Real News Debate: Why is the US threatening Iran?

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What is behind President Bush's warning about WW III?

2007-10-25

Is the US call to isolate Iran motivated by opposition to an oil-power that contends for regional influence, or fear of an Iranian nuclear bomb?

Our first Real News Debate features Jonathan Kay and Leo Panich.


Jonathan Kay is a columnist and Comment Pages Editor of the National Post newspaper. Kay is a regular contributor to Commentary magazine and the New York Post. His articles have appeared in Harper's Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Los Angeles Times and various other publications.

Leo Panich is the Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and a Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto. Panich is also the author of Global Capitalism and American Empire.

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Uploaded: October 25, 2007 at 3:23 pm
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kargwain187 (August 22, 2008 at 11:42 pm)
i used to find it hard to believe that the american elites would go to war with iran because of the destruction that iran could cause but it struck me one day in work,that destruction would not affect them or there money it would only affect the hundreds of thousands possibly millions that would die. the rich have become so detatched from reality that they are willing to do this. when people fear goverment there is tyrany when goverments fear the people there is liberty
Shameless1AtL (October 25, 2008 at 8:39 pm)
Now you understand why americans are afraid of our own country. The people in power make in impossible to work towards any peaceful resolution that doesnt involve them getting rich. Id move to another country if I could.
kargwain187 (October 25, 2008 at 11:14 pm)
hey dont feel alone the rich in every country are trying to screw as much money as possible out of the normal people.... lol if we all had money they wouldnt have any slaves
popqq123 (November 9, 2008 at 8:33 pm)
Open your blind eyes, not all country are like this, some country are fixing Corruptions. America is ruled by Corporations thats why money matters. In some country its not like that, its just some few greedy coruptions going on, only in america where the whole government is nothing but money hungry people.
kargwain187 (November 9, 2008 at 11:11 pm)
my eyes are quite open mate the only countries that arent run by the elite and greedy rich are the ones that they are savagely attacking and we in the developed world have been fooled into thinking that its to make us safer.look at the tha alies of the west in the middle east ,the super wealthy and all the had to do to attain that wealth was sell out there people,but there not worried theyve got western guns keeping them in power
refimanloans (August 15, 2008 at 10:10 pm)
The jews will be the ones to start the beginning of the end..when the jews use their F16 fighter jets to bomb the Iranian "nuclear sites" Iran will seek destruction on Israel and US forces will back up Israel. Georgia is another issue and it belongs to Russia and Russia couldn't give a hoot about their independence but will not tolerate Georgia being in Nato...they can't let it happen as it would be like Cuba having nuclear weapons 60 miles away from US homeland. Get it? US again responsible!
iFlag12 (August 4, 2008 at 10:20 am)
This is funny, Israel/US have the right to BOMB Iran but Iran doesn't have the right to BOMB isreal. Bombing is not the answer! No matter what country Million of innocents will die!
Descryminds (August 3, 2008 at 11:36 pm)
The real face of what money does to people is only really beginning to surface. It makes people desire money over other human beings. Oil is simply something that brings money. Money brings comforts and pride, and men of money have gotten used to destroying other's comforts for their own. THAT is Uncivilized.
Rinol34 (July 20, 2008 at 10:40 pm)
the wealth of americans economy is built up by controling oil (selling oil in dollar!)
ratwell71 (July 5, 2008 at 6:18 pm)
THEY WANT CONTROL