secretly working to build a nuclear device<\/a>.\u00a0 That\u2019s shocking since Iran\u2019s leaders promised they wouldn\u2019t, while of course maintaining their right to have one.\u00a0 Now we shouldn\u2019t worry, as Ron Paul has said we need merely reach out in friendship.\u00a0 Plus, they probably only want nukes to get more respect.\u00a0 A respect they no doubt deserve. <\/p>\nThen again, why shouldn\u2019t they have nukes?\u00a0\u00a0 After all, America has them.\u00a0\u00a0Israel has them.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t every culture and society the same?\u00a0 I mean, really.\u00a0 Wasn\u2019t Nazi Germany just doing its thing?\u00a0 Iran doing its thing?\u00a0 The Khmer Rouge doing its thing?\u00a0 America doing its thing?\u00a0 Why shouldn\u2019t we let Iran have nukes?\u00a0 It\u2019s not like they\u2019re going to send armies over the Atlantic to invade us.\u00a0 The thought that terrorists could use them?\u00a0 Bah.\u00a0 That\u2019s just ticking time bomb scare tactics.\u00a0 That\u2019s like saying terrorists could coordinate a vast plan to hijack major airliners and fly them into key iconic structures filled with innocent people.<\/p>\n
So nothing to worry about here folks.\u00a0 Since libertarianism and isolationism seem all the rage across the Catholic blogosphere, I\u2019m the first to say let\u2019s move on.\u00a0 Get on with life.\u00a0 Ron Paul says we should.\u00a0 And that\u2019s good enough for me. <\/p>\n
Sarcasm off.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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