Why We Shouldn't Care If Iran Gets The Bomb (Iraq, middle east, Israel)

[padcrasher]

It will likely make the Middle East more stable, not less.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articl...d-get-the-bomb

The author.

Kenneth Waltz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Article describing his argument since I see my first link requires registration to read past first page.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/0...85L0FT20120622

[GTOlover]

no Iran should not have a nuclear bomb or the UAE and the Saudis will want one

[padcrasher]

And sources in Israel admit to as much

Reuters.

A recent simulation run by Israel's Institute for National Security Studies had the following scenario: Iran conducts an underground nuclear test in January 2013, after expelling inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency and after a series of provocative maneouvres by Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval vessels and aircraft against forces of the U.S. Fifth Fleet.

"In our assessment," wrote the authors of the report on the exercise, Yoel Guzanski and Yonathan Lerner, " the actual likelihood of an attack on Iran once Iran is in possession of proven nuclear capability decreases dramatically, although (it is) not entirely eliminated."

[GTOlover]

so it says hit them while we can to destroy their heavy water and uranium enrichment plants

[callmemaybe]

If Israel can have the bomb, why not Iran? I wish nobody had it, don't get me wrong.

[jjwebbster]

Originally Posted by callmemaybe

If Israel can have the bomb, why not Iran? I wish nobody had it, don't get me wrong.

How about this for a novel (but probably unlikely) scenario. Nobody gets to have or keep the damn-d
bomb & the planet survives for another 1,000 years or so. Enough idiots already have thier fingers on
the nuclear trigger. Pakistan and India come to mind.

[cjski]

I have no problem with Iran going nuclear. What I do have a problem with is the US led sanctions...the same sanctions that caused 100's of thousands of deaths in Iraq, and were at least partly responsible in OBL attacking the WTC's.

[Pruzhany]

Originally Posted by callmemaybe
If Israel can have the bomb, why not Iran?

Iran is a sword rattler when it comes to Israel. It uses Israel to deflect the media away from themselves. Blowing up Israel will not bring unity to the Arabs. Hypothetically if they got it, then the first countries they'd blow up are Saudia Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE. Why? Get rid of them and who becomes the largest oil producer in the region? Iran.

Just look who has the largest reserves:
http://www.infoplease.com/science/energy/oil-reserves-2007.html

Follow the money and not the rhetoric and not the misdirections.

Russia has already allied themselves with Iran and China is already making deals with them. Ever think about why?

[burdell]

Originally Posted by GTOlover

so it says hit them while we can to destroy their heavy water and uranium enrichment plants

"we" ?

Just WHAT "we" are you referring to?

Are you planning on packing your bags, picking up a weapon, and becoming part of that "we"?

Or just more armchair ChickenHawk blather?

[PullMyFinger]

Originally Posted by callmemaybe

If Israel can have the bomb, why not Iran? I wish nobody had it, don't get me wrong.

Israel is a responsible government and doesn't make wild, crazy threats against other nations. Iran has already declared they would wipe Israel off the map. How much more evidence do you need?

The nuclear fallout from a war in the Mid East WILL affect your life. We will more than likely lose parts of the US due to contamination.