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A pan-arabist view
03-Apr-2008
The link below is to an article written by one of prominent arab female writter in Al-sharg Alawsat a daily newspaper based on London UK.The other prominent(!!) writer whose name may sound the bell is Amir Taheri the editor of chief of Kehan daily in Shah`s era.He also regulary has articles being published on this newspaper.They must be somehow connected to the giant Tv group MBC(belongs to a sauadi investor) as the same journalists and writters show up regulary in Al-arabia news network.They hold a secular view on social and politics however pan-arabism is at the heart of their policies.What made me to post this link isnt her ranting about Iran which reveals her frustration at ever growing Iranian power in the region but rather her count of the recent history of Iran_Arab relationship.She surely wouldnt agree with IRI being ``an arabized political system`` There is saying``the enemy of my enemy is my firend```that isnt how works between pan-arabist and pan-persianist`they say`the enemy of my enemy is my worst enemy``
www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=12296
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by Anonymousmm (not verified) on Fri Apr 04, 2008 05:53 PM CDThttp://iranvajahan.net/cgi-bin/news.pl?l=en&y=2008...
The irony of all this, of course, is that Iran, without a nuclear weapon, is well placed to claim leadership as the single most powerful nation of the Persian Gulf and perhaps of the Middle East itself. Yet, as Heisbourg so compellingly points out, if armed with a nuclear weapon, its advantage evaporates, as a nuclear arms race in the region would find a host of other neighboring states buying their way into the nuclear arms club and aligning themselves with the superpowers. Iran would again find itself isolated, alone, shunned and boycotted. Indeed the Iranian people, while they might accept being bashed by the Great Satan (George Bush's America), they "take badly their country being perceived by the world as a sort of leprous regime of the North Korean type rather than as a great nation," Heisbourg points out.
As Heisbourg's final chapter ("The Hour of Choices") concludes, we must continue to hold firm on non-proliferation, treat Iran in all respects like North Korea (negotiate where appropriate, but from a position of strength). Otherwise, the West would seem to be in a position of simply stumbling along behind an America that's been crippled by its multiple failures in Iraq but which must, at all costs, restore its credibility.
Heisbourg's scenarios, he admits, are written "without joy," but from a profound sense of reality by one who has, quite frankly, seen it all.
In short, learn French if you must-- Iran, Le Choix des Armes is indeed a must-read book for our times.
Iran's Adventures in the Region will Fail
http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?sect...
http://www.forbes.com/business/autos/2008/04/03/bo...
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