Larry Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Article Why did French President Jacques Chirac last week threaten to use non-conventional - that is, nuclear - weapons against terrorist states? And why did Iran announce that it would shift foreign-exchange reserves out of European banks (although it has since retracted this warning)? The answer lies in the nature of Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Iran needs nuclear weapons, I believe, not to attack Israel, but to support imperial expansion by conventional military means. Iran's oil exports will shrink to zero in 20 years, just at the demographic inflection point when the costs of maintaining an aged population will crush its state finances. . . Just outside Iran's present frontiers lie the oil resources of Iraq, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, and not far away are the oil concentrations of eastern Saudi Arabia. Its neighbors are quite as alarmed as Washington about the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran, and privately quite happy for Washington to wipe out this capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Damn! What a mess! I didn't know Iran's oil exports will dry up in 20 yrs. Now there is method to the maddness in Tehran. Looks like we are going to get into another war. I wonder what the Russians will try and do? Maybe they will try and go after Israel using the same reasons we are with Iran (nukes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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