arizona, good one .. the Israeli drumbeat tap .. the difference between Iraq and Iran is well put .. the last bit of yours ..
"Landay: Look, Persian culture is thousands of years old. They invented chess. These guys know how to be diplomats. I believe they are totally rational actors, of course. They look very closely at their interests — the preservation of their power, the preservation of the regime. If there were a conflict, the future of that regime would be in doubt.
Feeney: So then why do we still hear this drumbeat of war from politicians and the media?
Landay: The politician’s greatest device is the exploitation of fear. They want to present themselves as being the toughest — the guy or the lady that you should put your trust in because I’m going to keep you secure. And so yes, this issue has been used and abused, particularly I think by the Republican presidential candidates, who use it to try to portray President Obama as weak on this issue. And yet, when you get down to it, their proposals are virtually the same as Obama’s.
Nobody wants a war. The United States has been at war now for 10 years. Nobody wants another war.
Feeney: Who do you think is getting this story right? Who should people turn to if they really want to understand it?
Landay: The IAEA. All of their reports are publicly available. Listen to the IAEA. They got Iraq right."
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
