August 30, 2012 | 1:21 am

August 30, 2012

Posted by Shmuel Rosner

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran, August 29, 2012. (Photo: Reuters)

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An Autumn Abyss?

As the Middle East marches closer to war, all sides must consider the long-term fallout from their actions, writes Joschka Fischer for Project Syndicate.

Everywhere there is talk of a “military option,” which means air strikes. But, while advocates speak of a limited “surgical operation,” what they are really talking about is the start of two wars: an aerial war, led by the US and Israel, and an asymmetric war, led by Iran and its allies. And what if this “military option” fails? What if Iran becomes a nuclear power, the region’s democratic movements are swept away by a wave of anti-Western Islamic solidarity, and the Iranian regime emerges even stronger?

It’s High Time to Get Aligned

Officials, institutions and nations must decide if they are on the side of Iran’s demagoguery, or the the freedoms of the Western world, writes Lilac Sigan in the Huffington Post.

For years Iran has been playing a game of smoke and mirrors with its nuclear ambitions, supposedly “for peace purposes.” Now that the free world has understood the danger and is united against it with sanctions, Iran’s goal is to form a crack in the wall. But if you want the sanctions against Iran to work, you have to decide which side you’re on. So which will it be: the side of darkness, stoning, torture, terror, and lies covering up the horror regime? Or the side of personal freedom, free trade and aspirations for peace and prosperity?

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