--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/30/06 5:07:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > With the economic clout and diplomatic reach of the US, there are a > huge amount of alternatives to using nuclear weapons, or even > conventional weapons. > > I heard a great talk yesterday between Tim Russert and Thomas > Friedman, in which Friedman was making the point that Libya > abandoned its nuclear weapons program not because of the US invasion > of Iraq, but because behind the scenes we provided them with a > security assurance that if they stopped pursuing that [nuclear > weapons] direction, we promised not to attack them. > > > > Iran has been offered and continues to be offered all kinds of deals like > that, but they refuse them. They insist having nukes is their right. >
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