War & Peace - On Iran's Nuclear Threat - IMRAN.TV

Iran's nuclear ambitions are a threat to everyone, says Imran Anwar, in his usual frank, fair, balanced and bold assessment. War and peace can often be choices based on the results of talking or not talking. Iran wanted talks, Obama offered them. Now Iran is playing the same games they saw enabling North Korea to get away with stalling the world community.

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[iamsri]

Hi Imran, I was just going through some of your videos and like the content therein. This was the first video that sounded a jarring note to me. I would say that "A nuclear Iran is a game changer" but a blanket statement like "A nuclear Iran is a grave threat not only to the US, but also to India, Pak, Afganistan etc.", in my humble opinion, sounds like a simplified parroting of the US lines. Does sound like western statemts before India & Pak went nuclear.  Why do you subscribe to this view?

[imrananwar]

@iamsri Thanks for the kind words. I think my lifelong track record of being on the wrong side of "popular" opinion and government stances spans 2 continents and 2 homelands, Pakistan and America. So, parroting the government line is strange to hear attributed to me. So, here's the thing with Iran. Iran has always harbored more than regional domination dreams. The current (and likely constant) so-called Islamic no-Fun fundamentalist regime is even more symptomatic of that but driven by religion.

[imrananwar]

@iamsri So, that is even more dangerous than Empire. A nuclear armed Iran would be far more threatening to its neighbors than say India and Pakistan are to OTHERS. They are to each other but not to the region. Iran, unfortunately, has a history (including under the evil Shah and the other extreme but equally evil Mullahs) of being a threat to other countries. If the mullahs are overthrown and true democracy comes to Iran, then my fears are erased. Thanks.

[iamsri]

@imrananwar "Iran, unfortunately, has a history of being a threat to other countries"

Isn't this just the Arab and US perception. Except for Iraq, what country has Iran actually attacked? Under the 'evil' Shah, Iran was a US ally and gas supplier.

Having ambitions and potential qualifies many countries in the world as threats. A nuclear Iran is a great threat to Israel (as a Hezbollah patron), but still not a threat to the entire region. I agree tho' that the govt today, is repressive & evil.

[iamsri]

If you perceive a domino effect due to the Sunni countries going nuclear as a result of a nuclear Iran, and hence categorize this as a threat, maybe you are a bit justified.

Which nation/s though? Only the Saudis have enough money, but enough know-how and research facilities? Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Libya etc. etc. are distant possibilities, but you need to have some history of trying to acquire The Bomb..

I know that Iran can influence a lot of things, but they can do so even without Nukes!

[PuffDaddy786]

Imran you sound like a Brown Angrez,

Iran is NOT a thread to the world, although Israel may see it as a threat.

The ONLY threat in middle east is Israel

Iran is a Muslim country and it has never invaded any country in the last 300 years.

Imran why don't you tell your Gora Masters to force Israel to open its nuclear facilities ? Why is Israel allowed to be the only nuclear state in middle East ?

Imran your views do NOT represent Most Muslims or Pakistanis.

[theeraserhead]

Appeasement! We all know how well that worked with Hitler. Don't piss off the Devil so he can take care of us at a later time. Sweet. I love how enlightened we're really getting.

[charlessmyth]

With a GDP per capita of $12,000 Iran's economy is devastated in comparison to what it should be. This is not as bad as others in the region, such as Afghanistan. But it is hardly consistent with your claims, nor does it merit any need for the indulgence of a nuclear weapons programme.