http://www.newuniversity.org/2008/11/opinion/re-evaluating_the_iran_threat169/ Thu, 24 May 2012 03:30:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.newuniversity.org/2008/11/opinion/re-evaluating_the_iran_threat169/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Paul Wolf Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:02:39 +0000 http://newuword1.thomasjbaker.net/?page_id=5239#comment-108 Nuclear weapons are political, not military weapons. What is at stake is not the destruction of Israel, but the balance of power in the region. The anti-Israel rhetoric is meant to rachet up the tension but there is no real threat to them. The sooner the Iranians develop nuclear weapons, the sooner the balance of power in the region will be restored, and the safer everyone will be. Nuclear weapons are political, not military weapons. What is at stake is not the destruction of Israel, but the balance of power in the region. The anti-Israel rhetoric is meant to rachet up the tension but there is no real threat to them. The sooner the Iranians develop nuclear weapons, the sooner the balance of power in the region will be restored, and the safer everyone will be.

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