mr. goldstone describe the events in iran in the past few days? guest: what i mean is a sudden power grab by one group, usually the military, at the expense of the government. the existing government ahead views on moderate and conservative groups. the military has been taking more and more positions. in this case, by using the election to try and create a crushing victory for op and the shot and to suppress any opposition, the military is trying to do away with any remaining influence. host: out as a military structure there? guest: the overall structure is the garden, five -- guard, five divisions, army, navy, air force, coastal, and the militia. these are young people who are trained. they often in role as teenagers. it is like a revolutionary youth group given training and weapons in use primarily for crowd control and combating domestic threats. in this case, it is the protesters. host: the melissa turns a strong. the heroic image fades. we are taking a look at the headlines this morning. cincinnati is calling. on the democrat line. caller: t

mr. jack goldstone. we hear a lot in the news about iran and its nuclear ambitions. we obviously want no arms race in the region, but here's my question. does that mean that eventually israel will have [unintelligible] for its nuclear ambition that it already has? guest: welcome of the nuclear arms race in the middle east is something that the world and of the obama administration would like to prevent. there are widespread belief that israel has a nuclear weapon although it has never been announced or publicly determined. iran of course, is greed in the technical capacity to someday build such a weapon. people differ as to whether they are on the verge of being able to do so or are years away. my concern is that the behavior of the regime now will make them appear to the world much more dangerous, much more frightening should they acquired the capacity for nuclear weapons. the people that we refer to in iran as moderates or reformers were no less interested in having iran acquire capacity to protect itself with a nuclear weapon. after rock, they are surrounded by am