Sheldon Richman on the Iranian Nuclear Threat That Never Was

If you take
politicians and the mainstream media seriously, you believe that
Iran wants a nuclear weapon and has relentlessly engaged in covert
efforts to build one. Even if you are aware that Iran signed the
nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and is subject to International
Atomic Energy Agency inspections, you may believe that those who
run the Islamic Republic have cleverly found ways to construct a
nuclear-weapons industry almost undetected. Therefore, you may
conclude, Democratic and Republican administrations have been
justified in pressuring Iran to come clean and give up its “nuclear
program.” But, writes Sheldon Richman, you would be wrong.

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