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Originally Posted by andygrif
My bad, I meant the world's richest.
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Which is Luxembourg (By GDP:
http://www.aneki.com/richest.html)
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Originally Posted by andygrif
Russia does tend to side with Iran from time to time...so would their support be with the West or Iran?
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I think that even Russia is not that excited about having Iran (way to close!) as a nuclear power.
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Originally Posted by andygrif
Exactly! And the opposite is precisely our view of the Middle East, because of the information you are subjected to. That's the problem, on both sides. Neither will listen to each other.
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I don't accept that - we have more sources of information than just having Bush or Blair tell us what to think. My local priest wouldn't be adding to the mix by stirring it up either.
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but I'm not sure either of you actually see the hypocracy of the way the West is behaving. They do one thing, then say it's wrong for others to do the same.
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And how do we know Iran is not doing the same? Saying it's for power generation when they actually want nukes?
I agree that attitudes of Western governments seem rather flexible depending on who they're talking about, but I would reiterate that we tend to be more lenient with our friends than we are with those who are not.
I don't accept that the West set out to threaten Iran - that was a response to Iran's threats against Israel and probably by suspected activity over the Iran/Iraq border. Iran has done NOTHING to make peace and stability in Iraq possible. Even if they haven't actively acted against that goal, they have certainly looked the other way for those that have.