Thursday, November 5, 2009

Expert Says U.S. Could Use Cold War Strategy To Prevent Iran From Producing Nukes

A technician pictured at the control room of the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities in 2007.
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From Global Security Newswire:

WASHINGTON -- The United States might have to adopt a "mini Cold War" strategy to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, a leading arms control expert said yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 3).

"You have to think along those lines that if you're going to contain and isolate Iran that it's going to require some of the same thinking that went into containing the Soviet Union," David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, said during a presentation at George Washington University.

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My comment: Iran is no Soviet Union .... not even close.

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