Iran's goal with a nuclear weapon is the same as North Korea's goal- strategic deterrent to external threats to its autocratic regime. There was at least one really good piece in Foreign Affairs about it - last summer, I think.
Here is a good piece from a libertarian blog about why Heabollah lost: http://www.reason.com/links/links082406.shtml This next one is an interesting piece. The author agrees with you, but he outlines how there is a total lack of agreement in the Arab world about it: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/08/faint_hope_in_lebanon.html Will we see the Lebanese rise up and eject Hezbollah? Doubtful in the short run, but the debate has been opened in Lebanon itself about the necessity of doing so. On 9/25/06, Gruss wrote: > > (1.) Iran. Ahmadinejad is the front man for a group of Mullahs whose > goal is to dominate the region and control the economy via oil. Their > pursuit of a nuke is to directly control the US and force them out of > the region. Their justification to the UN is nuclear power and their > justification to the Arab world is to control Israel. While the nuke > is there prime method, their secondary method is to foment war and FUD > in the region. To repeat: their true goal is domination of the region > and their rhetoric changes depends on audience: "it's for power", > "it's to control the Jews" > > (2.) Lebanon. Clearly Hezbollah was attempting to provoke Israel, and > had planned to do so for months. Whether they intended war or not is > irrelevant. Israel's action was to essentially hand Lebanon to them. > > RoMunn - if you're right and I'm wrong then we should see the Lebanese > people rise up and eject Hezbollah. If they don't, then I'm right: > Israel handed Hezbollah a country. -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:215958 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
