Re: [Marxism] Incongrous support for Iranian nuclear weapons

[David Walters <dave.walters@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Walter, really, Louis's position (despite being a Met's fan AFTER THE 
FACT, my mother OTOH, was ALWAYS a Mets fan, much to my shame), is the 
same as most people on the socialist left: defense of Iran's right to 
defend itself. I don't see Louis' views as different from all that. It 
is true that Iran denies it is trying to weaponize uranium. It wants 
only to fuel it's plants, it says.

But...that doesn't mean the question isn't poised abstractly, at least: 
does Iran have a *right* to arm itself while the US positions nuclear 
weapons throughout the Persian gulf and openly talks about 'tactical 
nukes' down Iran's nuclear throat? Poised like this it is a totally 
legitimate question to ask, AND answer. It is well known historically 
that the US has used nuclear weapons on a country that didn't have them 
and never attacked a country, let alone invade one, that DID have them. 
So, in answering "yes" to the above question, this doesn't mean that one 
*advocates* Iranians arm themselves, "merely" understanding that until 
imperialism disarms, it's totally legitimate for countries threatened by 
the US with nuclear weapons to arm themselves with the same.

David
PS...Louis, I do NOT work at a nuclear power plant, FYI.

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