On 2012-03-03, at 4:53 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote: > ...it's apparent to me that no amount of verification, inspection, and > documentation could satisfy the US requirement of `reassurance' that Iran's > nuclear programs are devoted to `peaceful' use. There is something about > proving a negative state that goes here... How can you prove you are not > doing something, that you are no doing? > > So why are we constantly abused by this endless and contradictory blather > over Iran's nuclear programs?
I'd say it's because the US does not want to engage in another reckless and futile adventure which it can neither afford economically, militarily, or politically, and is looking for a pretext for not doing so while not sounding like it is not doing so. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
