[MD] Barbarians & Hippies

[Platt Holden]

> [Arlo]
> Glad to know you favor "fair and balanced". Why, then, you continue to
> get your news from Fox is beyond me. 

More than the major news outlets, Fox News presents both sides of the 
issues. Their prime time program, "Hannity (Conservative) & Combs 
(Liberal) is a case in point. Nothing like it from the propaganda wing 
of the Democratic party.

> [Platt]
> Do you consider atomic weapons in the hands of Iran to be a threat to
> Israel and the West? I do. 
> 
> [Arlo]
> The hippies of the sixties told us that atomic weapons in anyone's hands
> was a threat to peace. I don't think anyone should have them. Us or
> them. Like Japan, I think that only after a few are detonated on
> American soil will Americans wake up and realize that nuclear
> disarmament is more valuable than moral dick wagging. And that day will
> come.

Americans would have no problem with nuclear disarmament if all countries
disarmed and it could be verified. Until then, to neutralize the nuclear deterrent
by disarming would be foolish, unless you want to surrender to the ayatollahs
now.  
 
> Do you consider nuclear weapons in the hands on North Korea to be a more
> or less pressing threat than Iran? What do you favor the U.S. doing
> about it?

Iran at the moment poses the larger threat. I favor what the U.S. is 
doing about it now, working through the U.N. and keeping the military 
option open. From what you say above, do I conclude you favor 
unilateral disarmament? If not, what's your plan?

Platt