![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
~
"If Israel fires one missile at Bushehr atomic power plant, it should permanently forget about the Dimona nuclear center, where it produces and keeps its nuclear weapons," said the commander, Gen. Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr.
-- Nazila Fathi for The NY Times
The situation is heating up over Iran's nuclear facilities. But Monk's not sure what to make of this Iranian threat. Is it something serious? One's first thought is that this is desperation, thinking that Israel and the United States aren't likely to be militarily intimidated by Iran.
What is perhaps more noteworthy about this story is the adoption of Bush's policy of pre-emptive war.
.
"If Israel fires one missile at Bushehr atomic power plant, it should permanently forget about the Dimona nuclear center, where it produces and keeps its nuclear weapons," said the commander, Gen. Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr.
-- Nazila Fathi for The NY Times
The situation is heating up over Iran's nuclear facilities. But Monk's not sure what to make of this Iranian threat. Is it something serious? One's first thought is that this is desperation, thinking that Israel and the United States aren't likely to be militarily intimidated by Iran.
What is perhaps more noteworthy about this story is the adoption of Bush's policy of pre-emptive war.
.
