On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 03:22:34AM -0500, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > Rafsanjani in Iran just proclaimed that when Iran gets a nuclear bomb > that will change the entire Middle East because it will allow it to > destroy Israel with one bomb.
I totally missed that in the news. But I just did a search, and sure enough, a number of small or non-US news sites covered this story. One of the stories even mentioned that the US news didn't seem to be following the story. I wonder why it was not well covered in the big US newspapers. > But - as I've argued repeatedly - the Middle East isn't filled > with people who believe that when you are nice to them they should > compromise with you. Arafat, Hussein, and the Iranian theocrats think > that appeasing them is a sign of weakness. I've heard the same thing, and while it may be true, I've only seen hearsay supporting it. What evidence convinced you of this viewpoint? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/
