Democrats: Nuclear Iran unacceptable

Iran with nuclear weapons is unacceptable, new House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told The Jerusalem Post hours after entering the party leadership position.  -  The Maryland Democrat said the view is shared by his party, rejecting assertions ... Full Story »

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Peter Henry
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by Peter Henry - Oct. 1, 2008

Short story in the conservative Jerusalem Post which quotes the new Democrat Majority Leader Steny Hoyer as saying a "nuclear armed Iran" is unacceptable and that he has not ruled out armed force. Like most articles about Iran there is quite some confusion about nuclear power (which is allowed under the Non Proliferation Treaty that Iran seems to have been adhering to) and nuclear weapons, which are banned. Unfortunately, Hoyer's comments are ambiguous about this distinction. He does not make clear that an armed attack on Iran would be unjustified unless clear evidence of Iran's nuclear arms is presented, and like other commentators he doesn't seem to take seriously the U.N. Convention's prohibitions on preemptive war. I read the last 10 comments and they are mostly uninformed and warmongering in tone. For example: "The whole region needs to be destroyed."

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