We can live with a nuclear Iran

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Author(s)	Barry R. Posen
Source	The New York Times
Date	February 28, 2006
URL	http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/27/opinion/edposen.php
Quote	"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.