Israel, Sharon said, is not leading the campaign against Iran, but "is taking its own measures to defend itself..." He did not elaborate. and there it is...
Israel, Sharon said, is not leading the campaign against Iran, but "is taking its own measures to defend itself..." He did not elaborate. and there it is...
The following remarks are by Robert F. Ellsworth, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO and deputy Secretary of Defense under President Nixon. He is chairman and founding partner of Hamilton Apex Technology Ventures, LP. He serves on the boards of the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation and the Nixon Center. He spoke at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Del Mar, California on March 2, 2003.
"In addition to the current nuclear states (the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, Israel, India and Pakistan), the CIA now reports that the "desire for nuclear weapons is on the upsurge" among small countries. This confronts the world with a new nuclear arms race that at best will require a high-intensity anti-proliferation effort, and at worst could lead to one or more regional nuclear exchanges. I cannot foresee a resolution of the clash of civilizations by 2010, but it seems clear that any spiritually equitable future will require a constructive, realistic dialogue among civilizations, not the imposition of values.
President Mohammad Khatami of Iran called for such a "dialogue among civilizations" in a remarkable address in November 2001, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. ..."
