The Bomb And The Bomber -- Ari Shavit, New York Times
If Iran goes nuclear it will change our world.
An Iranian atom bomb will force Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt to acquire their own atom bombs. Thus a multipolar nuclear arena will be established in the most volatile region on earth. Sooner or later, this unprecedented development will produce a nuclear event. The world we know will cease to be the world we know after Tehran, Riyadh, Cairo or Tel Aviv become the 21st century’s Hiroshima.
An Iranian bomb will bring about universal nuclear proliferation. Humanity’s greatest achievement since 1945 was controlling nuclear armament by limiting the number of members in the exclusive nuclear club. This unfair arrangement created a world order that guaranteed relative world peace.
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My Comment: This is the worse case scenario .... one that is unfortunately slowly unfolding in front of our eyes.
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Some very shrewd commentators suggest that we can live with a containment policy rather than trying to take out nukes in Iran. The argue that Egypt saw no need for nukes when they knew Israel had many, but Egypt understood that Israel would not use them unless seriously threatened but the region would be threatened if Iran had them. Thus as suggested, other nations in the region would go for nukes if Iran allowed to have them.
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