September 17, 2010

Reality check: Iran is not a nuclear threat

Reality check: Iran is not a nuclear threat
By Scott Horton
Christian Science Monitor
September 17, 2010


Politicians, lobbyists, and propagandists have spent nearly two decades pushing the lie that Iran poses a nuclear weapons threat to the United States and Israel. After a brief respite in the intensity of the wolf cries over the past two years, the neoconservative movement has decided to relaunch the “Must Bomb Iran” brand.

The fact that Iran is not and has not been a nuclear threat to either nation is rendered irrelevant by a narrative of universal “concern” about its nuclear program.

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