Niles Caulder
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« on: August 06, 2004, 12:16:47 PM » |
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Gustaf has this one nailed: Iran is not North Korea...nukes or not--worst case scenerio they only buy themselves time before the Clerics have to ratchet down their control or else risk a popular rebellion.
Militarilly, Iran was the greater threat than Iraq; and as J. Ford mentioned---that's why it came first. The greater military threat would have made the threat of quagmire and world-wide condemnation that much more severe, too.
The Greater threat requires the greater delicacy.
The reason oil production matters no matter who is buying is simple supply and demand---world supply is skyrocketing, so if supply doesn't do the same to meet other nations' demand...our prices go up.
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