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In which case the announcement that Iran has succesfully completed enrichemnt for power generation seems provocatively timed to say to the neo-cons "C'mon big boy, show us what ya got !!"

Seriously tho', what does Iran hope to achieve by this announcement ? It surely doesn't achieve anything in real diplomatic terms, so it must just be a provocation. Yet even the fun of inciting the US into its greatest folly must be somewhat undermined by having your country turned into a smoking nuclear ruin.

That it will quickly bring about the ruination of the USA will be scant consolation when Iran is dead.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Apr 12th, 2006 at 06:45:14 AM EST
Maybe from Iran's perpective the question is "what have they got to lose?". Iraq provided no provocation and it was attacked anyway. Backing down did not help Iraq, so what incentive does Iran have to follow suit?.
by det on Wed Apr 12th, 2006 at 10:21:29 AM EST
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eggs-actly!

there is unfortunately a warped nobility to their cornered reasoning.

sobering stuff...

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Apr 12th, 2006 at 05:33:01 PM EST
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