A Voice in the Wilderness In Defense of "Mere Conservatism"

The Jerusalem Post today quoted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying his country will not deviate from its “civilian” nuclear program. Defiant as always, Ahmadinejad said:

"Iran cannot hold discussions with countries that do not recognize this right. The Iranian people will ... continue their efforts toward acquiring nuclear energy for peaceful ends."

So there it is: the Iranian people have a right to nuclear proliferation. Interesting that Mahmoud would speak of “rights” and “peaceful ends” in a discussion regarding his UN-defying nuclear program. All this from a man who daily and publicly promises destruction to Israel and America, denies the holocaust, and withholds fundamental rights of speech, press, religion, and assembly.

I would love to get President Ahmadinejad’s response to this Wall Street Journal report from Monday detailing a recent spike in executions inside of Iran:

Not all executions take place in public. In the provinces of Kurdistan and Khuzestan, where ethnic Kurdish and Arab minorities are demanding greater rights, several activists have been put to death in secret, their families informed only days after the event.

Which rights do you think the Iranian people are in need of more: nuclear or civil?

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http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110010434