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GIVEN THE MINDSET OF THE AMERICAN JOURNALISTS, MOST OF THEM WOULD PROBABLY LIE AS HANS VON KALTENBORN AND WILLIAM DURANTY DID IN THE 30S….RSK
“Unusually Good Forecast for Iran Nuclear Talks”—Christian Science Monitor, May 22
“‘Detailed,’ ‘Engaged’ Iran Nuclear Talks Go to Second Day”—Reuters, May 24
“Negotiations with Iran Conclude Fruitlessly”—New York Times, May 24
“Fresh Iran Nuclear Talks Set for Moscow”—AlJazeera.net, May 25
“Iran Nuclear Talks in Moscow End ‘Without Breakthrough'”—BBC.co.uk, June 20
“Iran Blames World Powers’ ‘Enmity’ and ‘Dishonesty’ for No Progress in Moscow Nuclear Talks”—Associated Press, June 21
Ten years ago this summer, an Iranian dissident first warned the world about efforts by the mullahs to build a nuclear weapon. Since 2002, headlines have touted talks and possible inspections, with no results other than an Iran closer to a bomb. President Obama, who vows not to let Iran go nuclear, hopes economic sanctions will work, as 44 senators have urged him to drop the pretense of negotiations.
The case of Iran raises novel questions about how open societies should deal with risks from closed societies.
Iranian leaders have always claimed the right to build nuclear weapons and have been clear about their intent. In 2005, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told an Iranian student group: “Many who are disappointed in the struggle between the Islamic world and the infidels have tried to spread the blame. They say it is not possible to have a world without the United States and Zionism. But you know this is a possible goal.”