The world has a different definition of what a nuclear program can mean.

Our allies in the middle east have started there own nuclear programs even though they don’t need nuclear, but for the know how on how to build their own nuclear weapons.

The case that the democrats made was a case for the world going nuclear.

What is this value system that he claims Iranians hold to that is different from our own? Iran supplies Hezbollah with rockets. OK. Well, we supplied Afghanistan with rockets when they were invaded by the Soviet Union. So are they different from us? We think that when a nation is invaded they have the right to defend themselves, and we might just help them. What’s wrong with that? Israel has invaded and occupied Lebanon half a dozen times in the last 30 years, killing tens of thousands of civilians. So what if they get weaponry from Iran. Shouldn’t they be permitted to defend themselves?

“Iran denies the holocaust.” That doesn’t even make sense. Iran is made up of people, some of whom deny the holocaust presumably, as some Americans do. It’s always about the holocaust with right wing Israeli war mongers, as if this insulates them from criticism of their aggressive wars. Anybody should be permitted to hold an oddball opinion without fear of obliteration.

“Iran calls for Israel’s destruction.” No. What Iran does is basically say that in the fullness of time the Israeli state will cease to exist, like the Soviet Union did. That may be true. Israel’s actions may lead to it’s own destruction. But Iran does not threaten Israel. Israel threatens Iran all the time, which is a crime actually under the UN Charter.

Iran sends terrorists into Egypt. Well, if that’s true does it even amount to 1/10th of the terrorism Israel inflicts on places like Gaza and Lebanon?

The end of his speech is the old whip of the fear and pretend Iranians are crazy and irrational. This is how you can justify the conclusion that attacking them is necessary. There’s nothing crazy about their behavior. They try to negotiate on nuclear matters. They advocate a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East, which Israel and the US continue to block. They subject their nuclear sites to IAEA inspection, which Israel won’t do. They’ve signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and abide by it. Israel won’t sign. Israel is the aggressive state here, not Iran.