Republicans… or the Mafia?

From Josh Marshall: 

The Iranians want nukes because nukes are the ultimate in regime security, at least from external military threat. Why after all do countries want nukes? In most cases, I think, because being a nuclear weapons state is something like the equivalent of becoming a made-man in the mafia.

This has nothing to do with Republicans, so please, don’t flood our inbox with unhinged ravings about moral equivalences between Mullahs and the GOP.

We just thought it was funny. Now, for more hilarity: Put on your best Mullah accent, and say this out loud:

You know, we always called each other goodfellas. Like, you’d say to somebody: “You’re gonna like this guy; he’s all right. He’s a goodfella. He’s one of us.”

Good.