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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/22/AR2010022203530.html
Is Ahmadinejad Playing the Madman or Is He Really a Madman?
(Washington Post) Richard Cohen - An Iranian bomb is not a matter that concerns only Israel. It would upend the balance of power throughout the Middle East and encourage radical/terrorist organizations such as Hizbullah and Hamas to ratchet up their war against Israel. Other Middle East nations, not content to rely on an American nuclear umbrella, would seek their own bombs. An unstable region would go nuclear. It speaks volumes about Middle Eastern reality and hypocrisy that Egypt serenely lives with an Israeli bomb but breaks out in diplomatic hives at the prospect of an Iranian one.