, without the US going totally nuts and invading Iran, OR sending in the CIA to destabilize Iran as the US did with the popularly elected Mossadegh government in the early '50s
Chithra KarunaKaran
Ethical Democracy As Lived Practice
http://EthicalDemocracy.blogspot.com
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/world/middleeast/02nuke.htmlIran Agrees to More Nuclear Talks With U.S. and AlliesBack to Article »
By STEVEN ERLANGER and MARK LANDLER
The talks in Geneva on Thursday included the highest-level bilateral discussions between the United States and Iran in many years.
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My NYT Comment #18.
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/world/middleeast/27nuke.html?sort=oldest
EthicalDemocracy
New York City
September 27th, 2009
11:19 am
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EthicalDemocracy
New York City
September 27th, 2009
10:20 am
U.S. to Demand Inspection of New Iran Plant ‘Within Weeks’
How about:
U.S. to Demand Inspection of ISRAEL Nuclear Plant[S] ‘Within Weeks’
Now that would be eminently newsworthy. That's the only \"roadmap\" that makes sense to me.
Addl notes: the US wd not dare to mess with India coz we are the world's largest democracy and we simply wont let you. We are not a signatory to the NPT. We did not make that mistake.
And the US is not calling for inspection of Pakistan's nukes, coz Pak will not let you either, Pak is also not a signatory to NPT. SmartPak, despite subjugation by the US since the 1950's.
Unfortunately Iran signed on to NPT in 1970 under duress while US was blatantly interfering in Iran's domestic political affairs. Now Iran has to time its strategic withdrawal from NPT.
So long as US and Israel have nukes, Iran must have them too.
Let us never forget that the US is the ONLY country in the world that has actually used nukes against innocent civilians.
I like to base my opinions on hard evidence. Show me new evidence and I'll readily modify my opinion.
Chithra KarunaKaran
Ethical Democracy As Lived Practice
http://EthicalDemocracy.blogspot.com
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/world/middleeast/27nuke.html
U.S. to Demand Inspection of New Iran Plant ‘Within Weeks’
By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD
The Obama administration plans to tell Iran this week that it must soon open a newly revealed nuclear enrichment site to international inspectors, according to senior officials.
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