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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Because it would be nice if nutballs didn't have bombs able to level a city.
Its called common sense.
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Yet, our country is the one doing the levelling of other countrys' cities with bombs and missiles.
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It was bad enough with the USSR vrs NATO, now imagine if every piss ant unstable backassword nation had nukes that could strike any target in the world. Sooner or later one of them is going to use them, I'd rather we not see that happen anytime soon.
This is not a game of chess, its not about whats fair and playing a good game, its about survival and winning. A nuclear armed Iran is not in anyones best intersts, including the Iranian citizens as if these nutballs try to use them, just what do you think the response would be?
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The Iranian citizens are not in opposition to Iran developing nuclear energy. Iran claims to be interested in developing nuclear energy as an alternative resource, and they are at least 5-10 years away from even being capable of having enough plutonium to fuel a reactor, which would then put them at least an additional 5 years from developing a bomb.
The Iranian "nutballs" are a developing people, like ourselves, and if they have a desire to pursue alternative energy through nuclear development, why shouldn't they be able to?
They may develop a bomb, yes, but they also could develop other means of attack, even if prevented from pursuing nuclear energy. Perhaps we should just wipe their country off the face of the Earth now so that there is absolutely no chance that they will ever threaten America.
Taken this far enough, suddenly we are the country that looks like it shouldn't have access to nuclear weapons; given our propensity to heavily bomb and invade other countries.
I don't see why Iran should be prevented from potential technological and scientific achievements, on the sole basis that they might be able to develop a nuclear bomb 6-10 years from now. Especially when the prevention is coming from those outside their country.
Where does it stop? Education leads to intelligence, that leads to scientists, that could potentially lead to developing weapons of mass destruction. As a result, should America also put it in their best interests to qwell education in the Middle Eastern countries?
If the goal is to eliminate nuclear weapons, and the development of nuclear energy, then that's fine. America, Russia, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, and North Korea can all initiate programs to start deactivating and dissambling their nucelar weapons; but that would be regressing, and thus unacceptable. It's a nice double standard for America to have. We have our nukes, and no one else is allowed to develop any of their own; regardless if such preventions restrict a country from developing into something more.
Lastly, you seem a bit quick to label Iranians "nutballs." I can't say I understand where that is coming from. Just because they are a Middle Eastern country that has views different than our own, they are all "nutballs" that want to destroy America?