Iran, arms races, and war

Iran, arms races, and war by Stephen M. Walt

There are plenty of good reasons to try to prevent Iran from going nuclear, which is why one hopes that the talks in Geneva will make progress. But the sometimes apocalyptic visions of what an Iranian bomb might mean rest on worst-case arguments about which one should maintain a healthy skepticism. And for other reasons to be skeptical about the current effort to mobilize for war, see Juan Cole's "top ten things you know about Iran that are not true," here. http://www.juancole.com/2009/10/top-things-you-think-you-know-about.html

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