Short Quiz - After Iran Gets The Bomb

[johnkarls]

.
SHORT QUIZ - AFTER IRAN GETS THE BOMB (FOREIGN AFFAIRS LEAD ARTICLE)

1. How close is Iran to producing atomic weapons?

2. What 8 Arab countries are expected to go nuclear as soon as Non-Arab Persia (aka Iran) does?

3. What would happen to the world’s population if Middle East oil supplies suddenly became radioactive?

4. What 3 “lines in the sand” do James Lindsay and Ray Takeyh (the authors of our Foreign Affairs article posted on our bulletin board = http://www.ReadingLiberally-SaltLake.org) propose the Obama Administration draw with Iran as soon as it begins producing atomic weapons?

5. The NY Times article (which is also posted on our bulletin board) notes that these “lines in the sand” would have no credibility with the Iranians – why not?

6. Hillary Clinton has proposed since the 2007-08 U.S. Presidential primary campaign extending the U.S. nuclear umbrella to “The Gulf State Six” in order to prevent them from going nuclear as soon as Iran goes nuclear – what are the 4 requirements for such a policy to succeed?

7. Did Charles de Gaulle have any faith in the American nuclear umbrella?

8. What would have happened to Israel 37 years ago if it had had any faith in the American nuclear umbrella?

9. Who is Iran’s Supreme Leader?

10. Is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei similar to Fidel Castro?

11. Why is it important whether Ayatollah Khamenei is similar to Fidel Castro?

12. If “The Gulf State Six” + Egypt + Turkey decided that Non-Arab Persia (aka Iran) going nuclear would be intolerable, do they have the military capability of eliminating its nuclear facilities?

13. What would be the reaction of Arab public opinion if the 8 Arab countries did eliminate the nuclear capability of Non-Arab Persia (aka Iran)? In formulating your answer, please consider that only one of the 8 (Turkey) is a functioning democracy and that one of Al Qaeda’s core raison d’être’s is that the governments of the Arab oil-producing states (primarily The Gulf State Six) are dictatorships that allegedly do not act in the best interests of their people.

14. What would be the reaction of Non-Arab Muslim opinion (most of the Muslim world is Non-Arab) if the 8 Arab countries eliminated the nuclear capability of Non-Arab Persia (aka Iran)?

15. Are Arab public opinion and Non-Arab-Muslim public opinion important except insofar as terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda might use an attack on Non-Arab Persia (aka Iran) as a recruiting tool? Against whom would the anger be directed?

16. In considering your answers to Questions 14 and 15, what was the long-term impact on Arab public opinion and Non-Arab Muslim opinion when Israel bombed Iraq’s nuclear facilities at Osirak on 7 June 1981? Syria’s nuclear facilities on 16 September 2007?

17. It would appear that North Korea’s obtaining nuclear weapons has been treated with “benign neglect” from Washington – except for its policy of trying to prevent North Korea from selling nuclear materials and nuclear “know how” to terrorist organizations. Are there any drawbacks to this policy in the case of North Korea?

18. Would there be any drawbacks to extending Washington’s policy of “benign neglect” to Non-Arab Persia (aka Iran)?

19. Isn’t all the talk about extending America’s nuclear umbrella to The Gulf State Six + Egypt + Turkey merely a “fig leaf” for extending America’s policy of benign neglect, though one might argue over whether the neglect is benign or malign?