It doesn't matter much to the fate of the world if we consider their concerns to be "legitimate." If the most powerful countries in the world have a concern, if they say that concern is pressing, that concern is not going to go away by declaring it illegitimate. The question is whether those concerns will be addressed by legal political means, or through illegal violence. Legal, political means will have the added benefit of subjecting those concerns to greater public scrutiny.
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > Robert Naiman: Largely missing from the recent political debate, until now, > has been > a full-throated defense of diplomatic engagement with Iran towards > negotiated agreements that would resolve or mitigate international > concerns about its disputed nuclear program. > > But there are no legitimate concerns. . .Those "concerns" are merely an > excuse for the unrelenting U.S. hostility to an independent Iran. They are > the equivalent today of the cascade of lies that led up to the overthrow of > Mossedegh 60 years ago. > > Carrol > > Carrol > > > > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/ellison-iran_b_1300255.html > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
