Iran Nuclear Weapons

Wrong Priority

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

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Amitai Etzioni

The most serious threat to our security, that of our allies, and to world peace, is very widely agreed to be that of terrorists getting their hands on a ready-made nuclear weapon.

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It's Not Hillary, It's the Policy Stupid!

Tom Andrews | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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Tom Andrews

Obama should declare that seeking regime change in Iran is no longer the policy of the U.S. and initiate diplomatic contacts with the Iranian government immediately without preconditions.

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Iran Proposes Nuclear Plants With Arab Countries

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 11.30.2008 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — The head of Iran's nuclear power agency said Sunday the country is willing to help neighboring Arab countries build joint light-w...

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Report: Iran Has Enough Nuclear Fuel For One Atom Bomb

New York Times | WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the...

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Ahmadinejad: Guns N' Roses

Jamal Dajani | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Jamal Dajani

Obama had said that he was prepared to hold tough presidential negotiations without preconditions with Iran; it seems that he may just have to do so earlier than he might have expected.

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Remembering Wartime Folly

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

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Eric Margolis

Special for the Huffington Post Eric S. Margolis November 12, 2008 As Americans observed Veteran's Day, and other Western nations commemorated the 10...

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A Troubled World Awaits President Obama

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Eric Margolis

Obama's honeymoon will be brief. He faces the extraordinary challenge of dealing with a nation that has plunged into bankruptcy and exported financial crises around the globe.

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Does Palin Know What a Precondition Is?

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

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Ilan Goldenberg

The notion of preconditions happens to be the crux of one of the most important foreign policy issues being debated between Obama and McCain -- you'd think Palin would understand this.

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How Deeply is the U.S. involved in the Afghan Drug Trade?

Eric Margolis | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

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Eric Margolis

Special for the Huffington Post By Eric Margolis October 15, 2008 Afghanistan is in a `downward spiral,' the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of S...

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Iranian Nuke Program May Have Advanced With Help From Russian Scientist, UN Says

NY Times | ELAINE SCIOLINO | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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PARIS -- International nuclear inspectors are investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct complex experiments on how to detonate a n...

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Madam (Vice) President

Hooman Majd | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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Hooman Majd

Ms. Palin's well-rehearsed statements about Iran and its fiery president betrayed a real and fundamental lack of knowledge, and the larger issue of what the future of U.S.-Iranian relations might, or should, look like.

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Friendly Advice

Lord Robin Corbett | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

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Lord Robin Corbett

The case of Iran and its intransigent mullahs is rarely the focus of McCain and Obama, and voters are being denied the genuine debate and discussion they deserve.

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Senator McCain: One More Such 'Victory' and We're Ruined

Eric Margolis | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Eric Margolis

McCain's insistent claims that the US is winning the war in Iraq thanks to his "surge" strategy is the military-political equivalent of the junk securities that Wall Street's shady financiers have been peddling.

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Obama's Iran Policy More Likely To End Nuclear Proliferation

Ronald Mirman | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

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Ronald Mirman

Nuclear weapons are possessed by at least nine countries, posing a grave danger to humanity; the more countries the greater the danger. Uncontrollabl...

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Bush's Laundry List

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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Jamal Dajani

In January, Obama or McCain will inherit a bankrupt treasury and trillions of dollars of debt. But just as troubling is Bush's laundry list of Middle East issues that remain a threat to U.S. national security.

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Read 'Em and Weep

Bob Ostertag | Posted 09.23.2008 | Business

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Bob Ostertag

No one, not Bernanke, not Paulson, not anybody, knows if the bailout will work. It isn't that the details of the plan are wrong. It's that there are no details.

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Ahmadinejad's UN Address Likely To Defend Nuclear Program

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home

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UNITED NATIONS — Iran's president addressed the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday declaring that "the American empire" is nearing collapse and shoul...

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UN Inspector: Iran May Be Hiding Nuclear Arms Activities

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home

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VIENNA, Austria — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Monday that he cannot determine whether Iran is hiding some nuclear ...

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McCain Campaign Cries Wolf Over Anti-Iran Rally Fiasco

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

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Menachem Rosensaft

If McCain and his GOP flacks thought they could get away with it, they would blame Obama for the Great Depression, the 1876 massacre at Little Big Horn, the bubonic pandemic of the 1340s.

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Israel's October Surprise?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Jamal Dajani

It's been several months since a war of words erupted between Iran and Israel, raising speculations that a possible Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear f...

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Obama, McCain on National Security and Nuclear Proliferation

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home

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Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

Where do Obama and McCain stand on these issues? To start, McCain, the nominee of what used to called the "small government party," wants to create two entirely new government organizations.

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Ahmadinejad Wants McCain and Palin in The White House

Sam Sedaei | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

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Sam Sedaei

We ran to our underground basement to take refuge every time Saddam's planes were about to drop bombs on Tehran.

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France Pushes Iran Sanctions Following Nuclear Stonewalling

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 09.16.2008 | Home

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PARIS — The Security Council should impose more sanctions on Iran over its stonewalling of a U.N. investigation into allegations that Tehran tri...

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Iran Blocking Nuclear Weapons Probe, UN Says

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home

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VIENNA, Austria — Iran has steadfastly blocked a U.N. investigation into allegations it tried to make nuclear arms and the probe is now deadlock...

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Iran's Supreme Leader Defends Ahmadinejad

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 08.24.2008 | Home

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's top leader strongly backed the nation's embattled president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, praising him for "standing up" to the We...

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