In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Barack Obama spoke about the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea. Several countries, led by the U.S., are considering additional sanctions against Iran and North Korea if they don’t curb their nuclear programs.
“I will repeat that I am committed to diplomacy that opens a path to greater prosperity and a more secure peace for both nations if they live up to their obligations,” Obama said. “But if the governments of Iran and North Korea choose to ignore international standards, if they put the pursuit of nuclear weapons ahead of regional stability…if they are oblivious to the dangers an escalating nuclear arms race in both East Asia and the Middle East, then they must be held accountable.”
In an interview with the Associated Press, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he expects next week’s discussions with the West about Iran’s nuclear program to be “free and open,” but called on the world’s nuclear powers to give up some of their weapons too.
Mansour Farhang is a professor of international relations at Bennington College and was revolutionary Iran’s first ambassador to the United Nations. He joins Daljit Dhaliwal to discuss how Ahmadinejad’s nuclear stance is influenced by domestic Iranian politics, Israel and other concerns.
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09/25/2009 :: 08:31:51 PM
Jarvis Mumblemahamaharaj Says:
“Here lies the problem, you throw in a fanatical point of view and the follower straps on a bomb”
In and of itself, is “proper” interpretation fanatic? And what “tastes” ignorant to some
may have a “taste” of enlightenment to others.
If you cannot present a sane “common denominator”
among all the “fractions” (i.e. “sects” of a religion) you will not be able to, simply, apply other “numerators” of those “fractions”, merely randomly, to other verbal more rationally understood “qualifications” which denote the true and more pure pieces of the accurate technical details when impartially understood” (or, “hermeneutical discernments”) of proven true interpretations (as tested by time and experience which configure the more Rational Perceptions of those who consider the more beautiful geometries inherent among the architectures of religions) for the rest of what could be proven will remain lacking and open to misinterpretation.
The fanaticism comes when the Architect (adherent to Religion) has not completed his/her training to the proper degree and becomes dogmatic about his/her perceptions to only a certain level of awareness.