Right and Left

The last few days has seen a lot of talk about Iran, and in particular following Bush's statement, echoed by much of the administration, that "Iran must not be allowed to have nuclear weapons."

Typically the op-ed paged were full of reports. Unsurprisingly, the New York Times put us some silly straw-man argument against the administration, explaining why we should not use nuclear weapons to combat Iran's nuclear program. As if that would ever happen. For some reason the left is simply adverse to seriously confrontating problems. On the other hand the Wall Street Journal today has a serious and lengthy piece dedicated toward understanding the issue of Iran.

Lest you fail to see the gravity of this: policy is made based on perception of the facts. The picture that the op-ed page of the NY Times paints is one of a simple decision: do we nuke Iran and be sick evil lunatics, or not. There is no appreciation for the complexity of the problem given to the readers. The editors of the times should start asking themselves just how dangerous it really is to be so condescending to their readers.