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Article: If Iran gets nukes ... hysteria over Iran's possible acquisition of nuclear weapons ignores its record of pragmatism.(IRAN AND NUKES: THE DEBATE)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- February 10, 2006
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The widely cited fears that a nuclear-armed Iran might use such weapons in a first strike against its adversaries or that Iranian nuclear weapons might slip into the hands of terrorist groups are unreasonable.
Most Western politicians and observers say such fears are justified by the character of the Iranian regime. Critics are skeptical about Iran's ability to behave as a responsible member of the international community, and they often refer to the revolutionary, fanatical origins of the regime as reasonable grounds for suspicion. The climate of mutual distrust and anxiety has been aggravated by the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
But it is ...