More Scary Language on Iran...
posted by Caroline at
12:38 PM
7.08.2008
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Of Course, Iran working towards Nuclear weapons.
Can you blame them for it? Two national governments on their borders have been overthrown. Israel has threatened them with air strikes…
A Nuclear Weapon is a defensive weapon.
Ever notice that North Korea and Pakistan can resist the United States,,, What do they have in common?
They are both Nuclear Powers.
It is simple bigotry that Iran is not being allowed to develop atomic weapons. Why shouldn’t an Islamic hereditary theocracy be allowed to build I.C.B.M.s?
A nuclear middle-east will be a peaceful middle-east because of Mutually assured destruction. Mutually assured destruction kept the peace between the United States and the Soviet Union for decades.
Atomic bombs are defensive weapons because they make victory impossible for anyone.
Nuclear proliferation is going to happen sooner or later any way.
Technology always spreads. Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese, but now everyone has it. Even the most isolated illiterate tribesman carrys an assualt rifle when he goes to war.
In the future, every Mullah, Generalismo, and Warlord will have the ability to hurl nuclear weapons at one another. But, they will also be threatened with the same thing coming back at them. War shall become obsolete and peace shall prevail.
Support Iran, Support Nuclear Proliferation, Support World Peace.
Thank you for your comment.
I'm afraid I fundamentally disagree that nuclear proliferation will lead to a more stable world (same for argument that everyone owning guns will lead to a safer neighborhood or city). What more weapons leads to is a hostile, tense stalemate, which may avoid total destruction, but which is not healthy for individuals or society as a whole.
I was posting this article, however, not to debate nuclear weapons, but to point out that belligerent language from Iran could be seem by some in Washington as a green light for use of non-nuclear military force. Instead of destroying Tehran or Washington D.C all at once in a mushroom cloud, another war would slowly destroy the fabric and humanity of both countries.
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