[From article]
The state is a cold monster, said Gen. De Gaulle.
Which brings us to Iran. Should we accept a deal, with a regime as abhorrent as the Ayatollah’s, that would deny that regime a nuclear weapon for 10 to 15 years?
For many of the moral arguments against such a deal also applied to the Soviet Union and Mao’s China in the Nixon-Kissinger era.
What are Iran’s crimes against America?
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There is good cause for bad blood between us.
Yet, compared to Mao’s nuclear-armed China in the madness of the Cultural Revolution in 1972, and Leonid Brezhnev’s USSR, Iran, as a strategic threat to the United States, is not even a 97-pound weakling.
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We have enemies in common.
Moreover, as the largest Shiite nation in the Middle East, and most populous nation in the Persian Gulf, Iran, absent a ruinous war, is going to become a regional power. When Bush 43 smashed Iran’s great rival, overthrew the regime of Saddam Hussein, then disbanded the Sunni-led Iraqi army, “W” guaranteed it.
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While the GOP may muster the votes to reject it, they lack the votes to override an Obama veto of their rejection.
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How the GOP handles its coming defeat will tell us whether they have learned from the failures of Bush and can now run the country.
http://buchanan.org/blog/can-the-gop-deal-with-iran-16469
Can the GOP Deal With Iran?
Tuesday - September 1, 2015 at 1:04 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan
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