tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post116647448055936659..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Within Four YearsGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1166545385059798902006-12-19T11:23:00.000-05:002006-12-19T11:23:00.000-05:00If I was Iran I'd want nukes for the same reason a...If I was Iran I'd want nukes for the same reason a porcupine wants quills. They're protection against interference while I went about my business, which would be to acquire, by nibbles or by hugh mouthfulls, the oil fields of the mid east. <BR/><BR/>I'd cut the Russians slack for the time being around the Caspian sea and Chechnya. Right now, there are so many advantages to fashioning a new iron curtain with Russia, one that puts the world's energy supplies on one side and leaves the West and Great Satan figuratively and literally out in the cold. <BR/><BR/>But after that, it'd be Russia's turn. The valuable parts to be partitioned between Islam and China. <BR/><BR/>I do wonder how Putin can be so stupid or perverse not to realize this.eatyourbeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142141654341688097noreply@blogger.com