[MD] Hippies

[Platt Holden]

Hi Ant,

[Platt previously]{
> Regarding Hippies I need not quote to you Pirsig’s analysis of why their
> revolution failed.. And I know of no one on the right or left that doesn’t want
> peace. The question is "At what price?" Which leads me to ask what you think we
> ought to do about Iran?
 
> Ant McWatt comments:
> Thinking out of the box, in the longer term, a closer political and economic
> integration with Iran’s neighbours or even the European Union could possibly be
> an option.  Whatever the EU’s other faults, it has kept power away from
> religious extremists and enabled peace between previously hostile countries
> since the Second World War.  In this regard, it will therefore be interesting to
> see how the application to join the EU from Turkey (where Islam is the primary
> religion) turns out.

Do you think Western Europe, the U.S., China and Russia should allow Iran to 
build atomic bombs?. If diplomacy and sanctions fail, would you object to 
military action?

Platt