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Kasz216 on 15 July 2012
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Icy-Zone said:
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Rath said:
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Oh come on, you know that isn't a real question.

People are allowed to have nukes, because once they have nukes you can't take them away from them.... because they have nukes.

 


Maybe 'allowed' isn't the right word. Why is it considered acceptable for any country to have nukes?

@Deskpro. Iran is developing nukes - there is plenty of evidence that they're enriching nuclear material to a point that is not required for civilian use. Hence why even their allies such as Russia voted to impose sanctions.

Because other nations have them.

I think almost everybody would, if they could, wipe the memory of nuclear weapons from peoples minds.

However with the genie out of the bottle.... even if there are giant treaties to disarm the world, just about every country with nukes now could keep a few wharehouses secretly where eyes couldn't see.


I have a quesion for kasz.. In the past century who do think has been more aggressive with their weapons, America or Iran? Your answer, I'm betting, will help Iran's case.


You totally missed the context part above didn't you.   In equal situations, Iran has been far more aggressive then the US ever would of been in their shoes.

The US has been more agressive then Iran because the US has been a global super power that fought essnetially had to fight the cold war, and as much as people complain about it, keeps getting pushed to be the policer of the world.  (See the US being apathetic about Libya but being browbeaten into doing all the hard lifting by France and Italy.)

Give Iran the same level of influence as the US, and you can bet they would of been a LOT more agressive... for example, Iraq and Isarel likely wouldn't even exist.

 

This of course is ignoring the fact that the USA is  Democracy.  Democracies being fairly stable, and Iran is a theocracy that is feeling heavy pressure from it's secular wing of government... and that both of those groups are feeling major pressure from their people.

Meaning, who the hell knows what Iran will be 10 years from now, and what it's crazy autocratic leaders would do with nuclear weapons if they knew.

If Obama loses an election he's not likely to Nuke Cuba just to be remembered in history.