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Kasz216 on 16 July 2012
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Badassbab said:
Kasz216 said:
highwaystar101 said:
Less stable countries than Iran have nuclear programmes. I often feel Iran get an unfair press with regards to that. If we were to prioritise then surely non-signatory countries who already possess nuclear weapons, like Pakistan or India, would be higher on the list of who to deal with.

I often feel it would be better to deal with Iran by initiating discussions towards a transparency agreement. The international community would allow them to conduct limited research and development, granted they remain signatories of the non-proliferation treaty. If they do build weapons, they would have to under the strict supervision of nuclear ready states and even as part of NATO's sharing programme so their weapons aren't strictly "theirs" (even though they're not a NATO state).

If they are indeed building nuclear weapons and we don't do that, then the alternatives (hostility, alienation, etc) could force them to withdraw from the non-proliferation treaty. We don't want that with any nation.

(I should also say that I am not well read on this subject at all, so I could be very wrong)

India is a lot more stable then Iran, and again, they already have nukes.  It's not like they're just trying to get them.

Your arguement is highly flawed though.  I mean say you have one ambassador who you can't arrest because he has diplomatic immunity (Pakistan already having nukes) and he LOVES to drunk drive.

Does that mean we should let everybody drunk drive.... just because there is one guy who is a bigger threat who can get away with it?

I wouldn't say India is a lot more stable than Iran.

Let's take a look at their internal threats and near immediate external threats.

 

INDIA EXTERNAL

India vs Pakistan- Kashmir 

India vs China- Arunchal Pradesh

INDIA INTERNAL

Naxilite-Moaist Insurgency

Muslim Insurgents in Kashmir

Plus many smaller yet significant insurgencies- http://www.opinion-maker.org/2010/12/insurgency-movements-in-india/

 

IRAN EXTERNAL

Past issues with Iraq over Basra

A few islands in the Persian/Arab Gulf in dispute with the UAE

Iran claims Bahrain

IRAN INTERNAL

Jundallah Insurgency (Leader killed but replaced. Small group.)

M.K.O Insurgeny (Camped in Iraq and under pressure to relocate. Small group)

Kurdish Seperatists (Small time based mainly in Iraq and Turkey where most of the fighting did or continues to take place)

Green Movement (Crushed in 2009 yet may reappear one day)

 

Seem's to be India has the much bigger issue. The Iranian Government for all it's ills, isn't that unstable though it is wobbling due to the massive external threats against it by the West through sanctions and threat of military action and the very large Green Movement which will probably one try and attempt to get rid of the Mullahs again.

Well that and Iran has the fact that the majority of it's population hates it's rulership. Green movement or not something will happen.

A popular revolution can thrown out the current government at any time.  It's not like there isn't precedent.

 

Additionally, you seem to be ignoring the big power struggle between the more secular leaders with the non secular ones.   Certain parts of the military and the religious leadership seem to be plotting against each other.