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Barry R. Posen
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The New York Times
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February 28, 2006
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/27/opinion/edposen.php
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"while it's seldom a positive thing when a new nuclear power emerges, there is reason to believe that we could readily manage a nuclear Iran... A Middle Eastern arms race is a frightening thought, but it is improbable... Iranian nuclear weapons could be put to three dangerous purposes: Iran could give them to terrorists; it could use them to blackmail other states; or it could engage in other kinds of aggressive behavior on the assumption that no one, not even the United States, would accept the risk of trying to invade a nuclear state or destroy it from the air. The first two threats are improbable and the third is manageable."
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This item argues for the position Iran should be allowed to have nuclear weapons on the topic Iranian nuclear crisis.
